Appointment with Danger

Maury Ahearn:
You don't know what a love affair is.

Al Goddard:
It's what goes on between a man and a .45 pistol that won't jam.

Dodie:
I'm just shopping. They got some new records in. Do you like Bop?

Al Goddard:
Bop? Is that where everybody plays a different tune at the same time?

Dodie:
You just haven't heard enough of it.

Al Goddard:
Prayer's not gonna keep you from being killed.

Sister Augustine:
People don't pray to keep from dying. They pray to keep from being disappointed when they do.

Earl Boettiger:
What's the matter with you? You got a face a foot long.

Joe Regas:
You look as if you just lost your best friend.

Al Goddard:
I'm my best friend.

Joe Regas:
That's what I said.

Al Goddard:
You can rob Fort Knox and live, but steal a dime and kill a post office man, and they'll spend a million and a lifetime lookin' for you.

Al Goddard:
How many nuns are there anyway?

Policeman:
I don't know, Mr. Goddard. I never counted them.

Maury Ahearn:
And remember one thing, Al. The biggest thing on your side isn't a pair of brass knuckles. It's time and men and patience.

Al Goddard:
[Dryly] Thanks, and now do you mind if I find out who killed Harry Gruber?

Maury Ahearn:
No. No, I'm sure you will, Al, because you're a good cop. But that's about all you are.

Al Goddard:
You don't think very much of me, do you?

Sister Augustine:
I think of everything, Mr. Goddard, but I feel sorry for you. I don't think you have a heart.

Al Goddard:
Call it muscle. That's the way it is for a cop.

Sister Augustine:
I don't believe you.

Al Goddard:
When a cop dies, they don't listen to his heart fade. It's a charley horse in the chest.

Sister Augustine:
I'll remember you in my prayers.

Al Goddard:
Well, if I haven't anything else, i've got a good lawyer.

Earl Boettiger:
Anybody ever tell you about murder? It's against the law.

Dodie:
Can I give you a lift?

Al Goddard:
You already have.

Earl Boettiger:
I don't get it, Goddard. You go along one way for years, and all of a sudden you pull a complete switch. Why?

Al Goddard:
Sooner or later every rooster wants to lay an egg.

Joe Regas:
You're gonna take this Maxie's word? If somebody gave him a Bible to swear on, he'd steal it.

Dodie:
You afraid of me, Al?

Al Goddard:
Doesn't Earl ever get jealous?

Dodie:
He understands. You can put strings on good women or bad women. But you can't do anything about lazy ones.

Al Goddard:
You can beat 'em.

Dodie:
They stay about the same. You can't make 'em do the right thing, or the wrong thing. They're lazy. They do the *easy* thing. [nestles close for a kiss, then promptly springs up from Al's lap when Earl's voice is heard in hallway. Brightly] Saved by the bell!

Al Goddard:
That... is the story of my life.

Paul Ferrar:
Ten years in jail is sure gonna help my love life.

Al Goddard:
It's more romantic than being dead.