No securities, no stocks, no bonds. Nothin' but a miserable little $500 equity in a life insurance policy. You're worth more dead than alive.

More from It's a Wonderful Life

• I’ll have a flaming rum punch!
• Joseph! Joseph!
• One man's life touches so many others, when he's not there it leaves an awfully big hole.
• Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.
• This rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath?
• What do you want, Mary? Do you want the moon? If you want it, I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down for you. Hey! That's a pretty good idea! I'll give you the moon, Mary.