John J. MacReedy: You killed Komoko, Smith, and sooner or later, you're gonna go up for it. Not because you killed him, but because of thinking in a town like this you could get away with it.


--Spencer Tracy (as John J. Macreedy) in Bad Day at Black Rock

John J. Macreedy: You know, I know what your trouble is, son. You'd like me to die quickly, wouldn't you, without wasting too much of your time; or quietly, so I won't embarrass you too much; or even thankfully, so your memory of the occasion won't be too unpleasant.


--Spencer Tracy (as John J. Macreedy) in Bad Day at Black Rock

John J. Macreedy: You're not only wrong. You're wrong at the top of your voice.


--Spencer Tracy (as John J. Macreedy) in Bad Day at Black Rock

John L. Hennessey: Now you find that girl - and if you can't, hire a detective!
Policeman: I *am* a detective!
John L. Hennessey: The crack still goes!


--Spencer Tracy (as ) in Mannequin

John L. Hennessey: You were beginning to add up into something that a man wants... And all that talk about the things you've got, and what you'd do to keep it - if you put that with what you offer to the naked eye, can you blame a man?


--Spencer Tracy (as ) in Mannequin

Lieutenant Jacob 'Shorty' Manch: Well feed me corn and watch me grow! How did all this scum get in here?


--Spencer Tracy (as Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle) in Thirty Seconds over Tokyo

Manuel Fidello: I gonna get nifty suit. You know, purple colored. Oh, very nifty suit, with shoes to match and big pearl buttons. Oh, and then I get new tie with big yellow flowers. Oh, then I walk up and down Duckett Street, and I say "Hey, girls, girls. Hey, look, look. Manuel is in town."
Harvey: Girls?
Manuel Fidello: Oh sure, beautiful girls. I got maybe five, six girls in Gloucester. I tell each one I like her best. You gotta tell big lies to girls to make them happy.


--Spencer Tracy (as Manuel Fidello) in Captains Courageous

Manuel Fidello: Protecting, Harvey, from Long Jack's anger"You touch that kid I tear you apart see!"


--Spencer Tracy (as Manuel Fidello) in Captains Courageous

Manuel Fidello: Wake up, Little Fish. Hey, wake up, wake up! Somebody think you dead, they have celebrations.


--Spencer Tracy (as Manuel Fidello) in Captains Courageous

Matt Drayton: [to Monsignor Ryan] You're a pontificating old poop!


--Spencer Tracy (as Matt Drayton) in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner