Joe Hammond: What's the matter? What's this? You've been kissed before...
Willie: What difference does that make? If I'd been married before, would that make you wanna marry me? If I'd been hurt before, would that make you wanna hurt me?

- Anne Baxter (as Willie) in Carnival Story (1954)

Frank Colloni: Would you mind taking off your dress?
Willie: Sometimes there are phrases in English I do not understand. Did you ask me to take my dress off?
Frank Colloni: Afraid of me?
Willie: I'm not afraid of anyone!
[Willy removes her dress and strikes a pose]
Willie: Well?
Frank Colloni: You know what I was thinking?
Willie: Probably.
Frank Colloni: You're wrong. I've been thinking lately the act might go better if I had a partner. That's all. It's just an idea.

- Lyle Bettger (as Frank Colloni) in Carnival Story (1954)

Willie: Until I met you, I never knew how rotten I was.

- Anne Baxter (as Willie) in Carnival Story (1954)

[first lines]
Frank Colloni: Whaddya say, Joe.
[to Charley]
Frank Colloni: Boy, this is sure seein' Europe the hard way!
Charley Grayson: Aw, it's better than dodgin' those sheriffs in Kentucky. Besides, we might do pretty good here.

- Jay C. Flippen (as Charley Grayson) in Carnival Story (1954)