- Denise Florence Stevens: [Denise comes running into Benson's office] I found the people! I found the people!
- Benson DuBois: Where?
- Denise Florence Stevens: Guess.
- Benson DuBois: [Benson gives a sour face] Denise!
- Denise Florence Stevens: Springfield. They lost Springfield
- Benson DuBois: Springfield? That's one of our biggest cities we've got.
- Denise Florence Stevens: According to the US government, one of our biggest cities is now in Illinois. And in return, the computer gave us Yucca Wells, New Mexico.
- Benson DuBois: Yucca Wells?
- Denise Florence Stevens: Nine prospectors and a snake farm.
- Benson DuBois: A man shouldn't have to get over a beautiful woman.
- Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling: You know, when you're falling in love you never stop to think you might end up with a broken heart.
- Benson DuBois: You do if you listen to country music.
- Denise Florence Stevens: How can the census bureau lose a quarter of a million people?
- Benson DuBois, Denise Florence Stevens: I don't know, Denise, but they're going to cut our federal funds if we don't find them. Run down to the federal building and get a breakdown, Denise.
- Denise Florence Stevens: Good idea.