- Oliver Douglas: You're kidding.
- Hank Kimball: About what?
- Oliver Douglas: About being fired.
- Hank Kimball: Oh, no, Mr. Douglas, I wouldn't kid about losing the only job I ever had.
- Oliver Douglas: Lisa, would you do me a favor? Will you keep your big Hungarian nose out of this?
- [leaves]
- Lisa Douglas: Well, that's the last time I ever marry him!
- Lisa Douglas: [Lisa is pushing a vacuum cleaner around the front room of the house] Would you put your foot up... your foots up? Put your feets up.
- Oliver Douglas: What's the matter with the vacuum?
- Lisa Douglas: Nothing.
- Oliver Douglas: It's not making any noise.
- Lisa Douglas: Well it only makes a noise when it's plugged in.
- Oliver Douglas: Well if it's not plugged in, it's not going to pick up the dirt.
- Lisa Douglas: There isn't any dirt.
- Oliver Douglas: Well then why are you vacuuming?
- Lisa Douglas: I am not! It's not plugged in!
- Sam Drucker: [after Ralph has chased Schmidlapp away] Doggone, I don't know what Ralph has, but nobody seems to want it.
- Mr. Treffinger: I'm sure you've heard the expression "a new broom sweeps clean."
- Lisa Douglas: No, how does it go?
- Oliver Douglas: Where's your brother?
- Alf Monroe: She's outside.
- Ralph Monroe: [appears in the closet] Yes and I'm not coming in!
- Oliver Douglas: What?
- Ralph Monroe: This place has too many memories!
- [leaves, close to tears]
- Oliver Douglas: Oh, for the... What's wrong with her?
- Ralph Monroe: She has a calcium deficiency.
- Sam Drucker: [about Schmidlapp] What'd he say to make you mad, Mr. Douglas?
- Oliver Douglas: He knocked my corn.
- Newt Kiley: Oh, he shouldn't a done that...
- Fred Ziffel: No. Them skinny stalks couldn't stand much knockin'.