Lt. Ross Pendleton: [describing the running of the grunion] During this time of the year the slippery little creatures come up on the beach, stop, spawn, then go out to sea again.
Lt. Alice Tomlen: Sounds like some naval officers I know.

- Glenn Ford (as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel) in Don't Go Near the Water (1957)

Gordon Ripwell: You're taking good care of me, kid! Went to Harvard, didn't you, Junior?
Ens. Tyson: Princeton.
Gordon Ripwell: Six of one, half a dozen of the other! They're both pantywaist factories. I never go within spittin' distance of a college myself.
Lt. J.G. Max Siegel: [sotto voce] I sensed that.

- Glenn Ford (as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel) in Don't Go Near the Water (1957)

Ens. Tyson: You know, she knows darn well that little piece of black lace is showin' up above her shirt.
Lt. Ross Pendleton: You know what she is? A sadist. I know these black underwear kind of women.

- Glenn Ford (as Lt. J.G. Max Siegel) in Don't Go Near the Water (1957)