- Hoppy: Gee, boss, you on television! Why, you could become a big star. Another Jack Benny. Another Bob Hope. Hey, another Mr. Jelly Wobbly.
- Simon Templar: Mr. who?
- Hoppy: Mr. Jelly Wobbly. He's a big fat old guy who does a kid's show. Well, uh, well, he's my favorite.
- Simon Templar: Hoppy, with all due respect. It's just not me. You understand?
- Hoppy: Yeah, sure, boss.
- Nat Grendel: I thought Boyd's records were burnt.
- Ricci: So did I.
- Nat Grendel: This is another job for The Engineer.
- Simon Templar: Hoppy, you know me pretty well. Wouldn't you swear unequivocally that I am incapable of an assassination attempt displaying so little artistic integrity?
- Hoppy: Uh, I wouldn't say that, boss.
- Inspector Fernack: Why not?
- Hoppy: I don't know what it means!
- Hoppy: Sure was a big night! Sort of night for a celebration, know what I mean?
- Simon Templar: Yeah, I think I get the message, Hoppy. You feel tonight's birth of a great new television personality warrants a baptism in alcohol, right?
- Hoppy: Oh, no, boss. I just think we should open a bottle!
- Hoppy: [Discussing the telephone repairmen] Hey, boss, ya think maybe they wasn't the genuine article?
- Simon Templar: About as genuine as a Japanese diplomat the day before Pearl Harbor.
- Nat Grendel: I've had to fight dirty before, Templar, and I will again. A man has to to get from where I started to where I am now. If you want power you've got to take it. You've got to command it until it does what you want it to do. You know what this union of mine is? A bunch of thick-headed cretins who aren't worth sixty cents a week. But I've gotten them two dollars and eighty-five cents an hour, and they should lick my boots for it.
- Simon Templar: I'll quote you on that.