- Lucy Ricardo: You know what they say: Behind every great man, there's a great woman.
- Ethel Mertz: Is that what they say?
- Lucy Ricardo: Yes. Empress Josephine, Dolly Madison, Mamie Eisenhower, we're all back there.
- Ethel Mertz: Well, if it gets dull back there, you can always start a Bridge game.
- Lucy Ricardo: Oh, Ethel, we're all behind our husbands, guiding their destinies. We're puppeteers behind the scenes, pulling the strings.
- Ethel Mertz: [Ricky walks in] Well, here's Howdy Doody now.