- Nicholas Edmund: He brought the wood, the wind is chill, but let it whistle as it will. We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
- Christine Francis: Mr. Edmund, you are a happy man.
- Nicholas Edmund: I may have my faults, but being unhappy isn't one of them. And now, Miss Francis, what would you like for Christmas?
- Christine Francis: Actually, I'd like to know if you still have the $10 bill I gave you in the office?
- Nicholas Edmund: Alas, gone. But to a good cause.
- Christine Francis: I was afraid of that. Mr. McDermott needs it to find a very special friend.
- Nicholas Edmund: Then it will come back to him. Tell him to have faith.
- Christine Francis: Actually, I think he'd rather have the $10 bill.
- Nicholas Edmund: And how much is half an order of toast?
- Sally York: Same as a full order.
- Nicholas Edmund: My, my. It's surprising how expensive breakfast can be.
- Peter McDermott: A lady called from room 814. Anything you wanna tell me?
- Ray Follard: Mr. McDermott, she practically attacked me. I didn't come onto her. She was drunk, and I...
- Peter McDermott: Hey, it's okay. I believe you.
- Ray Follard: You do?
- Peter McDermott: Yeah, we had the same trouble down in the bar. Seems she's the proverbial good time who's had by all. Besides, you've had some pretty good press since you've been here.
- Ray Follard: Thanks. That's nice to hear.
- Peter McDermott: So I guess that's it, except that Hector needs a new waiter in the Carlyle room. He wants you.
- Ray Follard: He wants me? That's good money.
- Peter McDermott: Well, it's not definite, but, uh, I thought you should know you're in the running.
- Lisa Walker: A dog, a big one, with fluffy white hair, and a video game called Dragon's Lair. It's really neat. A pair of skates, and a baby brother, a real one.
- Nicholas Edmund: [playing Santa Claus] Oh, that's the best list I've ever heard. It's just possible you may get everything you asked for.
- Lisa Walker: Even the baby brother?
- Nicholas Edmund: Uh, well, uh... for that, you'd better speak to your mother and father.
- Lisa Walker: I don't think I have a father anymore. He moved away to Paris.
- Nicholas Edmund: I'm sorry to hear that.
- Lisa Walker: It's okay. Half the kids at school have one-parent families. I'm not going to grow up neurotic or anything.
- Nicholas Edmund: Very sensible of you.
- Lisa Walker: I still wish I had a baby brother, though. I'd take real good care of him.
- Nicholas Edmund: I can tell you're a girl who takes good care of everything she loves.
- Lisa Walker: My mother's a lawyer at the phone company. I don't think she'd be too crazy about giving me a baby brother.
- Nicholas Edmund: Have faith. Believe in Christmas.
- Ray Follard: What the hell are you doing here, Pike? You could blow everything.
- Pike: Just a preliminary look-see, little brother. What's the key?
- Ray Follard: Nothing.
- Pike: Try me.
- Ray Follard: It's just for the elevator to Mrs. Cabot's.
- Pike: The owner? What, a horse kick you in the head? Give me that thing. Come on.
- [Ray reluctantly hands it over]
- Pike: I want waxes of the rest of the suites by tonight. You got that?
- Ray Follard: Okay. Just get out of here.
- Pike: [handing the key back, he twists Ray's hand] We're not getting cold feet, are we?
- Ray Follard: You're breaking my hand.
- Pike: It's the St. Gregory I'm gonna break.
- Ray Follard: Come on, you've hit every damn suite. Let's get out of here.
- Stick: I've already got enough for my ticket to Rio.
- Pike: We're hitting the penthouse.
- Ray Follard: No way. Mrs. Cabot's is off-limits to you.
- Pike: I am walking out of here with everything that ain't nailed down. That includes the contents of the Cabot safe.