- Virgil T. Gillis: [to Dobie] You are the persuasive one, you devil, you. You could talk a possum right down out of a tree into a field full of houn' dogs.
- [Dobie decides that he must sell some Atwater Quickie Cookers to impress his girlfriend's father, who owns the company]
- Dobie Gillis: I've gotta do it, Maynard. This is it, all or nothing, sink or swim.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Salt or pepper.
- [they look at each other with blank stares, not knowing what to say, then Dobie continues]
- Dobie Gillis: Have you got the cooker?
- Maynard G. Krebs: Check.
- Dobie Gillis: Sales manual?
- Maynard G. Krebs: Check.
- Dobie Gillis: Prospect list?
- Maynard G. Krebs: Check.
- Dobie Gillis: Then what are we waitin' for?
- Maynard G. Krebs: You're standin' on my foot!