- Louise: There's something I always wanted to tell you. There are kids, millions of kids who've grown up poor. Like you. How did it happen? What difference was there between them and you, that you became a hood, a tough guy, and not them? Know what I think, Jo? They're the tough guys, not you.
- Mario Ferrati: [to Tony about Cesar] For a job with you he'll come. Cesar! There's not a safe that can resist Cesar and not a woman that Cesar can resist.
- Tony le Stéphanois: I liked you. I really liked you, Macaroni. But, you know the rules.
- Cesar le Milanais: The rules.
- Jo le Suedois: Poker all night in a smoke-filled room! Just what you need! Get out to the country. Get some air in your lungs.
- Tony le Stéphanois: You see me milking cows?
- Tony le Stéphanois: I got busted in May. In June you were on the Riviera with a gigolo. You didn't lose any time.
- Jo le Suedois: [walking down a street] "Ferrugia," pricey custom-made boots for the missus.
- Tony le Stéphanois: Is opens when?
- Jo le Suedois: Late. "Tecla," cultured pearls, costume junk. Opens at 10:00. Florist. Salesgirl has the biggest boobs in town.
- Viviane: [singing] You look like you don't have a clue, Like no one ever spoke to you, 'Bout "rififi," It's not a word that people use, Among the swells, the Who's Who's, "Rififi," It's the lingo of the streetwise, The battle cry of real tough guys, "Rififi," So don't fry your brain and grumble, All it means is "rough n'tumble," "Rififi"
- Jo le Suedois: Ever heard of the "L'Age d'Or" in Montmarte?
- Tony le Stéphanois: Why?
- Jo le Suedois: Mado works there. She looks after the girls. She's shacked up with the boss, Pierre Grutter. Know him?
- Tony le Stéphanois: Vaguely. His kid brother's a junkie, I think.
- Jo le Suedois: Yeah, he's hooked bad.
- Viviane: [singing] When I'm done workin' the beat, He takes me to the movies as a treat, He don't care what flick we see, So long as it's got "rififi," In love, he can be kinda rough, He don't go for sentimental stuff, A chick, he keeps telling me, Gets her kicks on "rififi," And when he really lets himself go, I get a cuff just for show, And when I'm lying by his side, I'm nothing, I got no pride, In paradise I wanna be, I'll pay the price in "rififi"
- Viviane: [singing] I got a guy who knows what's what, He ain't the kind to bust a gut, He's got lotsa philosophy, Only he's too sweet on "rififi," If another guy just gives me a nod, Right away he goes for his rod, He tips his hat and yes, sirree! It's time for some "rififi," I step in, but he don't give a damn, He points me out and says: scram! And when he's back after a while, He's got this nasty little smile, And sure as sure can be, I'm next in line for "rififi"...
- Newspaper Salesman: Read all about it! 240 million! Biggest take since the Sabine women!