"[to Father Fitzgibbons as he goes to chip a golf shot out of a sand trap] Keep your head down now, father. And watch …"

"I'm sure that the way to say what I'd like to say will occur to me after you've gone."

"A golf course is nothing but a poolroom moved outdoors."

"Hope? You know, Chuck, when you're young, it's easy to keep the fires of hope burning bright. But at my age, you're l…"

"You know how to manage these old fussbudgets. Take him out on the golf course. Bring him out in the fresh air."

"Bing's "little angels" - the roughest gang this side of reform school!"

"When the St. Louis Browns lost Bing, the Cardinal got a good singer!"

"Barry Fitzgerald — Father Fitzgibbon"

"Frank McHugh — Father Timothy O'Dowd"

"James Brown — Ted Haines, Jr."