Susan Bradley: Would it be possible you don't want to marry me?
H.H. Hartsey: Now wait a minute Ms. Bradley. I wanna marry ya, I wanna marry ya somethin' like all get-out. I wanna marry ya somethin' awful ma'amm. But please ma'am, please say no.

- Chill Wills (as H.H. Hartsey) in The Harvey Girls (1946)

Alma: [singing] Yeah, they say they have hair on their chest, the only thing I've seen is just a fancy vest. Holy smackers, milk and crackers but it's wild in the wild, wild west.

- Virginia O'Brien (as Alma from Ohio) in The Harvey Girls (1946)

Alma: [talking to Susan Bradley] I sent my picture into one of those Lonely Hearts Clubs and they sent it back, saying "We're NOT that lonely!"

- Virginia O'Brien (as Alma from Ohio) in The Harvey Girls (1946)

Alma: Chris, what's wrong?
Chris Maule: Marty Peters was just here.
Alma: Marty Peters? The man who shot the last blacksmith?
Chris Maule: He... he... he did what?
[Chris has just been made the new blacksmith]
Alma: Well, it's all based on circumstantial evidence. No one actually saw the bullet leave the gun.
[Chris faints dead away]

- Virginia O'Brien (as Alma from Ohio) in The Harvey Girls (1946)

Marty Peters: Where do ya come from, Tex?
Chris Maule: Massachusetts.

- Ray Bolger (as Chris Maule) in The Harvey Girls (1946)