"[to his son] You know what kind of plan never fails? No plan. No plan at all. You know why? Because life cannot be planned. Look around you. Did you think these people made a plan to sleep in the sports hall with you? But here we are now, sleeping together on the floor. So, there's no need for a plan. You can't go wrong with no plans. We don't need to make a plan for anything. It doesn't matter what will happen next. Even if the country gets destroyed or sold out, nobody cares. Got it?"

"Fortunio Bonanova — Tomaso Bozanni"

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

"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 lucky if the pilot light doesn't go out."

"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!"

"Bing Crosby — Father Chuck O'Malley"

"Barry Fitzgerald — Father Fitzgibbon"

"Frank McHugh — Father Timothy O'Dowd"

"James Brown — Ted Haines, Jr."

"Gene Lockhart — Ted Haines, Sr."

"Jean Heather — Carol James/Haines"

"Porter Hall — Mr. Belknap"

"Eily Malyon — Mrs. Carmody"

"Robert Mitchell Boychoir — St. Dominic's Church Choir"

"Risë Stevens — Genevieve Linden (Jenny Tuffel)"

"Stanley Clements — Tony Scaponi"

"William Frawley — Max Dolan"

"Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer — Herman Langer"

"[on his and Tess's very short wedding ceremony] No one will ever believe we were married sober."