- Mr. Ferguson: They might attach your salary.
- William J. 'Bill' Lawrence: Then I'll quit my job and live on soup.
- Mr. Ferguson: They might attach this house.
- William J. 'Bill' Lawrence: Then I'll burn down the house!
- Phyllis Lawrence: Why do I have to go to that birthday party?
- William J. 'Bill' Lawrence: For the same reason I can't go to the North Pole.
- William J. 'Bill' Lawrence: Mr. Ferguson's a tax consultant. He's going to figure out just exactly what our taxes will be and the best way to meet it.
- Mr. Ferguson: The best way to meet a tax, Mr. Lawrence, is to pay it.
- William J. 'Bill' Lawrence: I'd feel so silly posing...
- Hildegarde Jonet: You will make a beautiful subject. You have such fine features and good bone structure.
- William J. 'Bill' Lawrence: I was thinking about that rut I was in and how I used to complain about it. That nice comfortable rut.
- William J. 'Bill' Lawrence: You mean to tell me I have to pay income tax on all this stuff?
- Leslie: Oh, you poor innocent lamb!