- Lt. Bert Samuels: Chang?
- Det. Chris Cagney: That's the name Charlie gave me.
- Lt. Bert Samuels: Have you got any idea how many Changs there are in Chinatown?
- Det. Chris Cagney: Not in rough figures, but how many of them were wearing black satin jackets with dragons on the back?
- Det. Chris Cagney: Mary Beth, Mei Ling doesn't know it was one of us.
- Mary Beth Lacey: It wasn't one of us, Chris. It was me.
- Lt. Bert Samuels: Hey, look it, this is not a Wild West show and you're not John Wayne. You don't do anything till I give the signal, you got that?
- Charlie Cagney: Will you stop questioning me?
- Det. Chris Cagney: Sorry.
- Charlie Cagney: It's one of the reasons you're a good cop, but it's annoying as hell in a daughter.