- Ellen Hallet: I don't want him to go. I want him to stay.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: What?
- Ellen Hallet: You can live your own life if you want to, but leave - mine - alone.
- Lena Horne: [singing] A dream is like stardust, That we never touch, And you know you're dreaming, A little too much...
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: You like champagne?
- Ellen Hallet: I don't know.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: You don't know? Well, then, by all means, you must have some.
- Ellen Hallet: Maybe just one.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: That's a girl.
- Ellen Hallet: He decided it wouldn't look right if we went to Sun Valley together. He said it wasn't quite ethical.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: Ethical? The way that scheming Romeo operates and he's worried about ethics?
- Christine Riverton Duncan: You know, mother always said if you're gonna catch a man you may have to catch cold too.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: [on the phone] Sun Valley! With him! Oh, Ellen, this is wonderful. It'll give you a chance to show him those legs you've been hiding under your desk for two years. Now, listen Ellen, you go right out and buy that evening dress. You know, the one you told me about. The one with the low, *wicked* neckline. Well, of course it's low! That's the idea.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: I've got an idea.
- Ellen Hallet: Chris, your ideas are wonderful; but, they never work.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: This one will, honey.
- Ellen Hallet: You said that before. Remember our furlough in Persia - the Shah's palace?
- Christine Riverton Duncan: How did I know what kind of a market that was? I'm from Kansas City. They don't sell women in markets in Kansas City.
- Train Porters: [singing] Just got word from the Engineer, The green lights shiny and the track is clear, We're breakin' every record and we ain't surprised, It's a mighty locomotive and it's dieselized...
- Peggy Elliot: [singing] Let's Choo-Choo Choo-Choo Choo-Choo to Idaho, Come on, let's go, Let's Choo-Choo-Choo to Idaho...
- Peggy Elliot: [singing] Let's vacation, In the playground of the nation, Get your snow boots, Yes and get your eskimo suit, You can have your beach resort, I'll take good ol' winter sports...
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: If you leave now, I might never see you again. Trains are always undependable. People are always getting off.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: Well, I won't be getting off until Sun Valley.
- Dick Layn: Now, just tilt your head back and relax and above all: keep calm.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: I'm perfectly calm.
- Dick Layn: I can't do it if you talk. Please, just look up. Now, look down. Now, you know, you're very pretty when you roll your eyes.
- Dick Layn: Don't get lost, again. Remember, all these compartments look alike.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: Yes, I know. That's why they put the letters on the door.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: You have no idea what sort of girl I am.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: A lurid past?
- Christine Riverton Duncan: She's probably very attractive.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: I wouldn't know.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: I can just see you giving dictation and - staring at her *beautiful* legs.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: It's been a lovely evening, Douglas.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: Then why end it so soon?
- Christine Riverton Duncan: Why, in deed. Won't you come in?
- Peggy Elliot: [singing] Oh, what a thrill you gave me, I knew the heat was on, Nothin' on earth could save me, And when we kissed, I was gone!
- Christine Riverton Duncan: [turns off the overhead light] There. It's much cozier, don't you think?
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: Oh, definitely. Cigarette?
- Christine Riverton Duncan: No, thank you. But, I'll be happy to light yours.
- Dick Layn: [singing] Now, I opened my book and I turned the page, I see where we're livin' in a mighty age, With television and rocket planes, And air condition on streamlined trains...
- Dick Layn: [singing] There's them that does, And them that don't, And them that says they will but won't, So if Satan tempts you, Hold on tight, 'Cause you can't do wrong doin' right...
- Christine Riverton Duncan: Mr. Layn, if you care anything about a person, you - well - well, you trust them.
- Dick Layn: Miss Duncan, I wouldn't trust you as far as I could throw Mount Baldy.
- Red Skelton: I would like to add, Miss Duncan, that you're the prettiest lady that a potato ever laid eyes on.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: Her eyes are beautiful. She has the sweetest smile I've ever seen. She's a wonderful secretary. But, she doesn't belong in an office. She belongs in a home, a beautiful little home.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: I met a girl there who intrigues me.
- Ellen Hallet: Really? What's she like?
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: I'm not sure. She's very - intriguing. Yeah, intriguing.
- Ellen Hallet: If you need any help, that is, if she is bothering you...
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: Oh, no. No. It's no bother. In fact, I'm rather enjoying it.
- Ellen Hallet: You are?
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: I can't quite figure her out. Intriguing. I thought for awhile I'd have to send you and S.O.S.
- Ellen Hallet: You did!
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: But, I've changed my mind. I've decided she's just a very honest, forthright sort of girl. Something you don't find very often. Intriguing.
- Dick Layn: Maybe we've got this thing figured out wrong. Maybe they weren't conniving after all.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: Then what were they doing?
- Dick Layn: That's a good question.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: Get out of here.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: I get the feeling we're not wanted.
- Dick Layn: How do you like that for gratitude.
- Christine Riverton Duncan: Out!
- Dick Layn: She's been swimming around in a cool tank all day and we've been slaving over a hot stove.
- Douglas J. Morrison Jr.: Working our fingers to the bone.
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