- Gene Bradley: [speaking into his carnation] Diana?
- Diane Marsh: [responding into her compact] I thought you'd forgotten all about me.
- Gene Bradley: Would David forget his slingshot?
- Vladimir Horvic: What about my suite?
- Gene Bradley: It isn't there anymore. You're a lucky man, Mr. Secretary. Somebody was celebrating the Fourth of July with real firecrackers, and you don't even observe Independence Day.