"I don't approve of, but I like people who think in terms of ideal conditions. They're the dreamers, poets, tragic figures in this world, but interesting."

"Cary Grant - Leopold Dilg - Joseph"

"Listen, I can't hang around here even if I wanted to. Lightcap's ordered me out 50 times since last night. I'm here now only by the grace of being in his pajamas. One minute I'm out of these and I'm out on my ear!"

"Stop saying "Leopold" like that, tenderly. It sounds funny. You can't do it with a name like Leopold."

"Edgar Buchanan - Sam Yates"

"Don Beddoe - Police Chief"

"Rex Ingram - Tilney"

"Jean Arthur - Miss Nora Shelley"

"This is your law and your finest possession - it makes you free men in a free country. Why have you come here to destroy it? If you know what's good for you, take those weapons home and burn them! And then think... think of this country and of the law that makes it what it is. Think of a world crying for this very law! And maybe you'll understand why you ought to guard it. Why the law has got to be the personal concern of every citizen. To uphold it for your neighbor as well as yourself. Violence against it is one mistake. Another mistake is for any man to look upon the law as just a set of principles. And just so much language printed on fine, heavy paper. Something he recites and then leans back and takes it for granted that justice is automatically being done. Both kinds of men are equally wrong! The law must be engraved in our hearts and practiced every minute to the letter and spirit. It can't even exist unless we're willing to go down into the dust and blood and fight a battle every day of our lives to preserve it. For our neighbor as well as ourself."

"Miss Shelly, judging from the past 12 hours, how quiet do you think it could be in this house, with you in it?"

"Look at me, a dream of twenty years come true. More happiness than any man deserves, that chair. But now there's something Else, Nora: My friends. I want to see them as happy as I am. Nothing less will do. And Leopold, what a fine fellow - and I've been thinking, Nora, that if someone were to take his hand and say "Leopold, my wreckless friend, here's love and companionship, forever." Well, some day that man would... You see what I mean, Nora?"

"Well, it's a form of self-expression. Some people write books. Some people write music. I make speeches on street corners."

"He's the only honest man I've come across in this town in 20 years. Naturally, they want to hang him."

"Ronald Colman - Professor Michael Lightcap"

"Emma Dunn - Mrs. Shelley"

"Tom Tyler - Clyde Bracken"

"What is the law? It's a gun pointed at somebody's head. All depends upon which end of the gun you stand, whether the law is just or not."

"Leonid Kinskey - Jan Pulaski"

"Charles Dingle - Andrew Holmes"

"Glenda Farrell - Regina Bush"

"[to Barbara] I've seen your pictures in the paper and I've wondered what you look like."

"Just to prove that you're not mad, will ya give me a little kiss?…If you knew how crazy I am about ya, you wouldn't hesitate. I can't sleep nights…I must be in love, 'cause I started writin' poetry to ya. To you my little prairie flower, I'm thinkin' of you every hour. Though now you're just a friend to me, I wonder what the end will be. Oh, you would make my life divine, If you would change your name to mine."

"[to Jerry, about Barbara] Tell her I'd love to meet her. Tell her to wear boxing gloves."

"Jerry's always had the most fantastic way of getting into scrapes. Oh, we've had some grand laughs together. [about Daniel] I can't marry him because I'm still in love with that crazy lunatic and there's nothing I can do about it…I tried to forget Jerry."

"Put a light in the window if it's yes, two if it's no, and if you can't make up your minds, just pull down the shade."

"[to Lucy] You make me the happiest man in the world! I'm so happy I could eat three steaks."

"And then somehow, all of a sudden, the three of us were having lunch together. The man, and Mr. Smith [their dog], and I. And then things began to happen rather swiftly. And finally I said, well I think we'd better get married. And we did. And that way, we were able to give Mr. Smith a better home and live happily ever after. Until now."

"Well, if we haven't had the most terrible time. Armand's car broke down last night a million miles from nowhere and we had to stay at the nastiest little inn you ever saw. No modern conveniences at all. It was dreadful. We were on our way home from the Junior Prom. A pupil of Armand's invited us. And, oh well, it's a long story."

"[about Jerry] I'm convinced he must care about me or he wouldn't do the funny things he does."

"Robert Allen — Frank Randall"

"Esther Dale — Mrs. Leeson"

"Robert Warwick — Mr. Vance"

"Cecil Cunningham — Aunt Patsy"

"Well, I'm gonna be tanned and Lucy's not gonna be embarrassed. And what wives don't know won't hurt them."

"[to Lucy] I certainly acted like a prized lunatic and I'm sorry…Nothing except the most ridiculous and sickening exhibition mortal man ever made of himself. Oh, I don't know why I act like that….The main idea is, do you accept my apology? Aside from making a blue-ribbon sap of myself today, I must have embarrassed you beyond words. You took it fine, though."

"Molly Lamont — Barbara Vance"

"Mary Forbes — Mrs. Vance"

"Perhaps our marriage doesn't mean anything to you?…Perhaps you have no sentiment left for me."

"I wish Lucy would go out and get some fun for herself now and again. It would do her good. That's the trouble with most marriages today. People are always imagining things. The road to Reno is paved with suspicions. And the first thing you know, they all end up in a divorce court."

"Alexander D'Arcy — Armand Duvalle"

"So you two are gonna be married. I was glad to hear that. I said to myself, 'That Leeson's just the man for Lucy.'"

"Oh, I've heard everything. I'm going out to get some popcorn and pink lemonade. I've just seen a three-ring circus."

"[to Daniel] Take good care of her. Maybe you'll succeed where I failed. And I'm sure that the three of you will be very happy out where the West begins. If you ever think of me, send me a postcard. Just say, 'Having a wonderful time!' I'll understand."

"Joyce Compton — Dixie Belle Lee"

"Barbara: [to Jerry, after Lucy answers his phone] Have you made up your mind who the woman is?"

"Judge: The custody of the dog will depend upon his own desire."

"(You) can't have a happy married life if you're always going to be suspicious of each other…No one's interested in my night's adventure except Jerry and he knows it's innocent, just as well as he knows that, well, that he just got back from Florida."

"Irene Dunne — Lucy Warriner/Lola Warriner"