- Supt. Lynch: Well, they've certainly handed you the $64,000 question of all time Father. Do you have the answer?
- Father Carey: I wasn't really prepared for the question.
- Supt. Lynch: Well, according to me you've got about 46 hours to think about it. I reckon it would take the whole College of Cardinals about 10 years if they worked hard at it.
- Miss Floyd: Are you so sure he wasn't an instrument of God? He moves in mysterious ways, doesn't he?
- Postman Tim: You're a strange man Mr Mulcahy. You're the only one in this parish who locks his door.
- James Ronald Mulcahy: It stops interruptions when I'm writing.