- Madden Thomas: [while working as a department store Santa, Madden Thomas, who has been secretly drinking, belches loudly. A customer gasps] What did you expect, Madame? Chimes?
- Kathy Thomas: Where is the old gentleman?
- Robert Carter: He left early - before the party even started.
- Kathy Thomas: With Barty?
- Robert Carter: Uh-huh. Oh! That's why you're still up.
- Kathy Thomas: Oh, It doesn't matter really. After all, 17 weeks with only three tumbles. He's entitled to fall off tonight. No reason why not. Only it does scare me a little, starting with Barty again.
- Robert Carter: Take it easy - what will they do? Knock off a few quick ones, bore each other with a few lies. Then come on home.
- Kathy Thomas: Ha! You don't know Maddy. He went out for an early edition once. He turned up in Cairo five weeks later, with Barty
- Kathy Thomas: And Maddy! Please, nothing but lemonade.
- Madden Thomas: How sharper than a serpent's tooth.
- Madden Thomas: What was success but a straight jacket? Why should I put it on again? Failure emancipated me, sure as Lincoln freed the slaves.
- Robert Carter: You have one badly twisted foot, my darling; but the Venus de Milo was mutilated, too.
- Kathy Thomas: Ahh
- [Passionately kiss him]