- Supt. Kinglake: Templar, now get this, I won't have you playing amateur detective.
- Simon Templar: I wouldn't dream of playing 'amateur' detective.
- Supt. Kinglake: Good!
- Simon Templar: I'll leave that to you.
- Simon Templar: I've just learned a horrible, hideous fact! Birds, now get this, birds do not sing because they are happy. The next time you hear a thrush singing, don't go all romantic, because what the thrush is doing is warning all the other birds to stay the heck off his branch and keep out of his nest. This news has depressed me terribly and it has absolutely nothing to do with the reason I'm at Stevenage."
- Supt. Kinglake: Oh, and by the way, while you're in Stevenage, don't give me any trouble.
- Simon Templar: I wouldn't give anybody any trouble unless they ask for it!
- Simon Templar: It's just that I'm interested in women old enough to have had a little experience and young enough to want a little more.