Frankie: Somethin' tells me Chicago's gonna be real good for you.
Myrt: Somethin' tells me you gonna be real bad for Chicago.

- Diahann Carroll (as Myrt) in Carmen Jones (1954)

Frankie: We'll be livin' off the fatheads of the land.

- Pearl Bailey (as Frankie) in Carmen Jones (1954)

Carmen Jones: 'Scuse my dust, gentlemen. The air's gettin' mighty unconditioned 'round here.

- Dorothy Dandridge (as Carmen Jones) in Carmen Jones (1954)

Joe: Thanks, but I don't drink.
Carmen Jones: Boy, if the army was made up of nothin' but soldiers like you, war wouldn't do nobody no good.

- Dorothy Dandridge (as Carmen Jones) in Carmen Jones (1954)