- Mike Hammer: [in a cemetery] Have you noticed the larger tombstones have the longer lifespans?
- Jack Vance: It says something about money, doesn't it?
- Mike Hammer: It may not buy happiness, but it gives you a better lease.
- Pat: So the system stinks. What else is new, huh?
- Mike Hammer: You know something? There was only one convicted killer that was executed in America last year. While 165 police officers got the death penalty in the line of duty. Does that make any sense?
- Pat: You know how many brain cells you destroy with one hit?
- [indicating Mike's liquor bottle]
- Mike Hammer: Yeah. Thousands. So what? It's better than thinking.