Flamingo: I've been your wife ever since I knowed what the word meant.

- Anne Francis (as Flamingo McManamee) in A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Verity Wade: It's these folks. They're all so wonderful.
Hank Martin: Well, all folks is wonderful. You just have to know the right place to kick 'em in.
Verity Wade: What?
Hank Martin: Sure. It's like learnin' to play a musical instrument by ear. All you gotta know is what place to push to get what note. Then pretty soon, everybody's dancin'...to your tune.

- James Cagney (as Hank Martin) in A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Hank Martin: Brighten up, sweet-face, brighten up, 'cause you married a winner, not a loser!

- James Cagney (as Hank Martin) in A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)