- Claire Kronski: [awoken by a kiss on the forehead] Matt!
- Matt Helm: Right. Well, who were you expecting, Henry Kissinger?
- Claire Kronski: Hmm, you surprised me. What time is it?
- Matt Helm: Oh, about 350 bucks past the last pot I took.
- Claire Kronski: Oh... too bad, if you would have kept your date with me, eh, you might have come away a winner.
- Matt Helm: Hm-hm. Well, you know the old saying: unlucky in cards, but... lucky in love, right?
- Joey Bender: We took care of Burke, we'll finish the job on Strella.
- Jerry Dale: For Pete's sake, the man's in a hospital.
- Joey Bender: So? Some of the best people have been known to die in hospitals.
- Claire Kronski: Well, if the paint specs match Strella's car, that points to Strella, who killed Dave.
- Matt Helm: No, all it means is that Strella's car is the car that killed Dave.
- Sergeant Hanrahan: [Helm is looking through a collection of police mugshots] You see something you recognize?
- Matt Helm: Hm? Oh, eh, well, a lot of old familiar faces that bring a tear to my eye.
- Claire Kronski: What about the one that brought the gun to your head?
- Matt Helm: Nope. Maybe he's just shy and doesn't like having his picture taken.