Charles D. 'Ritt' Rittenhouse: [seeing a bejewelled Connie in a fur coat as he enters the lifeboat] Connie! Did you come from the freighter or the Stork Club?

- Henry Hull (as Charles S. Rittenhouse) in Lifeboat (1944)

Charles D. 'Ritt' Rittenhouse: Well, folks, we're in business again!

- Henry Hull (as Charles S. Rittenhouse) in Lifeboat (1944)

John Kovac: [after the young German sailor pulls a gun] The baby has a toy!

- John Hodiak (as John Kovac) in Lifeboat (1944)

Gus Smith: A guy can't help being a German if he's born a German, can he?
John Kovac: [referring to Willie] Neither can a snake help being a rattlesnake if he's born a rattlesnake! That don't make him a nightingale! Get him out of here!

- John Hodiak (as John Kovac) in Lifeboat (1944)

Gus Smith: My name is Schmidt, but I changed it to Smith. That's what I got against these guys more than anything else. They make me ashamed of the name I was born with. I got a lot of relatives in Germany. For all I know this guy may be one of them. I say throw him to the sharks!

- William Bendix (as Gus Smith) in Lifeboat (1944)

Willy: [to the delirious Gus] There's Rosie! She's waiting for you!
[Willy pushes Gus overboard]

- Walter Slezak (as Willy) in Lifeboat (1944)