Arliss Coates: What's Papa gonna sell our steers for?
Travis Coates: For money, of course.
Arliss Coates: What's money?
Travis Coates: That's what you buy things with.
Arliss Coates: What do you mean by buy things?
Travis Coates: Well when you have money, you give it to people for stuff. They say you can get anything for money.
Arliss Coates: Anything? What's it look like?
Travis Coates: I never seen but one piece. A dollar bill Papa had.
Arliss Coates: What'd Papa buy with his dollar?
Travis Coates: Nothing that wasn't no good.
Arliss Coates: But you just said you could get anything with money.
Travis Coates: But Papa's was confederate.
Arliss Coates: What's confederate money?
Travis Coates: Confederate money? Well, it's...
Arliss Coates: Well?
Travis Coates: Don't you ever run out of questions?


--Tommy Kirk (as ) in Old Yeller

Arliss Coates: Why did you shoot Rosemary?
Travis Coates: She was sick.
Arliss Coates: Well, you were sick. How come we didn't shoot you?
Travis Coates: That was different.


--Tommy Kirk (as ) in Old Yeller

Biff Hawk: Oh, it's just Neddy the Nut out flying his old Model T.


--Tommy Kirk (as Biff Hawk) in The Absent-Minded Professor

Don: I've never seen so many trying to cover so much with so little.


--Tommy Kirk (as ) in Catalina Caper

Dop: Since the Earthmen, especially the Americans, seem to place their faith in luck rather than scientific certainties, I wish you all luck.


--Tommy Kirk (as ) in Mars Needs Women

Ernst Robinson: It's better to use your head than break your back, I always say.


--Tommy Kirk (as Ernst Robinson) in Swiss Family Robinson

Ernst Robinson: What are you doing?
Fritz Robinson: I'll just take charge of the pistol for a while. I seem to remember it being appropriated before, when someone wanted to go back to the beach.
Ernst Robinson: You give me back my pistol!


--Tommy Kirk (as Ernst Robinson) in Swiss Family Robinson

Buzz Miller: Hey, Wilby, what is it this time?
Wilby Daniels: What about the seven bucks I loaned you?
Buzz Miller: What about it?
Wilby Daniels: Cough it up. Pop pulled the plug on my allowance.
Buzz Miller: Gee, pal, I'd like to help you out, but you know how it is. I've got a date with Allison.
Wilby Daniels: I'm sick and tired of financing your romances.


--Tommy Kirk (as Wilby Daniels) in The Shaggy Dog

Katie Coates: If that don't beat all. I never saw such a dog.
Travis Coates: And you won't never see another one like him.


--Tommy Kirk (as ) in Old Yeller

Genius: [about the chemicals he's mixed] They're not compatible. This is supposed to blow up. I wonder why it doesn't?
Nancy: You and I aren't going to be very compatible either, Genius, if you don't get out of here.
Genius: I wonder what you see in her.
Mike: I don't know either. But, uh, whatever it is, I like it.


--Tommy Kirk (as ) in Village of the Giants