- Ethel Mertz: [Lucy is miffed that she's excluded from Ricky's spread in Life Magazine except for a close-up of her arm holding Little Ricky] Hey, twenty million people read this magazine. Why, your arm will be famous.
- Lucy Ricardo: [sarcastically] Thanks.
- Ethel Mertz: Oh, don't be so unhappy. Think of how much good it'll do Ricky's career.
- Lucy Ricardo: Oh, sure. What about *my* career.
- Ethel Mertz: You don't have a career.
- Lucy Ricardo: Exactly. And why? Publicity like this.
- Ethel Mertz: Oh, now Lucy.
- Lucy Ricardo: It's a wonder I've got where I am.
- Ethel Mertz: Where are you?
- Lucy Ricardo: Oh, shut up!
- Lucy Ricardo: It's only because of Little Ricky that I want to get my break in show business.
- Ricky Ricardo: Well, I know I'm going to be sorry I asked this, but how do you figure?
- Lucy Ricardo: Well, you just think ahead a little bit. When Little Ricky goes to school, and some of his playmates asks who his parents are...
- Ricky Ricardo: Yeah...
- Lucy Ricardo: ...just what is he going to have to say? 'My father is Ricky Ricardo, the internationally-known entertainer. And then there's my mother, whose name escapes me for the moment.'