Pat Patton: I tell you, if I didn't know better I'd swear we were doing business with Boris Karloff.


--Lyle Latell (as Pat Patton, Plainclothesman) in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Pat Patton: I'm sitting here, see, writing out this report on the stiff. All of a sudden, blackout! Something hit me here: a crowbar or a small bulldozer.


--Lyle Latell (as Pat Patton, Plainclothesman) in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Dick Tracy: Where have you been?
Pat Patton: If I told you, you wouldn't believe me.
Dick Tracy: Well, don't tell me.
Pat Patton: I'll tell you anyway.


--Lyle Latell (as Pat Patton) in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

Police dispatcher: Calling Car 15. Calling Car 15. Car 15!
Pat Patton: Car 15, Patton speaking.
Police dispatcher: Contact Dick Tracy at once. Have him go over to the Flawless Furs warehouse. Dillon reports some shenanigans - a busted fuse box at the garage.
Pat Patton: Then tell him to call-tell him to call an electrician, not Dick Tracy
Police dispatcher: Now come on, Pat! The night watchman has disappeared. It might be homicide.
Pat Patton: Oh, that's different. I'll tell Dick Tracy right away!


--Lyle Latell (as Pat Patton) in Dick Tracy's Dilemma