- Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson: It's no use, Philippe. I'm in love with the man I married. And he's not even my husband!
- Philippe Fouquet: Even in Paris, that's an unusual situation.
- Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson: How'd you get in here?
- S. Winthrop Putnam: I have a friend in the FBI.
- Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson: How about the Red Cross?
- [throws a vase at him]
- S. Winthrop Putnam: Do you know what my title is? Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State. It's taken me ten years to get this far. If this falls through I'll be right back where I started: Assistant Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State.
- Marcia Sherman: There's going to be a vacancy on the Labor Relations Board.
- Secretary Robert Sherman: One of the labor members is going back to work.
- Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson: I'm sick and tired of taking orders and I'm not going to finish my dinner. I'm not going to go to my room, either. In fact, I don't know what I'm going to do. But take my advice, gentlemen: Hang on to your life preservers!
- Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson: I don't care what I did last night and the night before that and the night before that, too. I'm gonna ring the bell tonight. I'm gonna ring the bell tonight. That's what I'm gonna do!
- Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson: Oh! Don't worry about that. I'll cancel Montreal for Paris anytime. Nothing but eskimos up there anyway.
- Marcia Sherman: All right, father. You're a pretty shrewd operator.
- Secretary Robert Sherman: I take after my daughter.
- S. Winthrop Putnam: [to Marcia Sherman] You never loved me. You only wanted to marry me to try to get to the White House where you could remodel that too.