- Shirley Schmidt: Denny! You're back.
- Denny Crane: I am? I am. And I'm all here.
- Shirley Schmidt: Congratulations on your big victory, it's all over the news. Married?
- Denny Crane: No.
- Shirley Schmidt: You tried.
- Denny Crane: I did.
- Denny Crane: Shirley. This is a sweeps episode.
- Shirley Schmidt: I'm not kissing you.
- Denny Crane: Shirley! I'm in my seventies. I'm still a physical specimen, but you never know. What if I drop dead one day? You never got that last tonsil brushing.
- Shirley Schmidt: You always present the most ethically challenging what-ifers.
- Alan Shore: You ever wonder if you and I are la-la?
- Denny Crane: Don't be ridiculous. We're flamingos. And good ones.