The Toast of New York

Josie Mansfield:
[ Referring to Mlle. Fleurique's dress] But these are her clothes. It's stealing.

James 'Jim' Fisk Jr.:
Only little people call it stealing. Big people call it borrowing.

Josie Mansfield:
Besides, if you want something real bad, you gotta take some hard knocks to get it.

James 'Jim' Fisk Jr.:
Say, you've learned a lot for a young lady. What are you after... reaching for the moon?

Josie Mansfield:
No, just one little star on a dressing room door.

Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt:
[Yelling at Fisk and Boyd in the disappearing Jersey Ferry] You scoudrels! I'll run you down if I have to crawl in every rotten hole in Jersey1

Josie Mansfield:
[after receiving an expensive necklace from him] Mr. Fisk, what do you expect me to be?

James 'Jim' Fisk Jr.:
[Pausing and dropping his eyes] Whatever you want to be.

James 'Jim' Fisk Jr.:
[Preparing to enter a festive room] Are you ready?

Josie Mansfield:
I'm frightened to death.

James 'Jim' Fisk Jr.:
You're in the circle now. You've got the prettiest feathers in the room. Now spread 'em.

Nick Boyd:
How do you spell Vanderbilt?

James 'Jim' Fisk Jr.:
With a "V" and... [pausing to think] a lot of dollar marks.

Nick Boyd:
Even the right horse can't win if he's carrying too heavy a load.