- Col. Robert E. Hogan: [after Newkirk and Carter have been caught escaping] They weren't really trying to escape.
- Col. Wilhelm Klink: Yeah, yeah.
- Col. Robert E. Hogan: They were going into town for a very good reason.
- Col. Wilhelm Klink: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Col. Robert E. Hogan: To buy something. They would have come right back.
- Col. Wilhelm Klink: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Col. Robert E. Hogan: A birthday gift for you.
- Col. Wilhelm Klink: For me?
- Col. Robert E. Hogan: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Col. Wilhelm Klink: I don't believe it.
- Col. Robert E. Hogan: Don't let the war make you cynical, sir.
- Col. Wilhelm Klink: I was not aware that it's my birthday.
- Col. Robert E. Hogan: Isn't it about time you found out?
- Col. Wilhelm Klink: I wouldn't believe one word you said, Hogan.
- Col. Robert E. Hogan: Not even if I said you were the greatest military mind in the Third Reich?
- Col. Wilhelm Klink: That I'd have to think over.