- L.P.: [she is in a food joint, sitting at a table with Lisa, Flat Top, Judy and Two Tanks] Lisa, haven't you noticed the Torch you're carrying is all smoke, and no fire?
- Flat Top: Lay off.
- Judy: Look, L.P., what we're trying to tell you is what Lisa does is her own business.
- Lisa Vernon: It's all right, Judy.
- L.P.: [starts rambling] Don't play so high and mighty. All of you think the same as I do. It's just sinful, that's all. A pretty girl like Lisa sitting around, watching clocks. Waiting for the phone to ring. All because of someone who has forgotten any of us are around.
- Two Tanks: [fed up with her rambling] L.P., flip the record!
- L.P.: Listen, I was as sorry for Jeff as any of you. But to go on like this, week after week. You got a girl like Lisa waiting, and all she asks...
- Flat Top: [exasperated] Come on, Two Tanks, can't you feed her? Dance with her? Gag her!