“Absolute power corrupts. Better to be powerless.”

Alberta Watson - Hansel's Mom

“- Lorraine Danel: You've tried everything else and failed. No matter what you do, you'll always fail!
- Stephen Danel: I've never failed and I never will fail.”

Rochelle Hudson - Lorraine Danel
Peter Lorre - Stephen Danel

“We haven't got any use for gamblers around here. You've done your best to ruin baseball, and horse racing, and this is one game that's clean and is gonna stay clean.”
Pat O'Brien - Knute Rockne

“If it wasn't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics. Men without ambition.”

William Demarest - Skeeters - The Politician

“- Aktionär Fränklin: I'll give you $150.000 for a place in a lifeboat.
- 1st Officer Petersen: It's useless. Women and children will be saved first.”
Walter Steinbeck - Aktionär Fränklin
Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen