- David Paxton: "Young lady," said the mysterious diner, "do you know the meaning of the word bumbledon? Bumbledon is the pomposity of petty officials, little people in little jobs, who think the world will stop turning without them."
- Harvey Elwood: You know, Crombie, there's nothing like trouble to bring young folks together. That's why Cupid shoots them with an arrow insead of a feather.
- Justice Hastings: Mary, what's my daughter's phone number in Texas? What time do I take my pills? And what the devil are you doing over there?
- Mary Peppertree: Thackerville 318, ring 2. The white pills at 11:00, the brown pills at 4:00. And I'm working on the switchboard.
- Justice Hastings: That's what I heard and it doesn't make much sense. You walked out on the switchboard to marry Phillip. Now I learn that you've walked out on marrying Phillip to go back to a switchboard. That's idiotic even for young people.