Mike Taft: I'd like for her to have some swimming lessons.
Johnny Long: I'd be glad to teach her myself.
Lily Courtney: I won't be difficult, I'm Pisces.
Johnny Long: Beg your pardon?
Lily Courtney: I was born under the fish.
Johnny Long: I'm sorry.

- Marshall Thompson in The Basketball Fix (1951)

Pat Judd: All right, so I don't know the difference between basketball and hopscotch.
Mike Taft: You should, there's little money in hopscotch.
Johnny Long: Not much more in basketball.

- Marshall Thompson in The Basketball Fix (1951)

Lily Courtney: You're Virgo, I can tell.
Pete Ferreday: I'm sorry.

- John Ireland in The Basketball Fix (1951)