- John Baggs Jr.: Would you describe yourself as a, uh, "Champagne cocktail-sippin', cock-teasin', downtown barroom whore"?
- Maggie Paul: [bursting into tears] Second generation!
- Doug: Listen, there's a John Wayne flick downtown I kind of wanna see it. You wanna go?
- John Baggs Jr.: John Wayne?
- John Baggs Jr.: Yeah.
- Doug: You're so dumb, you make me sick, whitey.
- John Baggs Jr.: Well, I'm getting kind of fond of you too, spook.
- Doug: [about the baby] He's a honky, ain't he?
- John Baggs Jr.: Yeah, I'm afraid he is.
- Doug: Shit, I guess it ain't his fault.
- John Baggs Jr.: You ever been in love, Forshay?
- Lynn Forshay: I tell you, Baggs, I don't believe I have. That's because I happen to be one of those incurable romantics. Every time I meet a girl, I expect to hear a clap of thunder. I never heard the thunder, but occasionally I did get the clap.
- Lynn Forshay: Let me give you one piece of advice, one old salt to another... Ah, to hell with advice.
- [as they are walking outside late at night, John places his arm around Maggie]
- Maggie Paul: I ain't cold.
- John Baggs Jr.: I hope not.
- Dr. Osgood: Okay. Let's have a look at your keister. Make a wish. Mind your p's and q's, we'll be pals. Step out of line, I'll have your ass in formaldehyde.
- John Baggs Jr.: Wait a minute. What's this?
- Nurse: That's a Liberty card.
- John Baggs Jr.: "Expires 2400 hour." What are you giving me, Cinderella Liberty?
- Nurse: Well, it's a Cinderella Liberty card.
- John Baggs Jr.: Yeah. Well, how - how come?
- Nurse: Regulations. Officially, you're still a patient here.
- John Baggs Jr.: Well, what do you expect me to get done by 12 o'clock midnight?
- Nurse: The longer you stay here, the less time you'll have to do it.
- John Baggs Jr.: Is that right? Well, I'll just - might as well stay here and work on you.
- Nurse: Actually, I don't get off duty until midnight.
- Dance Hall Girl: Come on. I have a table. Sit down. Let Mama take care of you. Now, sit down. That's right. I want another champagne cocktail.
- John Baggs Jr.: Yes, ma'am?
- Maggie Paul: Eight ball in the corner pocket.
- John Baggs Jr.: Yeah, I know that.
- John Baggs Jr.: There's a nice ass.
- Dance Hall Girl: Yeah, well, so's mine.
- John Baggs Jr.: Yes, it is.
- Dance Hall Girl: Mine's better than hers.
- John Baggs Jr.: Yes, it is. It's, uh, very nice.
- Dance Hall Girl: My legs are better too.
- John Baggs Jr.: Yes, they are.
- Dance Hall Girl: In fact, my whole body's better than hers!
- Maggie Paul: Mama, your little girl's been hustled again.
- John Baggs Jr.: Listen, I don't, uh, I don't mean to rush you none, but I'm on Cinderella Liberty, and if I don't get back to the hospital by 12 o'clock, why, I turn into a pumpkin.
- John Baggs Jr.: [at the pool table] Well, uh, maybe we could work somethin' out. Tell you what I'll do. I'll, uh, I'll play you 50 bucks against somethin'.
- Maggie Paul: I ain't got nothin' worth 50 bucks.
- John Baggs Jr.: Haven't you?
- Maggie Paul: Sailor, I don't even know you.
- John Baggs Jr.: Well, that won't take long.
- Maggie Paul: You know how many sailors I've been with?
- John Baggs Jr.: No. How many?
- Maggie Paul: A lot.
- John Baggs Jr.: Now me too, huh?
- Maggie Paul: Now you too.
- John Baggs Jr.: Here. Here! Stay put right there. We come out and you're gone, I'm gonna bust your ass myself personally. Personally, myself.
- Doug: She got big tits. They're really hers too. Her brother's in my gym class, and he really seen 'em.
- Master at Arms: Baggs, Biggs, Baggs, Biggs. Where are we gonna put you, Baggs? Wing "A"? Psychos, fags ,and bed wetters? They're on their way out. Wing "B"? Potheads, pill heads, and winos? That's perfect. Out. Wing "C"? Gamblers? Thieves? Peace-and-love freaks? Ahh! Unwelcome around here.
- Master at Arms: Some Liberty in mind for tonight?
- John Baggs Jr.: Yeah. That's what I'm doing here.
- Master at Arms: Somethin' heavy?
- John Baggs Jr.: I got a date with Grace Kelly.
- John Baggs Jr.: What's the matter with you? What kind of Mother are you?
- Maggie Paul: I give up. What kind am I?
- John Baggs Jr.: You know, you oughta be ashamed of yourselves, the both of you. You know, my Daddy would black-and-blue my bottom for sure. You know that?
- Alcott: You see, Baggs, all us Scorpios are known by our piercing eyes - and our extremely powerful sex drive.
- John Baggs Jr.: Hey, you ever come across a - a First or Chief by the name of Forshay? He's got a girl's first name - Lynn. Lynn Forshay?
- Alcott: I give the record to a guy I showered with at the Philly naval base. Everybody stared at him, not just me. His name was Frank "The Mule" Wilcox. Maybe you ran into him?
- Alcott: It's just a kind of curiosity. I think it all started back in boot camp, when there'd be 50 of us jamming into the showers naked. I mean, you just couldn't help noticing the difference. I mean, 50 guys, bare-ass naked. You know, see, some guys, Baggs, are built differently than other guys. You know what I mean?
- Alcott: I used to have a complex about my height, Baggs. But then I went to Japan and I saw those sumo wrestlers. And I realized that height isn't everything. It's your body. Your body is a temple, Baggs. You take care of your body, and your body will take care of you. Well, I take care of my body.
- Alcott: Intelligence. I, for one, feel that mental "prowess" and physical "prowess" go hand in hand. You know what I mean?
- John Baggs Jr.: No.
- Alcott: Who wants to get married? I don't. I'm having too much fun. Love 'em and leave 'em. Kiss 'em and grieve 'em. That's what I say.
- Alcott: I was almost married myself once, but things didn't work out. I was too much man for her. You know, Baggs, I had too great a sexual appetite. You know, I guess I owe my sexual "prowess" to vitamin "E", Baggs. And a guy your age - it wouldn't hurt for him to look into something like vitamin "E".
- Lynn Forshay: [singing] Mona, Remember that night in Pomona, I nearly got pneumonia, I tried to get into your old kimono...
- Maggie Paul: I think you better go.
- John Baggs Jr.: If you say so.
- Maggie Paul: I'll see you tomorrow.
- John Baggs Jr.: I might not be by tomorrow.
- Maggie Paul: Okay. I'll see you when you do come by.
- John Baggs Jr.: I'll be by tomorrow.
- Maggie Paul: I might not be here.
- John Baggs Jr.: I'll see you when you are.
- Maggie Paul: I'll be here.
- Maggie Paul: It really is better in New Orleans. Hell, a phone call only costs a nickel.
- John Baggs Jr.: I don't care. I got no one I care to talk to except you.