Walter Lockman: And when they bury me, they can put on the gravestone, 'This was a big waste of time.'

- Albert Dekker (as Walter Lockman) in Middle of the Night (1959)

Walter Lockman: I haven't had ten cent's worth of life! Not a dime! Believe me!

- Albert Dekker (as Walter Lockman) in Middle of the Night (1959)

Jerry Kingsley: Listen, sonny boy. Love, no matter how shabby it may seem, is still a beautiful thing. Everything else is nothing.

- Fredric March (as Jerry Kingsley) in Middle of the Night (1959)