- Ralph Hanley: Bill, we are just sitting down to enjoy a nice dinner.
- Bill Maxwell: Oh, you were? Well, in that case, please don't let 20 years down the drain of dedicated service interrupt any of your plans for dinner. I mean, let's get out the Iranian caviar, give the Ayatollah something to really cheer about.
- Bill Maxwell: Well, well, well. This is my unit, Ralph? Just what I always wanted, romper room.
- Tony Villicana: Hey, Mr. H., this guys wants our help, he better learn how to say please.
- Bill Maxwell: You, on any given day, the one thing I don't want to hear is some hubcap stealing shrimp telling me how to run my unit.
- Tony Villicana: You got your gun on you?
- Bill Maxwell: Yeah.
- Tony Villicana: You going to wave a piece of iron in my face again?
- Tony Villicana: Hey, Maxwell. If I come across any chrome spinners, I'll pick them up for you, you know? Put a little fun in your life.
- Bill Maxwell: Every day of my life I'm looking for wise-guys, Villicana. I'm sure glad I didn't miss out on you.
- Paco Rodriguez: Man, you know that Mr. H. ain't a bad guy, you know? I ain't gonna use bad grammar no more because Mr. H. don't got no better help with us, you know? We gotta do like better stuff for him.
- Cyler Johnson: You know ain't nothing wrong with your grammar that couldn't be fixed by just learning English, you know?
- Cyler Johnson: [in a phone booth] Yeah, we're down here on the corner where the F.B.I. picked up Theresa and Serg, right. Ain't noting happening man, what's going? Ain't noting going on down here.
- Bill Maxwell: Wait a minute, wait a minute. That ain't no way to give a report. Start with your name. Last name first, middle name, first name last. Then location, then your facts, then stand by for instructions.
- Cyler Johnson: Look buddy, you're a real fruitcake. I got nothing here so far and my instructions to you are drop dead.
- [hangs up]
- Bill Maxwell: [talking about Tony] That kid's got some edges, all right, but you know if I could get my hands on him for a couple weeks away from these bad influences, I bet I could iron him out for you.
- Ralph Hanley: You like him, huh?
- Bill Maxwell: No, I don't like him, Ralph, he's a punk. I'm just saying he could get straightened out, that's all. Will you stop making me sound like a Peace Corps volunteer all the time?
- Ralph Hanley: There's nothing wrong with liking Tony, Bill. There's a lot to like here. Just have to get past the cocky thing that he does.
- Bill Maxwell: Those kids play you like a fiddle, Ralph. You've got to remember they need a little dose of the old boot in the backside in a while just to get their attention span unlocked, grind their pumps.