- Maitre'D: Just a moment, it's true we do give ties, but those are to gentlemen who have shirts to wear them with.
- C.W. Crawford: Next time I'm going to stick to my nice little foundation. Undersea volcanos don't seem half as irrational as human beings do right now.
- Brent: The cause of basic scientific research will long be indebted to you sir. You, are a genius, Mr. Shubert.
- Mr. Schubert: You got half of that right. Do you really think I'm doing this for the cause of basic scientific research?
- Mr. Schubert: Poobah seems to have strayed beyond his outer limit again. IO mean, he doesn't pay attention, does he?
- Brent: As I told you, jellyfish have absolutely no sense of responsibility.
- Brent: It pains me to see you so down and out, sir. I want you to know that. There's something else I want you to know, sir. I'm with you all the way. Come heck or high water. Never have I been so privileged to work with such a brilliant man.