- Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus: Hardship makes strange bedfellows.
- Benson DuBois: Nobody's that strange.
- Mr. Barnett: [Benson is serving dinner because of the staff being on strike] Excuse me, but, I believe there is a piece of cork in my wine
- Benson DuBois: [Benson checks the glass] Two pieces.
- Gus: Benson, we've got to strike. The inflation is killing us and we ain't had a raise in 3 years.
- Benson DuBois: Did you ask for one?
- Raul: Not me. We Cubans have too much pride to beg for money. So I asked Gus to do it.
- Benson DuBois: Raul, why don't you take your pride and go down to the market and pick up the oysters.