- Tony Vincenzo: You know, I had once planned to enter the priesthood.
- Carl Kolchak: And then the Inquisition ended, and all the fun went out of it for you.
- Tony Vincenzo: Well, I don't mind political exposés if the facts are there. But Kolchak, why does our political exposé have to have a dog in it?
- Carl Kolchak: The people's candidate. Fearless, independent and energetic. Why can't the people's candidate be like the rest of us - timid, insecure and lazy?
- Carl Kolchak: I was a young man when I started waiting for that elevator, but there's two things that just can't be rushed: Anyone who's paid by the hour, and an office building elevator.
- Carl Kolchak: [muttering, as he swipes Miss Emily's bottle of holy water] It's OK, Emily; God will understand - I hope.
- Carl Kolchak: The old cliche that politics makes strange bedfellows is only too true. At one time or another, various and sundry politicians have found themselves - when it proved expedient, of course - sharing a blanket with the military, organized crime, disgruntled, gun-toting dairy farmers, the church, famous athletes, the comedians; the list is endless. But there was a senatorial race not so long ago right here in Illinois where the strangest bedfellow of all was found under the sheets. The strangest... and certainly the most terrifying.
- Carl Kolchak: Tony! Tony, Palmer is evil incarnate! He is going to go all the way to the White House, to that Oval Office!
- Carl Kolchak: Uh, what's it like living with Bob?
- Lorraine Palmer: He's perfect.
- Carl Kolchak: I wish I were.
- Lorraine Palmer: So do I. Good night!
- Carl Kolchak: Political campaigns are generally littered with pollsters and rhetoric - but this one was littered with corpses.
- Stephan Wald: Palmer, you are a crook.
- Robert W. Palmer: Oh, now, Steve, why don't you save those colorful descriptive for the opposition, huh?
- Stephan Wald: Don't you try to con me. I went back to see your old constituency in Dantonville. Oh, you didn't miss a trick, did you? Bribery, extortion, misappropriation of funds.
- Robert W. Palmer: Those accusations are made all the time in politics, especially when you win elections.
- Stephan Wald: You didn't win that election. You stole it. You bought it with laundered money. But you're not gonna buy the state Senate, not with me as your bag boy.
- Robert W. Palmer: I like the way you've run the campaign, Steve. I'm going on to bigger things. I'd like you with me, but if you're determined to quit...
- Stephan Wald: You don't seem to get the picture, Bob. I'm not just quitting. I'm blowing the whistle.
- Robert W. Palmer: That would be a mistake. We better talk about it.
- Stephan Wald: Sure. I'll talk about it, to the D.A.
- Robert W. Palmer: I can't let you do that.
- Stephan Wald: You can't stop me.
- Robert W. Palmer: You're a good reporter. Not a great one - you have personality flaws that are going to keep total success from your grasp. But you are, nonetheless, a very good reporter.
- Carl Kolchak: Some advice for pedestrians: when you're run over by a strange dog, if you can't get his number, at least get his license tag.