- Elmer 'Scoop' Stevens: Livin' in a big city the way you do, why, shootin' a gangster like that's - a dirty rat, that's - that's important; that's news! But in this community? Why, killin' a rat's just part of a day's work for a cat.
- Cornelius Stevens: Please don't call me Cornelius, Uncle Elmer! I told you a hundred times - the fellas all call me Corn; I like that name.
- Elmer 'Scoop' Stevens: Always remember that, Denny: Names is news. You run plenty of names, you'll have plenty of subscribers. You know, a newspaper's just like a human being. It ain't healthy unless it's got a good circulation.