- Rhoda Shillitoe: Hey, Samson, Mr. Butler's got some great news for you!
- Samson Shillitoe: Mister? When did he get the operation?
- Rhoda Shillitoe: [Apologetically to Butler] He doesn't mean anything.
- Samson Shillitoe: [Emphatically] I mean everything!
- Samson Shillitoe: [to the irate members of the women's club] Spine snappers! You don't want my poetry. You want my liver!