Moochie Daniels: Gee, Wilby, you know I like you much better as a dog.

- Kevin Corcoran (as Moochie) in The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Buzz Miller: Great suffering cat!

- Tim Considine (as Buzz Miller) in The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Buzz Miller: Hey, Wilby, what is it this time?
Wilby Daniels: What about the seven bucks I loaned you?
Buzz Miller: What about it?
Wilby Daniels: Cough it up. Pop pulled the plug on my allowance.
Buzz Miller: Gee, pal, I'd like to help you out, but you know how it is. I've got a date with Allison.
Wilby Daniels: I'm sick and tired of financing your romances.

- Tommy Kirk (as Wilby Daniels) in The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Freeda Daniels: Frankly, I think that dogs don't like mailmen because... well, because sometimes they bring bad news. Animals sense those things, you know.

- Jean Hagen (as Freeda Daniels) in The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Freeda Daniels: There is nothing wrong with girls; they're character building.

- Jean Hagen (as Freeda Daniels) in The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Wilson Daniels: I'd rather not know how you get your gossip. Uh, what else do you know about them?

- Fred MacMurray (as Wilson Daniels) in The Shaggy Dog (1959)