- Det. Sgt. Stone: [sarcastically about his apartment on skid row] You got a real good going here, haven't you Donohue.
- Jack Donohoe: No comment.
- Officer Jim Reed: I'd say that's a matter of opinion.
- Jack Donohoe: Yeah... come to think of it. I have got something going. I'm not a cop anymore. You gotta admit that's a rung up the ladder of society, wouldn't you say?
- Ada Hays: [to Malloy about her suitcase being stolen in an old scam] Don't waste any sympathy on me, Mister. Dumb don't rate tears, and that's me: *dumb*, capital D.