Ben Beck: [as Bill Abbott approaches yet another pretty girl] There he goes. Out of the frying pan, into the frying pan!

- Jackie Gleason (as Ben Beck, Bass Player) in Orchestra Wives (1942)

Bill Abbott: Now listen cutie-pie. I'm a big, bad trumpet player, and never in my life have I seen anything so gorgeous coming off a dance floor. I've seen thousands. I've kissed some of them, but not like I'm going to kiss you.

- George Montgomery (as Bill Abbot) in Orchestra Wives (1942)

Bill Abbott: Why don't you find someone your own age - about 104?

- George Montgomery (as Bill Abbot) in Orchestra Wives (1942)