Nancy Potter: You talk as if astrology is something to be ashamed of, like witchcraft or being a Democrat.

- Spring Byington (as Nancy Potter) in The Heavenly Body (1944)

Vicky Whitley: Good, ahead, shoot me. I wouldn't blame you.
William S. Whitley: Well... I'm sorry, but I'm not shooting anybody except by appointment.

- William Powell (as William S. Whitley) in The Heavenly Body (1944)

Vicky Whitley: How did you live? How did you eat?
William S. Whitley: I shot my food.
Vicky Whitley: Quail?
[Sound of tally-ho bugle is heard on the soundtrack]
William S. Whitley: Soup!
[He indicates a pile of tin cans]
William S. Whitley: Noodle soup!

- William Powell (as William S. Whitley) in The Heavenly Body (1944)