- Chris: There just ain't no sense in livin'. We ain't gotta chance!
- Laurie: Why, Chris, what a thing to say! We've all got a chance! The world is full of beautiful things.
- Chris: Not for us swampers!
- Laurie: Yes siree. For all of us. Anyway, I'm not gonna be a swamper. I'm not always going to be. I'm gonna be somebody.
- Judge: What in the world is wayne doing with that swamper? Is he crazy?
- Mrs. Parker: Far from it. I think he's showing remarkable intelligence. She's one of the most delightful little persons I've ever known.
- Judge: Hah!
- Mrs. Parker: You're know you're getting very old and hypocritical and sort of slipping into your dotage.
- Nathan: I don't know what you said, but it must have been something rotten. Nora, if you was a man, I'd break every bone in your body.