Pauline York: You know, Earl has a passion for obscurity. He won't even have his biography in 'Who's Who'.
George Stroud: Sure. He doesn't want to let his left hand know whose pocket the right one is picking.

- Ray Milland (as George Stroud) in The Big Clock (1948)

Earl Janoth: [talking on intercom to Steve Hagen] On the fourth floor - in the broom closet - a bulb has been burning for several days. Find the man responsible, dock his pay.

- Charles Laughton (as Earl Janoth) in The Big Clock (1948)

George Stroud: White clocks, yellow clocks, brown clocks, blue clocks. Oh, Miss York, where are the green clocks of yesteryear?

- Ray Milland (as George Stroud) in The Big Clock (1948)

Don Klausmeyer: I'm Don Klausmeyer, from Artways magazine.
Louise Patterson: Yes.
[giggles]
Louise Patterson: Oh, yes. Didn't you review my show in '41?
Don Klausmeyer: I think I did.
Louise Patterson: Oh, come in, Mr. Klausmann.
Don Klausmeyer: KlausMEYER.
Louise Patterson: [laughs gleefully] I've been planning to kill you for years.

- Elsa Lanchester (as Louise Patterson) in The Big Clock (1948)

Louise Patterson: [after George Stroud outbids her for a picture] Isn't it a pity... the wrong people always have money.

- Elsa Lanchester (as Louise Patterson) in The Big Clock (1948)

Louise Patterson: Oh Penelope, you forgot to put away your rollerskates.

- Elsa Lanchester (as Louise Patterson) in The Big Clock (1948)