- Mary Gianni: Now... ask me the same question again, off the record.
- Joe Rossi: Ok. Why did the manufacturers of the Rough Rider 90 drop your agency?
- Mary Gianni: Because the Rough Rider 90 is a stiff.
- Joe Rossi: How do you mean?
- Mary Gianni: The body is cold and everyone's wondering if they look good in black.
- Joe Rossi: What about the Rough Rider 90?
- Rick Reiner: [snickers] Who cares about the Rough Rider 90?
- Joe Rossi: Well, that's the motorcycle I'm looking into.
- Rick Reiner: That's not a motorcycle, that's two wheels and a food processor.
- Lou Grant: What's up, Lou?
- Billie Newman: You know any good places to eat in Lompoc?
- Lou Grant: [laughs it off] Are you kidding? No.
- Billie Newman: Then you'd better have dinner before you go up.
- Art Donovan: [after an anecdote in a bar turns sour between Charlie and David Marcus] So, you going to the Ice Capades when they come to town, Lou?
- Lou Grant: No! Why?
- Art Donovan: To change the subject.
- Lou Grant: Oh... I dunno...
- Billie Newman: [on payphone in pouring rain] I never talked to Talbot, I didn't even see him. His publisher had him in a limmo before I could get my umbrella closed and my notebook open.
- Lou Grant: Better let me bum a ride from Charlie.
- Art Donovan: My car is cleaner...
- Lou Grant: Hm, but you I don't owe an apology to.
- Charlie Hume: Don't worry, that's why they pay me the big bucks; 'cause it's so cold up at these high altitudes.