- James Brodie: What is yours except the filth in which you've been wallowing, the mire through which you tried to drag my name?
- James Brodie: I do not give a tinker's curse what people say about me.
- Dennis: Yes, but I suppose you do care what they say about... About your daughter.
- James Brodie: You dare to drag anyone of my name into this...
- Dennis: Your daughter wants me to marry her, Mr Brodie. And what's more she'll be delighted if I agree to marry her now. And so will you Mr Brodie. Get that into your thick head.
- Grierson: I've had him as a next door neighbour at the shop for 20 years. That's 20 years of putting up with his pride and vanity.
- Nancy: It isn't what he says, it's the way he says it.
- James Brodie: That slimy tongue of his - I'd like to tear it from his mouth.
- Mrs. Brodie: I dreamt of Mary last night - I dreamt she was alive, she wasn't in that train.
- James Brodie: You and your dreams. You ought to be grateful that her shame was drowned with her.