- 'Doc' Rogers: Alright, boys, let's get down to business. There was a time not so long ago when we were all sitting pretty. Remember the take? That's all over and has been for a long time. Things have been tough - very tough - from the moment Big Mike Morgan left us, things went to pot. With Big Mike went the Golden Age. And you know why? Because we didn't have a leader. Remember, gentlemen, united we stand, divided we fall. Gentlemen, now is the time to reorganize.
- Joe Torelli: I suppose you picked the top spot for yourself.
- 'Doc' Rogers: [to his gang] No, I'm not important enough. My name wouldn't mean a thing. No, what we need is a man who is fearless. A man who can command the respect of everybody. A man of courage. There's only one man in the world with the reputation we need. A man whose name will bring them all together again. A man whose name will make the businessman sit up and pay off. And that man is Big Mike Morgan's son.
- 'Doc' Rogers: Baby Face ... uh, Eddie ... you've got to face the mob this afternoon.
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: Not me. I'm no gangster. I'm going home.
- 'Doc' Rogers: Over my dead body.
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: I'm ashamed of myself. Mr. Rogers, our chairman, giving us all that money and we're not doing anything to help.
- Oliver Harrison: But that's big business for ya, kid. The peasants do all the work and we ride the golden chariot.
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: Well, all just the same, I'm ashamed of myself.
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: All right, you want to go to work? Go out and sell insurance. I found these in the desk. All you have to do is let the people fill them in.
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: Oh, but I've never sold insurance before. What do I do? What do I say?
- Oliver Harrison: Personal magnetism is the answer, kid. Just turn on the old personality. Break down their sales resistance. Convince them they need insurance. That's all there is to it.
- Oliver Harrison: Oh, I couldn't. You do it, Cousin Ollie.
- Oliver Harrison: Me? The vice president of a big concern like this. Now how would it look if I were to go out peddling insurance?
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: Yeah, but I'm the president.
- Oliver Harrison: Well, that's just it. Take our country. Who does all the work... the president or the vice president?
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: The president.
- Oliver Harrison: Well, sure. Nobody ever hears that of the vice president. He just stays in the office.
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: I guess you're right. But who do I see?
- Oliver Harrison: Well, you go out and... You ask the silliest questions.
- Virginia Clark: Edward Morgan, president. You look wonderful behind a desk. A little young but this a young generation.
- Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan: Virginia, I wish you were my secretary. I never gave dictation but I could learn.
- Virginia Clark: But if I knew how to take shorthand, I think I'd even give up the trucking business.
- 'Doc' Rogers: So while, they're busy doin' that, we're going to move in.
- Lefty Lewis: Sharp as a tack!
- Joe Torelli: I'm one hundred per cent with ya, Doc. And I'm takin' over, right guys?
- 'Doc' Rogers: No, you don't, Torelli. People won't stand for that trigger happy stuff nowadays.
- Wise Willie: How about me, Doc?
- [the gang laughs.]
- 'Doc' Rogers: No, I'm afraid not. I'm afraid you're just too stupid.
- Wise Willie: Yeah, too stupid. Gee, I never thought of that.