GEORGE Bailey: Oh well, you know what I've always talked about...build things...design new buildings...plan modern cities...all that stuff, I was talking about.
Old Bailey: Still after that first million before you're thirty.
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George: Oh, now, Pop, I couldn’t. I couldn’t face being cooped up for the rest of my life in a shabby little office. Oh I’m sorry, Pop. I didn’t mean it that way. But this business of nickels and dimes and spending all your life to figure out how to save three cents on a length of pipe… I’d go crazy. I want to do something big and something important.
Old Bailey: You know, George, I feel that in a small way we’re doing something important. Satisfying the fundamental urge. It’s deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace, and we are helping him get those things in our shabby little office.
George: I know, Pop. I know that. I wish I felt… I’ve been hoarding pennies like a miser in order to… Most of my friends have already finished college. I just feel like if I didn’t get away, I bust.
Old Bailey: Yes, yes. You are right, son.
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喬治‧貝利：喔，你知道我平常一直在提的那些...蓋東西...設計新大樓...規劃現代都市...就是我說的那些啊。
老貝利：還在想三十歲前要賺到的第一個百萬。
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喬治：不...爸，我不能一輩子都關在這間簡陋的小辦公室裡面。很抱歉，爸爸，我不是那個意思...但這種錙銖必較，買水管的時候想辦法省三毛錢的生意...我會瘋掉。我想要做一些大事，一些重要的事。
老貝利：喬治，你知道嗎？我們雖然貢獻不大，但是所做的事卻很重要。就是滿足人們最基本的需求。一個人自然會想要有自己的屋頂、牆壁和壁爐。而我們在那間簡陋的小辦公室裡正是在幫助他得到這些東西。
喬治：我知道，爸。 我知道，我...我正在存錢想去...我很多朋友都已經完成了學業，我只是覺得我再不出去看看，我就快要爆炸了。
老貝利：你說的沒錯，兒子。
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