- Lieutenant Flannigan: And Jimmy, keep on bein' dumb. I'm supposed to be stupid, but I'm still the youngest lieutenant on the force.
- Jimmy Jones: I'll do that.
- Jimmy Jones: Maybe there's a criminal angle in the back of this ad. Something like that.
- Brophy: Then I'd send a reporter. This is something even a sports writer can do. Beat it!
- Brophy: [after Jones leaves his office] That guy is just dumb enough and stubborn enough to make a swell news hound someday.