“- Thomas Fowler: I have never thought of myself as a correspondent, just a reporter. I offer no point of view, I take no action, I don't get involved. I just report what I see.
- Alden Pyle: But you must have an opinion.
- Thomas Fowler: Even an opinion is a form of action.”
Sir Michael Caine - Thomas Fowler
Brendan Fraser - Alden Pyle

“I don't have to listen to you! I'm looking at you, I'm looking and I can see a reporter who's about to tell me he has a hunch! Do you want an opinion about reporters who have hunches?”

James Woods - Alan Mann

“- Walter Burns: You've got the brain of a pancake. This isn't just a story you're covering - it's a revolution. This is the greatest yarn in journalism since Livingstone discovered Stanley.
- Hildy Johnson: It's the other way around.”
Cary Grant - Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell - Hildy Johnson

“- John Jones: Foreign correspondent, huh?
- Mr. Powers: No, reporter. I don't want correspondence, I want news.”

Joel McCrea - John Jones
Harry Davenport - Mr. Powers

“Yes, yes, I hate you all. When I'm President I'll have you all killed.”

Jay O. Sanders - Senator John McGlory