- Lewis Michener: Poor folks will always be left with the shit... whatever the shit is. And there isn't a damned thing God or Franklin Roosevelt will ever do to change it.
- Miss Adelaide: Can't a mother just do something nice for her girl?
- Sister Molly Finnister: Depends on the mother.
- Councilman Charlton Townsend: L.A. doesn't care who you are when you arrive. It only cares about who you make yourself into.
- Councilman Charlton Townsend: That's what I love about LA.
- Kurt: That you saw Fred Astaire?
- Councilman Charlton Townsend: That I could be Fred Astaire. LA doesn't care who you are when you arrive. It only cares about who you make yourself into.