- Chief Inspector Japp: Charles Lester? We tried him twice this morning. He was out.
- Hercule Poirot: Well, it may be of no worth...
- Chief Inspector Japp: Look, be my guest. For the moment, I've got more important fish to fry.
- Hercule Poirot: Well, Hastings, while the Chief Inspector is frying his important fish, let us see what we can catch, eh?
- Hercule Poirot: Mais non, c'est impossible! How can I be fifty pounds overdrawn? It is a point of principle that I always keep my balance at four hundred and forty-four pounds, four shillings and four pence. A point of principle!
- [first lines]
- Captain Hastings: Community Chest. You've won second prize in a beauty contest. Collect ten pounds.
- Hercule Poirot: Thank you very much, Hastings. It would appear that skill plays but a little part in this game, hein?
- Captain Hastings: It's all about skill. What to buy and when. Where to put your property.
- Hercule Poirot: The Americans always put the month before the day, Hastings.
- Captain Hastings: Ah!
- Hercule Poirot: Yes, they're very backward people.
- [last lines]
- Hercule Poirot: You know, mon ami, about this game you were right all the time. It is the skill that counts in the end.
- Hercule Poirot: [Playing Monopoly] I will build a hotel on Fenchurch Street.
- Captain Hastings: You can't build a hotel on a railway station.
- Hercule Poirot: Don't be absurd, Hastings. There are plenty of hotels at railway stations.
- Captain Hastings: But, that's not in the rules.
- Hercule Poirot: Well, then, Hastings, the rules are wrong.
- Hercule Poirot: If you put your head in the mouth of a lion, you cannot complain if one day he bites it off, huh?
- Charles Lester: When I read about the murder, you see... this kind of thing - it's, uh, not exactly good for business.
- Chief Inspector Japp: Right now, it's not exactly good for you.