- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: Well don't give me the mad look. You can only go so far browbeating a kid then you don't get more you get less.
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: All right, all right, you hold it now. Cuz in another minute we're both going to be swimming in the middle of Lake Silly here.
- Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs: [laughs]
- Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie: I don't think there is anything more to be gained by this discussion. I'm going to go see a woman about some cornbread and a bowl of beans.
- Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs: [to Himself as Gillespie is leaving] Lord I wish I had something I could throw.