Mayor Moe Carson: I demand a little respect.
Lester Cadwalader, Sr.: You're getting it... very little.

- Guy Kibbee in There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

Agatha: Very well, if you can't keep a civil tongue in your mouth, I'll thank you for my trumpet and be gone.

- Maude Eburne in There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

[In a debate]
Lemuel P. Twin: The other side has been robbing us for 20 years. Why not give us a chnace.
Mayor Moe Carson: I want tax reform, school reform...
Lemuel P. Twin: Give him chloroform.

- Hugh Herbert in There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

[The Twine family ghosts want to help Lemuel win the election, but a ghostly matriarch objects]
Agatha: Since when have we become trouble-shooters for dimwit mortals?

- Maude Eburne in There's One Born Every Minute (1942)