Leopold Dilg: Stop saying "Leopold" like that, tenderly. It sounds funny. You can't do it with a name like Leopold.


--Cary Grant (as Leopold Dilg) in The Talk of the Town

Leopold Dilg: Well, it's a form of self-expression. Some people write books. Some people write music. I make speeches on street corners.


--Cary Grant (as Leopold Dilg) in The Talk of the Town

Leopold Dilg: What is the law? It's a gun pointed at somebody's head. All depends upon which end of the gun you stand, whether the law is just or not.


--Cary Grant (as Leopold Dilg) in The Talk of the Town

Lt. Cmdr Matt T. Serman: You'll have to forgive the men for staring, Mr Holden, but it's unusual to see an Admiral's aide
[indicates the braid on Holden's uniform]
Lt. Cmdr Matt T. Serman: without the Admiral!


--Cary Grant (as Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman) in Operation Petticoat

Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Have you ever been to sea?
Lt. Nicholas Holden: Yes, Sir. Destroyer duty.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: How did you find time for it?
Lt. Nicholas Holden: It was a mistake, Sir. About a week after I left Honolulu, they got it straightened out.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Who? The Admiral or the Admiral's wife? She must be awfully upset with you stranded out here. That will probably cost her the rumba championship this year!


--Cary Grant (as Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman) in Operation Petticoat

Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: I don't want to bore you with the problems of command, Mr. Holden, because I doubt you'll ever have one. It's inconsistent with that philosophy of yours - every man for himself.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: Dog eat dog.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Exactly. The unfortunate thing about command, though, Mr. Holden, is that the responsibilities outweigh the privileges. Now if it was just myself I was concerned with, I'd tell you what to do with that list. But my responsibility is this boat, and to get her out of here I'd even make a pact with the devil.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: That's where I come in.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: That's right.


--Cary Grant (as Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman) in Operation Petticoat

Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: It's like watching a strip tease. Don't ask how it's done, just enjoy what's coming off.


--Cary Grant (as Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman) in Operation Petticoat

Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Subject, Toilet paper. One: on 6 June 1941, this vessel submitted a requisition for 150 rolls of toilet paper. On 16 December 1941 the requisition was returned with stamped notation, 'Cannot identify material required.' Two: the commanding officer of the USS SeaTiger cannot help but wonder what is being used at the Caviti Supply Depot as a substitute for this unidentifiable material once so well known to this command.


--Cary Grant (as Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman) in Operation Petticoat

Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: We may be pink, and coming in by the grace of a woman's brassire, but we're coming in!


--Cary Grant (as Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman) in Operation Petticoat

Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: We sunk a truck! Let's get the hell out of here!


--Cary Grant (as Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman) in Operation Petticoat