“I probably have too much sympathy for Mr. Brown and not enough patience with Mrs. Brown. We get cases like that every day. The wife is bored; marriage is just a habit. But on the other hand, she accepts everything her husband gives her.”

Eve Arden - Sally Aikens

“Every year, the United States permits the entrance of about 150,000 immigrants. That number is proportioned among the various European countries. You were born in Bucharest; so, you come under the Romanian quota.”
Harry Shannon - American Immigration Official

“- American Immigration Official: The Romanian quota is very small, very crowded.
- Georges Iscovescu: That means I have to wait?
- American Immigration Official: Between five and eight years, Mr. Iscovescu.”
Harry Shannon - American Immigration Official
Charles Boyer - Georges Iscovescu

“Get ahold of a wedding ring and you can swing right over the fence. Just get into a good suit of clothes, shave, go on, go ahead, what do they call it? The pursuit of happiness?”

Charles Boyer - Georges Iscovescu

“He married you to pass that date. For the same reason that I married my little American and with the same ring. Just take a look inside at the engraving.”

Paulette Goddard - Anita Dixon