- Rembrandt Van Saveneau: If Evanhauer dies, it'll be the greatest contribution to art since the invention of the frame.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: [Watching the reconciled Dancys leaving together] They deserve each other.
- Inspector Steve Keller: Oh, come on, they love each other. It's obvious, like... what was that line he said? "A trout in the milk." Beautiful. Really beautiful.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: You like that line, huh?
- Inspector Steve Keller: Yeah.
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: Well, that ain't Dancy. That's Thoreau.
- Inspector Steve Keller: C'mon?
- Detective Lt. Mike Stone: Henry David Thoreau. That's where Yale Courtland Dancy stole that line. You can't let this job stifle your mind, buddy-boy. You gotta keep yourself free, easy, for cultural pursuits, y'know? That's right. Good reading, good music. Bowling. But you, that's all you think of is women!
- Yale Courtland Dancy: [Describing Evanhauer] He was a crass bumbler whose brush went down for the count every time it hit the canvas.