Steve Canfield: So you may have to persuade him
Peggy Dainton: How can I persuade him if you can't?
Steve Canfield: Because...
[looking at her figure]
Steve Canfield: We're built differently.

- Fred Astaire (as Steve Canfield) in Silk Stockings (1957)

Brankov, Commisar: Be casual. Don't frighten him. Smile.
Bibinski, Commisar: I haven't smiled in 30 years.

- Jules Munshin (as Bibinski, Commisar) in Silk Stockings (1957)

Ninotchka Yoschenko: In Russia when somebody wants someone they say, "You, come here."
Steve Canfield: Oh, you mad romantic Russians!

- Fred Astaire (as Steve Canfield) in Silk Stockings (1957)

Ninotchka Yoschenko: The arrangement of your features is not entirely repulsive to me.

- Cyd Charisse (as Ninotchka Yoschenko) in Silk Stockings (1957)

Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art: I want to look somebody up. Does this office have a copy of Who's Still Who?

- George Tobias (as Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art) in Silk Stockings (1957)