- Angela: I am a singer. Kindly treat me like one.
- Alexander Mundy: Groovy.
- [Reaches over to embrace her; Angela recoils]
- Angela: I said I was a singer!
- Alexander Mundy: I thought you said swinger.
- Alexander Mundy: While you're singing, that will clear the house and give me a crack at the safe.
- Angela: You mean you won't be attending my recital?
- Alexander Mundy: Sweetheart, sing in the shower and I'll drop by. But I didn't come here to get cultured, I came here to get into a safe. Understand?
- Noah Bain: Al, you have your country's thanks.
- Alexander Mundy: Did you ever try to buy a hamburger with a thank?
- Noah Bain: Angela Funello.
- Alexander Mundy: Oh, the current hotshot at the Metropolitan?
- Noah Bain: Yeah, that's right.
- Alexander Mundy: I read about her. Is it true?
- Noah Bain: Everything.
- Alexander Mundy: Prima donna first class. The biggest publicity hound in the world. The most temperamental top-blower since Vesuvius.
- Noah Bain: That's a very accurate description.
- Angela: [Caruso music blares through a speaker] Oh, will you turn that off?
- Alexander Mundy: I don't know very much about opera, but isn't Caruso supposed to be a pretty good singer?
- Angela: If you like tenors.
- Angela: You know, Mr. Mundy, you're not unattractive.
- Alexander Mundy: That goes triple, lady.
- Angela: But you're a tenor.
- Alexander Mundy: I don't even sing!
- Angela: If you did, you'd be a tenor. And I hate tenors.