Doris Day
(as Erica Stone)
Erica Stone:
As my father used to say, a reporter has to do a lot of sweating before he earns the right to perspire.
Doris Day
(as Erica Stone)
Erica Stone:
Newspapers can't compete in reporting what happened any more, but they can and should tell the public why it happened.
Clark Gable
(as James Gannon / James Gallangher)
James Gannon:
[providing an impromptu lesson to Barney] By the way, you heard about it, didn't you?
Barney Kovac: What?
James Gannon: Found him dead.
Barney Kovac: Who?
James Gannon: Boss.
Barney Kovac: No kidding. When?
James Gannon: Two minutes ago.
Barney Kovac: Where did they find him?
James Gannon: In his office.
Barney Kovac: What did happen?
James Gannon: Some dame shot him.
James Gannon: Some dame sho... Why?
James Gannon: Barney, you have just asked me six very important questions: who, what, where, when, how, and why. That's what every news story should answer.
Barney Kovac: What?
James Gannon: Found him dead.
Barney Kovac: Who?
James Gannon: Boss.
Barney Kovac: No kidding. When?
James Gannon: Two minutes ago.
Barney Kovac: Where did they find him?
James Gannon: In his office.
Barney Kovac: What did happen?
James Gannon: Some dame shot him.
James Gannon: Some dame sho... Why?
James Gannon: Barney, you have just asked me six very important questions: who, what, where, when, how, and why. That's what every news story should answer.
Mamie Van Doren
(as Peggy DeFore)
James Gannon:
[referring to Dr. Pine, Prof. Stone's boyfriend] So he's got more degrees than a thermometer, so he speaks seven languages, so he's read every book. So what? The important thing is he's had no experience. He didn't start at the bottom and work up. That's the only way you can learn.
Peggy DeFore: You're so right, Jim-zee. Take me. Where would I be if I just read books?
Peggy DeFore: You're so right, Jim-zee. Take me. Where would I be if I just read books?
Clark Gable
(as James Gannon / James Gallangher)
Doris Day
(as Erica Stone)
James Gannon:
How could you give up a real newspaper job for teaching?
Erica Stone: Well, that's a very good question, Mr. Gallagher. Maybe for the same reason that occasionally a musician wants to be a conductor, he wants to hear a hundred people play music the way he hears it.
Erica Stone: Well, that's a very good question, Mr. Gallagher. Maybe for the same reason that occasionally a musician wants to be a conductor, he wants to hear a hundred people play music the way he hears it.
Gig Young
(as Dr. Hugo Pine)
James Gannon:
Morning. Hangover?
Dr. Hugo Pine: Calling what I have a 'hangover' is like referring to the Johnstown flood as a slight drizzle.
Dr. Hugo Pine: Calling what I have a 'hangover' is like referring to the Johnstown flood as a slight drizzle.
Clark Gable
(as James Gannon / James Gallangher)
Peggy DeFore:
Jimsy, what's a psychologist?
James Gannon: A guy who gives all kinds of advice about things he knows nothing about.
James Gannon: A guy who gives all kinds of advice about things he knows nothing about.
Clark Gable
(as James Gannon / James Gallangher)
Dr. Hugo Pine:
I can drink any amount of alcohol I like and it doesn't bother me a bit.
James Gannon: Well it doesn't bither me a bot either!
James Gannon: Well it doesn't bither me a bot either!
Gig Young
(as Dr. Hugo Pine)
Dr. Hugo Pine:
To me, journalism is, ah, like a hangover. You can read about it for years, but until you've actually experienced it, you have no conception of what it's really like.
