- C.W. Crawford: Shubert's offering whatever he can to help us end what he calls 'our little problem'.
- Mark Harris: It is not like Mr. Shubert to make an offer without expecting something in return.
- C.W. Crawford: Oh, he has a price all right...
- Dr. Elizabeth Merrill: Drop the other shoe, C.W.
- C.W. Crawford: He said he'd lower the seas to their normal level in exchange for Mark Harris.
- Mark Harris: It really would have been easier for you to have kidnapped me.
- Mr. Schubert: Kidnap? I'm no gangster! It's difficult enough conducting an intricate experiment without half the army knocking at the door, oh no, my acquisition of you must be government approved, which is why I caused that little melt down.
- Hot Dog Stand Owner: [to Mark Harris] You know, for somebody with an Ocean Insitute you sure got a dry sense of humor.
- Mr. Schubert: [to Mark Harris] You're free to leave. Sooner or later you'll return.
- Trubshawe: This way, sir.
- Mr. Schubert: Go on, you're dripping on the carpet.
- Dr. Elizabeth Merrill: He's using his sonar to block out the microwaves.
- Chuey: He's no opera singer and thing's no wineglass!
- Mr. Schubert: Microwaves! Simple microwaves. The same, buzzy things that make tuna melts and ten-minute turkeys.
- Trubshawe: When do we turn on the big ones?
- Mr. Schubert: We have already turned them on, Trubshawe, you overslept again.
- Trubshawe: I beg your pardon, sir, but 4 A.M. is a bit early, even for a man in my position.
- Mr. Schubert: No hour's too early for success, especially for a man in your position.
- Hot Dog Stand Owner: Do you like chili dogs?
- C.W. Crawford: [affirmative] Do I like chili dogs.
- Mark Harris: [confused] You are serving frozen dogs? I did not think...
- Hot Dog Stand Owner: Oh, he's beautiful.
- [laughs]
- Hot Dog Stand Owner: We don't have any plankton today, you sort of have to call ahead for that kind of stuff.
- Mark Harris: Seaweed would be fine.