Sweet Sue: Are you two from the Poliakoff agency?
Josephine (Joe): Yes, we're the new girls.
Daphne (Jerry): Brand new!


--Jack Lemmon (as Jerry/Daphne) in Some Like It Hot

Sugar: [pouring bourbon into paper cup] Turn the lights on.
Daphne: No lights, we don't want anyone to know we're having a party.
Sugar: But I might spill some.
Daphne: So spill it! Spills, thrills, laughs, and games. This may even turn out to be a surprise party!


--Jack Lemmon (as Jerry/Daphne) in Some Like It Hot

Sugar: Do you suppose she went shopping?
Jerry: Shopping! That's it! Something tells me she's gonna come through that door in a brand new outfit!


--Jack Lemmon (as Jerry/Daphne) in Some Like It Hot

Sugar: I met one of them.
Josephine: One of whom?
Sugar: Shell Oil Junior. He's got millions, he's got glasses, he's got a yacht!
Josephine: You don't say.
Daphne: He's not only got a yacht, he's got a bicycle!


--Jack Lemmon (as Jerry/Daphne) in Some Like It Hot

Daphne: Better have a drink first.
Sugar: There. That'll put hair on your chest.
Daphne: No fair guessing.


--Jack Lemmon (as Jerry/Daphne) in Some Like It Hot

J.D. Sheldrake: Ya know, you see a girl a couple of times a week, just for laughs, and right away they think you're gonna divorce your wife. Now I ask you, is that fair?
C.C. Baxter: No, sir, it's very unfair... Especially to your wife.


--Jack Lemmon (as C.C. Baxter) in The Apartment

J.D. Sheldrake: Say, Baxter, you gave me the wrong key.
C.C. Baxter: No, I didn't.
J.D. Sheldrake: But this is the key to the executive washroom.
C.C. Baxter: That's right, Mr. Sheldrake. I won't be needing it because I'm all washed up around here.


--Jack Lemmon (as C.C. Baxter) in The Apartment

J.D. Sheldrake: What's gotten into you, Baxter?
C.C. Baxter: Just following doctor's orders. I've decided to become a "mensch". You know what that means? A human being.
J.D. Sheldrake: Now, hold on, Baxter...
C.C. Baxter: Save it. The old payola won't work anymore. Goodbye, Mr. Sheldrake.


--Jack Lemmon (as C.C. Baxter) in The Apartment

J.D. Sheldrake: Ya know, you see a girl a couple of times a week, just for laughs, and right away they think you're gonna divorce your wife. Now I ask you, is that fair?
C.C. Baxter: No, sir, it's very unfair... Especially to your wife.


--Jack Lemmon (as C.C. Baxter) in The Apartment

Oscar Madison: Felix, what about next Friday night? You're not gonna break up the poker game, are you?
Felix Ungar: Me, never! Marriage may come and go, but the game must go on. So long, Frances.
[leaves]
Oscar Madison: So long, Blanche.
[sits down at the poker table]
Oscar Madison: Well, what are we gonna do, are we just gonna sit around or are we gonna play poker?
Roy: [they all chime in] Let's play some poker!
Felix Ungar: Hey boys, boys, boys, let's watch the cigarette butts, shall we? This is my house, not a pigsty.


--Jack Lemmon (as Felix Ungar) in The Odd Couple