Powdah: I'm cheap. I'm no good. I'm nothin'. I even stole a piece of poetry to tell you you was beautiful.

- George Raft in Souls at Sea (1937)

Powdah: Looks like you're getting sentimental again. Let's go down below where I can get a little grog and I'll get into this thing, too.

- George Raft in Souls at Sea (1937)

Powdah: Upper crust. A fluffy duff. You oughta plop that kind.

- George Raft in Souls at Sea (1937)

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor: Did you ever study strategy, Powdah?
Powdah: I never studied nothin'.

- George Raft in Souls at Sea (1937)

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor: The floor of the ocean is paved with the bones of slaves.

- Gary Cooper in Souls at Sea (1937)

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor: Well, how many times have you been chased by a policeman?
Powdah: More times than you can count.

- George Raft in Souls at Sea (1937)