Rose: Sophia, I don't know what all the hullabaloo is about. Dating a circus clown would be a dream come true for me.
Blanche: Reach for the stars, Rose.
Rose: No, it would. Think about it. Seeing him push those little pigs around in a baby carriage. Getting hit with a bucket of confetti any time you want. And sitting up there in the stands, watching him sweep that spotlight into a little circle and thinking, "That's my man!" It's getting hot in here.

Dorothy: Why did this happen? Just when I meet someone that I feel I have a future with, Ken does this. I know I should be more supportive, but the fact is, I'm embarrassed.
Rose: Don't be ridiculous, Dorothy. You love the man for who he is. It's not like he's driving you around in a tiny car with a giant key on the back. Is he?

Dorothy: It's Ken. I don't know which end is up. He called me this morning. He wants me to travel with the circus.
I'm afraid we're gonna have to call it quits.
Blanche: Oh, honey, I'd think twice before I cut that guy off. At your age, how many chances at the brass ring do you have left?

Dorothy: Everybody, did you hear that? We'll be out of here in no time. My mother called my boyfriend, a top Miami lawyer. Nothing to worry about. We are in good hands.
Ken: Oh! Dorothy, sweetheart, there you are.
Dorothy: My God! Ma, you didn't tell me he was in a clown suit!
Sophia: Oh, yeah.

Ken: You know, I have been practicing law for many, many years, and it's always amazed me how little my job actually had to do with justice. This stuff sounds a little better when you've got lapels and a vest. Anyway, my clients are charged with trespass. But the only real crime they committed was their overzealous championing of the defenseless dolphin. The dolphin, Your Honor, that for centuries has rescued men lost at sea, guided ships back to port. No, my clients were not trespassing. My clients were returning the favor. They simply wanted to protect some of nature's best creations from extinction. Your Honor you have the opportunity today to make a very disillusioned lawyer happy. Please answer to a law higher than this state's, and dispense some real justice here.
Judge: Please, let's have a little quiet here. That was a great speech.
Ken: Thank you, Your Honor.
Judge: But help me out here. How about something from a law book?
Ken: OK. The fracas occurred on a seaside dock abutting navigable waters. I don't believe that this court has any jurisdiction.
Judge: That sounds legal to me. Counselor, your last day has been a good one.

Sophia: I want you two jailbirds to feel at home. Dinner's at six. Pass it on.

Dorothy: We really have to talk.
Ken: What's the matter?
Dorothy: I don't know whether this is harder to say or harder to hear. Ken, you're a lovable man, with a lot of lovable qualities, but I don't love you.
Ken: It's this clown thing, isn't it?
Dorothy: I thought that's what was bothering me. But, Ken, if I loved you, I'd follow you anywhere. I'm sorry.
Ken: I see.
Dorothy: I think we were both trying too hard to make this work. You on your terms, me on mine. But I know that I am not prepared to give up my life. And, Ken, could you give up the circus for me? Could you give up the laughter? The smiles on those children's faces?
Ken: Do you know something, Dorothy? I don't think I could. Could I give up the fat lady for you? No. Could I give up the elephants for you? No. The chimps? The sword-swallower-
Dorothy: Ken. I think I have a grip on this.
Ken: I guess at our age, we do a lot of wishful thinking.
Dorothy: We did come close, though.
Ken: If the circus is ever in town, I'll leave the tent flap open for you.
Dorothy: I'm gonna miss you.