- Earl Patton: Alright now, I'll tell you all about Earl Patton and you ain't gonna believe a word of it.
- Ben Gregory: Don't have to, so long as it's good copy and it sells.
- Earl Patton: Well, if I told you any more about Earl Patton, you'd have enough to blackmail me. 'Course, if you got any questions, why go ahead.
- Ben Gregory: Well, they'd drum me out of the Press Club if I didn't ask you this one - how do you like Honolulu?
- Earl Patton: Hellacious swell.
- Ben Gregory: How about you trip - business or strictly pleasure?
- Earl Patton: Well, if I do any business, it'll be a pleasure - you can quote me.
- [Earl disarms Al Brand and knocks him unconscious]
- Ben Gregory: I guess you're gonna have to rewrite the end of that story.
- Earl Patton: I know!
- Ben Gregory: Wouldn't you know he'd carry a sissy-looking pistol like that?