- Carolyn Muir: I've got my sailors in the middle of a hurricane.
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: Seamen, madam, seamen. "Sailors" is a landlubber's word.
- Claymore Gregg: [on a pretext of selling insurance] I mean, what kind of protection have you got on your life?
- Martha Grant: Well, I have a dog named Scruffy and a rubber mat for my shower.
- Carolyn Muir: I thought you were going fishing with the children.
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: Might I remind you, madam, that I am not a blasted babysitter. Besides, too close supervision stifles their independence.
- Carolyn Muir: Well, I didn't expect you to "stifle" their independence. I just thought you might hold it down a little.