- Robert Curtis: Confidentially, Sheila, I'm delighted every time you make a mistake. It gives me the chance to dance with you.
- Sheila Winthrop: Confidentially, I make mistakes for the same reason.
- Martin Cortland: Do anything so long as you make my wife believe I was telling the truth when I was lying to her!
- Robert Curtis: Hold it! We can't go in there.
- Sheila Winthrop: Why not?
- Robert Curtis: Well, you see, that's my bedroom.
- Sheila Winthrop: Robert, don't be coy.
- Robert Curtis: Well, I mean, there's work going on in there. There's a - a - a plumber!
- Sheila Winthrop: What difference does that make?
- Robert Curtis: What difference?
- [shower starts]
- Robert Curtis: There you are.
- Sheila Winthrop: Oh, he's just fixing the shower, isn't he? Come on!
- [Enters bedroom and sees Sonya reach her hand out of the bathroom to get her slip that's hanging on the doorknob]
- Sheila Winthrop: Charming, wasn't he.
- Robert Curtis: You mean that little...
- Sheila Winthrop: That dainty little garment, yes. What the well dressed plumber's wearing, I guess, hmmm?
- Robert Curtis: Well, you know, it takes all kinds of plumbers to make a world!
- Marge: You know that dance routine as well as I do.
- Sheila Winthrop: That's right.
- Marge: Then, why do you mop it just when Mr. Curtis is around?
- Sheila Winthrop: Because I like to dance with him.
- Robert Curtis: Look, I thought you promised there'd be no more galloping over rooftops?
- Martin Cortland: Well, but this is different. She's a foreigner!
- Robert Curtis: What's different about it? A gallop is a gallop in any language.
- [Cortland's car stops in front of a jewellery store; he asks his chauffeur why they have stopped here]
- Jenkins, Martin's Chauffeur: Well don't you remember sir? This is your wedding anniversary.
- Martin Cortland: Oh, of course, of course. My fifteenth, delightful occasion. Thank you, Jenkins.
- [Cortland goes in, picks out a diamond bracelet]
- 5th Avenue Jewelry Salesman: Fine. To tell you the truth, that's my preference. Now will there be anything else?
- Martin Cortland: No thank you. Oh, yes, yes - I want to get something for my wife, too.
- Marge: To a hungry man, a lamb chop is a tasty dish, but to the butcher it's just another hunk of meat.
- Robert Curtis: Hello.
- [he doesn't get a response]
- Robert Curtis: I said hello.
- Sheila Winthrop: Oh. Sorry
- Robert Curtis: All right, now, listen kids. I want the whole number. Come on, places please! It's "Boogie Barcarolle" from the top and I'll do it with you. You ready? Music! Now give me some nice, straight lines, please. Go!
- Marge: Don't get your hopes up dear.
- Sheila Winthrop: Why not?
- Marge: Because, for eight hours everyday, Mr. Curtis is up to his hips in beautiful girls and we all look alike to him.
- Sheila Winthrop: Really?
- Marge: Yes! To a hungry man a lamb chop is a tasty dish; but, to the butcher its just another hunk of meat.
- Martin Cortland: Julia is going to divorce me.
- Robert Curtis: I'll be the first to congratulate her.
- Martin Cortland: How can you say that! You know I don't want a divorce. I'm a happily married man. I love my wife!
- Robert Curtis: And, besides, all this property is in her name.
- Martin Cortland: She's going to strip me right down to my underwear, too.
- Robert Curtis: You ought to think of that, before you go galloping after something you shouldn't have and can't catch!
- Sheila Winthrop: And that's what happened. It was all part of the game.
- Marge: I see. This Curtis fellow pitched and you caught.
- Swivel Tongue: Before the party broke up, Sheila did some pitching of her own! I'd say the score was even.
- Sheila Winthrop: I wouldn't.
- Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones: You say Lillie Neck, Longa Neck, Greata Neck, Connecticut. All I wanna know is when my brudder, she's arrive.
- Railroad Information Clerk: I'm sorry but I don't understand what you want to know.
- Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones: He's no so smart.
- Robert Curtis: [singing] No crying Marge and Mert, You need a girdle Gert, And promise me please, To write me Louise, And give me the latest dirt, I'm off, my queens, To learn some new routines, I'm shootin' the works for Uncle Sam...
- Robert Curtis: Sheila, how can I see you again?
- Sheila Winthrop: Oh, keep sitting at that window. And one of these days I might be passing by.
- Sheila Winthrop: How did I know you'd be silly enough to try a thing like this?
- Robert Curtis: Where's the back door?
- Robert Curtis: All right, Martin, now what's your real idea of doing this show in camp?
- Martin Cortland: Why, Robert, I'm surprised at you. You know I've always wanted to do something for the government.
- Robert Curtis: Oh, yeah, sure, sure.
- Martin Cortland: You'd think I was getting something out of this.
- Robert Curtis: Only my services for nothing, that's all.
- Martin Cortland: What do you mean for nothing? The government pays you $21 a month, doesn't it? Where does that money come from? The taxpayers. I'm a taxpayer.
- Robert Curtis: Let me thank you, Martin.
- Martin Cortland: Don't mention it, my boy.
- Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones: That Miss Winthrop, she's so beautiful! And I hate her so much! When is Mr. Curtis going to put me in her place?
