- Alan Bateman: Doctor, a souvenir.. This was the slug that was fired into your bulletproof vest. My name is Alan Bateman; I'm your "assassin."
- Stacey Hyatt: Well, I doubt very much, Mr. Blake, that unless you can make the IRS disappear, Mr. Paradine would be interested in seeing you.
- Stacey Hyatt: I'm very whimsical. I could change my mind at any second. That comes from having everything and doing nothing.
- Jerry Anderson: Now look, gentlemen, I---I don't want no problems. So why don't you be good to yourselves and leave me alone?
- Nelson Paradine: So next you're going to tell me you're going to join the circus?
- Stacey Hyatt: Join a circus? Nelson, you, and your strongman, and your traveling vans, you are the circus. I want to join reality.
- Nelson Paradine: I'm going to tell you what reality is. Reality is the moment you step out of that door, your acting career is dead. The reality is that you have no acting talent, no typing talent. And in fact, you have no talent for anything remunerative that I've been able to discern.