Petunia Jackson: [after she runs Jim Henry and his crony off] Oh, Lord! Please forgive me for backsliding, but sometimes when you fight the Devil you've got to jab him with his own pitchfork!

- Ethel Waters (as Petunia Jackson) in Cabin in the Sky (1943)

The Trumpeter: Give a man money and watch him act funny.

- Louis Armstrong (as The Trumpeter) in Cabin in the Sky (1943)