Rocky Mulloy: And do me a favor Castro, while I'm on the phone, try and jump me. I'd like nothing better thsn to give it to you in the belly.

Rocky Mulloy: Say, you've got all my dough. How about some cab fare?
Detective Lt. Gus Cobb: What're you gonna pay me back with, some more of that hot money?
Rocky Mulloy: Maybe all of it.
Detective Lt. Gus Cobb: All right, there's 20. That's out of my own pocket. Remember, I've got a wife and a couple of kids.
Rocky Mulloy: I haven't met anybody lately who hasn't.

Rocky Mulloy: You're a pint ahead of schedule.
Delong: Only the blind can really see.
Rocky Mulloy: Well, you're only half blind.
Delong: I'll fix that.
Rocky Mulloy: You know, I had another friend once who had trouble with that stuff. He found a way to get off of it.
Delong: How?
Rocky Mulloy: He quit.
Delong: Thank you, Billy Sunday.

Newsie: [Seeing Mulloy's picture on Page One of the paper] Nice picture, isn't it?
Rocky Mulloy: Add five years to it, and it'd look just like me.