Landlady: Serves you right, you hussy!

- Minerva Urecal (as Landlady aka Old Snoop) in Quicksand (1950)

Vera Novak: It's not what you run away to; it's what you run away from.

- Jeanne Cagney (as Vera Novak) in Quicksand (1950)

Harvey: Men don't die easily. They take a lot of killing.

- Taylor Holmes (as Harvey) in Quicksand (1950)

Daniel 'Dan' Brady: I feel like I'm bein' shoved into a corner, and if I don't get out soon, it'll be too late. Maybe it's too late already!

- Mickey Rooney (as Daniel 'Dan' Brady) in Quicksand (1950)

Daniel 'Dan' Brady: I had the right girl all along and I didn't know it.

- Mickey Rooney (as Daniel 'Dan' Brady) in Quicksand (1950)

Daniel 'Dan' Brady: Now, wait a minute! Don't holler 'til you hurt!

- Mickey Rooney (as Daniel 'Dan' Brady) in Quicksand (1950)