Mr. Powers: Foreign correspondent! I could get more news out of Europe looking in a crystal ball.

- Eduardo Ciannelli (as Mr. Krug) in Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Mr. Powers: I don't want any more economists, sages, or oracles bombinating over our cables. I want a reporter. Somebody who doesn't know the difference between an ism and a kangaroo.

- Eduardo Ciannelli (as Mr. Krug) in Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Stebbins: They love to cable from New York. It makes them think that you're working for them.

- Robert Benchley (as Stebbins) in Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Van Meer: I see now. There's no help. No help for the whole poor suffering world. Oh! You cry peace, Fisher. Peace. And there was no peace. Only war and death. You're... You're a liar, Fisher. A cruel, cruel liar. You can do what you want with me. That's not important. But you'll never conquer them, Fisher. Little people everywhere who give crumbs to birds. Lie to them, drive them, whip them, force them into war. When the beasts like you will devour each other, then the world will belong to the little people.

- Albert Bassermann (as Van Meer) in Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Carol Fisher: I think the world has been run long enough by well-meaning professionals. We might give the amateurs a chance now.

- Laraine Day (as Carol Fisher) in Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Carol Fisher: You never hear of circumstances out of our control rushing us into peace, have you?

- Laraine Day (as Carol Fisher) in Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Stephen Fisher: It's really very exciting being present at the christening of an American newspaper correspondent. Shouldn't we break a bottle of champagne or something?

- Herbert Marshall (as Stephen Fisher) in Foreign Correspondent (1940)