- Jay Drury: [to Jill, not realizing that Banacek is standing behind him] Did you hear the one about the Polish Olympic star who won a gold medal? He was so proud he had it bronzed!
- Thomas Banacek: There's an old Polish proverb that says, "Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it comes off easily."
- Elliot: You are an overrated, overpaid showboat. Just seeing you here and I start hyperventilating.
- Thomas Banacek: Don't hold back. Level with me. Do you want me on this case or not?
- Walter Tyson: What I am is what I precisely started out to be, something I've labored toward all my life - tyrant. And now I am at the point when I am beginning to enjoy it, and one of the most enjoyable things is that I can have my own way - about anything.
- Thomas Banacek: I know the feeling, but what I don't understand, Mr. Tyson, is what you want with me.
- Walter Tyson: I couldn't be plainer. I want you exclusively on the case working for me; so, tell me now - yes or no.
- Thomas Banacek: But I'm already *on* the case. It's intriguing. You have my exclusivity without paying for it.
- Walter Tyson: No, I want more assurance than that. Whatever you hold most dear, Mr. Banacek, double it, and that's how dear The Book of Hours is to me.
- Walter Tyson: Now, reflect on the fact, Mr. Banacek, that as a tyrant I can be extremely generous or extremely merciless.
- Thomas Banacek: How's Mr. Tyson?
- Glassman: Well, at one point last night it looked serious. Dr. Stone said he was sinking, so we prayed... but he *still* recovered.