“A ship can't be happy unless she's efficient and she certainly won't be efficient unless she's happy.”
Noel Pierce Coward - Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. (Captain "D")

“A happy and efficient ship - a very happy and a very efficient ship. Some of you might think I'm being a bit ambitious wanting both but in my experience you can't have one without the other.”
Noel Pierce Coward - Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. (Captain "D")

“- Karen B. Brennick: What are you?
- Prison Director Poe: I am enhanced.
- Karen B. Brennick: You're not human. You're...
- Prison Director Poe: A monster? A freak? The Mentel Corporation has transformed me into a more efficient human being.”
Loryn Locklin - Karen B. Brennick
Kurtwood Smith - Prison Director Poe

“- Karen B. Brennick: You don't sleep, you don't eat... you can't make love, can you?
- Prison Director Poe: But I can love.
- Karen B. Brennick: Are there others like you?
- Prison Director Poe: Not many as advanced, but yes. I was one of Mentel's first babies. It was very special.”
Loryn Locklin - Karen B. Brennick
Kurtwood Smith - Prison Director Poe

“- Mrs. Banks: I'm sorry, dear, but when I chose Katie Nanna, I thought she would be firm with the children. She looked so solemn and cross.
- George Banks: My dear, never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint.”

Glynis Johns - Mrs Banks
David Tomlinson - Mr. Banks