- Bob: You know I'm very much in love with you, don't you?
- Bonnie: Are you?
- Bob: I'm crazy about you, and you know it.
- Bonnie: I didn't know.
- Bob: Well, you know it now. What about it?
- Bonnie: That's it... what?
- Bob: Going to make me stand on ceremony?
- Bonnie: You think I'm so old-fashioned?
- Bob: I hope not.
- Bonnie: You're right. I'm not. I believe in... in trying love out.
- Bob: On approval?
- Bonnie: Yes, on approval.
- [they kiss as the scene fades out]
- Bonnie: I know, the auction's in full wing... going, going, gawn.
- Rodney: It's a tough break being left stranded like this. Why, we're paupers!
- Bonnie: [laughs] Well, there's no use crying about it. Buck up! Put on your spurs and gauntlets and give the world a battle.
- Bonnie: [she gently, playfully punches his chin] Swat 'em in the eye.
- Rodney: Yeah? Just how?
- Bonnie: Go to work. I'm not afraid.
- Rodney: [sarcastically] You? Why, what could you do? Open up a tea shoppie? "Bonnie Jordan's orange pekoe blend." Go to it.
- Stanley Jordan: [after his daughter Bonnie stayed underwater a long time while swimming, causing everyone to get worried] Oh, you little minx! Sometimes I'm sorry you're too old to spank!
- Stanley Jordan: Must you smoke before breakfast?
- Bonnie: Well, I must if I want to keep thin, darling.
- Bert Scranton: [advising Bonnie on being a reporter] You'll learn, kid. Clearness, condensation. Where, what, when, and why... that's the idea. Say, don't let those guys on the copy desk bother ya. They're just a lot of butchers at heart. Why, you know what they'd do if they got a chance?
- Bonnie: What?
- Bert Scranton: They'd cut the Lord's Prayer down to a one line squib. You know, "now I lay me down to sleep."
- [Bonnie laughs]
- Jake Luva: [to Rodney] Now, listen, kid. Money talks. But remember, in this business, it's the only thing that talks.
- Bob: [Bonnie pulls away after Bob kisses her] What's the matter? You've kissed me before, haven't you?
- Bonnie: Yes, but that wasn't a permanent arrangement, was it?
- Bob: Aren't you being clever?
- Bonnie: And aren't you being vague as usual?
- Bob: All right, if that's what you want, I'll set you up in a real establishment anytime you like. You don't have to make your living off of Jake Luva, dancing in his nightclub. I can do much better for you than that. Now, is that less vague?
- Bonnie: That's very clear. Now we understand each other. I'm a cheap little dancer in a night club, and you thought you could have me on your own terms. Well, you're mistaken! I can still pick my own men, Mr. Townsend, and right now it's Jake Luva.
- Mr. Selby: I took a pretty stiff licking myself on the market - and have to pay for my folly with the rest of the fools.
- Bob: What's funny?
- Bonnie: You're thinking you *ought* to marry me.
- Bob: It's the least I can do, isn't it?
- Bonnie: Kiss me, Bob.
- [kiss]
- Bonnie: Don't be silly, darling. You don't have to be a martyr to the cause. Everything is 50-50. You know that.
- Bob: You mean that?
- Bonnie: 50-50. Absolutely no obligation on anybody's part. So, cheer up. No wedding bells for us.
- Bob: You're not being heroic?
- Bonnie: I'm quite myself, I assure you. I like my freedom just as much as you do, Bob. And I intend to keep it.
- Mr. Selby: I'm afraid you don't quite realize the situation. Your father was wiped out completely.
- Rodney: You mean - there's nothing left for us?
- Mr. Selby: You're quite penniless.
- Bonnie: Oh, but, there must be some money somewhere. There must be! Hadn't Daddy any life insurance?
- Mr. Selby: His heart. You know, he wasn't a good risk.
- Bonnie: But, what's going to become of us? How are we going to live?
- Mr. Selby: I don't know. Unless you do as a great many others have done in these circumstances. Go to work.
- Rodney: Work? Hah!
- Bonnie: I used to think anything I did was all right. I was Bonnie Jordan - in society. Society. What is it but a lot of people who are for you when you're on the up and up and - what would one of them do for you when it came to a showdown? Nothing.
- Rodney: I wish I knew of some legitimate business that was this easy.
- Wally Baxter: Well, this is a legitimate business. Only, we make our own laws. We don't let any small town Senator make them for us. That's the only difference.
- Wally Baxter: What's the matter with bootlegging? What's the difference whether you buy or sell? You're equally as guilty in the eyes of the law. Only here you make the dough instead of spending it. That's where you're wise.
- Jake Luva: Now, listen, kid. Money talks. But, remember, in this business it's the only thing that talks.
- Jake Luva: Take that gun! Now, listen close, cause I don't repeat myself. You've got us into this jam and you're going to get us out. You're going to meet this bird at the subway entrance and you're going to let him have it.
- Parker: [to Bonnie Jordan] Listen, you're not Bonnie Jordan. You never were. You're Mary Smith, a tough girl from Missouri. You never saw a newspaper before. You're a cheap moll in the underworld. You hang around nightclubs, especially Luva's. You get to know him. You drink with him. Use any weapon you got! Only, get to know this man - and know him well.