- Elmer Jackson: I may jump up and down if you put an alligator in the bathtub, but i will never ever hurt you for telling the truth!
- Welfare Officer: The law requires a room for each child.
- Elmer Jackson: Where do they liv now - at the Ritz?
- Dr. Northfield: So as far as you know your father really liked you boys?
- Richard 3: Oh sure - whoever said different?
- Waitress: I had a husband once, but he was worse than the kids. So I kept the kids and got rid of the husband!
- Elmer Jackson: Maybe we just oughta leave them alone?
- Anna Jackson: Oh no you don't! You'll never be all one piece until they are back! Besides - you promised her. You promised me. You promised Melissa. and you back out now - I'll go up and down the street, knocking on doors, telling everybody that Elmer Jackson goes back on his promises!