Stephen Fitzgerald: I thought the traditional thing for leprechauns was a glass of milk.
Tatie: [Offended] Milk! Good night, Mr. Fitzgerald!


--J.M. Kerrigan (as Tatie) in The Luck of the Irish

Stephen Fitzgerald: You don't believe in the old superstitions?
Tatie: I believe what my father knew and his father before him.


--J.M. Kerrigan (as Tatie) in The Luck of the Irish

Brown: I can't say much for the women though, but, oh, the girls! All Malayan females should be poisoned at 21. Before that, they're... Mmmmmm!
Jock MacKay: But a bit on the dark side, hunh, Brown?
Brown: Oh, yes, they're dark, but the longer you're there, the whiter they get, or that's the way it seems. That didn't bother me, Jock. I'll never forget the first time I saw... We sailed into a little harbor about sundown. The girls all came swimming out, flowere in their long hair, singing and laughing up at us from the water. Brown skin? Seemed like gold to me! A richer, deeper gold than any metal! I can see that gold shimmering now on their wet bodies as they swam like mermaids to the rail and climbed on board, laughing at us like a lot of shameless imps.
Quincannon: Ah, man, Topper, 'tis the soul of a poet you have!


--J.M. Kerrigan (as Quincannon) in The Lost Patrol

Monahan: That Jeff Butler doesn't have all his brains in his holster.


--J.M. Kerrigan (as Monahan) in Union Pacific

Monahan: There's nothing like hearing an engine whistle in the still night.


--J.M. Kerrigan (as Monahan) in Union Pacific

Old Billy: Come on, Casey! This is no place for a clergyman's son!


--J.M. Kerrigan (as Old Billy) in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Terry: [realizing Gypo's stuck him with the bill as an angry bouncer glowers at him] Oh dear, oh dear. I have a queer feelin' there's going to be a strange face in heaven in the mornin'.


--J.M. Kerrigan (as Terry) in The Informer