- Martin Cortland: Any day now, Sonya. I'm working out a new angle.
- Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones: A new angle? Old angle! This angle! That angle! I want to dance! And all you do is angle me!
- Martin Cortland: Listen, Sonya, you trust me, don't you?
- Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones: No!
- Robert Curtis: [singing] My dear, I've a feeling you are, So near, And yet so far, You appear, Like a radiant star, First so near, Then again so far...
- Robert Curtis: [singing] My condition is only so-so, Cause whenever I feel you're close, oh, You turn out to be, Oh, so far...
- Colonel Shiller: Well, what's so important about a honeymoon? When you've been married for 25 years, as I have, you look back and wonder - oh, but, never mind that.
- Colonel Shiller: You hear that, Miss Winthrop? The whole blooming Army's calling for you. And I might say, that includes myself.
- Singer in 'Wedding Cake Walk' Number: [singing] Oh, here comes the bride, no less, It's hot stuff, that fluffy dress, I must admit, though she's lit, She looks a bit sweet, No wonder her Romeo, Begins shoutin' "Hi-De-Ho!" As his bride starts to stride, To a boogie beat...
- Singer in 'Wedding Cake Walk' Number: [singing] When newlyweds in fancy carriages, Leave that reception gay, The Wedding Cakewalk, Sends them on their way, Pasty choirs in tasty churches, Gives it all they've got, Prudish old preachers on their perches, Say, "A-men, it's hot!"
- Robert Curtis: [after an evening out] Thanks, Sheila. It was lovely.
- Sheila Winthrop: That's your fault.
- Capt. Nolan: Tell us, captain, how do you find conditions here?
- Robert Curtis: Uh, splendid, splendid. The officers are all fine men, and, uh, very lenient with the selectees - I hope.
- Capt. Williams: Have you inspected our, uh, guard house, captain?
- Robert Curtis: [Wearing Willams's coat which he had stollen] Not, not completely. I expect to spend much more time there.
- Tom Barton: Colonel, Miss Winthrop and I are all packed and we're ready to leave on our honeymoon, sir.
- Colonel Shiller: Well, what's so important about a honeymoon? When you've been married for 25 years as I have, you'll look back and wonder, uh, uh, but never mind that.
- Tom Barton: What would you recommend?
- Robert Curtis: I'd throw him in the guardhouse until he learned better. Which wouldn't take long.
- Robert Curtis: [Impersonating an officer] You see, the enlisted man is the backbone of the Army. And sometimes officers are not as considerate as I think they should be.
- Mrs. Julia Cortland: You're getting common place, and I'm getting bored with you.
- Martin Cortland: Bored? With me? Is it my fault you reached in the wrong pocket.
- Sheila Winthrop: Ohhh, Capt. Curtis. How democratic of you to have a private's uniform.
- Robert Curtis: [From inside the guard house] Oh, uh, this is just temporary. My tent burned down and I had to order a new batch of uniforms.
- Robert Curtis: All right. I'm your man. The show is on. But I'll tell you why. Right next door lives a little lady who's going to dance with me.
- Martin Cortland: Little lady - who?
- Robert Curtis: Miss Sheila Winthrop.
- Martin Cortland: Sheila Winthrop? Up here? Robert, you don't want her. Why she's a dangerous character. She almost broke me up with my wife - you know that.
- Capt. Williams: Tell me - what action would you recommend in the case of a, a private stealing a captain's coat?
- Robert Curtis: Well, I wouldn't have him shot.
- Capt. Williams: You wouldn't?
- Robert Curtis: No, no, that's much too drastic. Besides it would spoil him for active duty.
- Martin Cortland: Would you stop looking at me that way?
- Mrs. Julia Cortland: Like what?
- Martin Cortland: Well, you oughtta know, you're doing it.
- Martin Cortland: A football team - 11 men. A baseball team - nine. A symphony orchestra - a hundred men. 12 men?... ... A jury!
- Martin Cortland: You don't believe me, then?
- Mrs. Julia Cortland: Oh, of course I do, darling. But that's because I know you so well. I'm just wondering how your story will sound to 12 strange men.
- Martin Cortland: Where are we Jenkins?
- Jenkins, Martin's Chauffeur: Fifth Avenue, sir
- Martin Cortland, Jenkins, Martin's Chauffeur: Well, I can see that, but why are we here?
- Jenkins, Martin's Chauffeur: Well, don't you remember, sir? This is your wedding anniversary.
- Martin Cortland: Oh, of course, heh, heh, of course.
- Martin Cortland: [after Julia has left] Twelve strange men. Twelve strange men? She's batty. What's 12 strange men got to do with this?
- Robert Curtis: [Stopped by a policeman who points out a fireplug in front of his car] That wasn't there when I parked.
- Cop ticketing Curtis: Oh, I'm sure it wasn't. Every time it rains, these fireplugs pop out of the sidewalk like mushrooms.
- Martin Cortland: Do we have to fight on or wedding anniversary?
- Mrs. Julia Cortland: How did you happen to remember that?
- Martin Cortland: Well, Jenkins told me.
- Mrs. Julia Cortland: Very thoughtful of Jenkins.
- Sonya: [to Martin Cortland] A new angle, old angle, this angle, that angle. I want to dance, and all you do is angle me.