Barbara Stanwyck Quotes

Sam Masterson That brings us up to my 21st birthday when I became a man officially.

Martha Ivers How did it feel to become a man - officially?

Sam Masterson I'd been there before.

Jean Harrington I need him like the axe needs the turkey.

Ann Mitchell Below is a letter which reached my desk this morning. It's a commentary on what we laughingly call a civilized world.Dear Miss Mitchell:Four years ago, I was fired out of my job. Since then, I haven't been able to get another one. At first, I was sore at the state administration because it's on account of the slimy politics here. We have all this unemployment. But in looking around, it seems the whole world is goin to pot. So in protest, I'm goin to commit suicide by jumping off the City Hall roof.Signed, a disgusted American citizen. John Doe.Editor's Note: If you ask this column, the wrong people are jumping off the roofs.

Martha Ivers Why didn't you stop me, Sam? You know how much I hated her! Why didn't you stop me?

Sam Masterson I wasn't there.

Martha Ivers Why didn't you stop... You weren't there?

Sam Masterson No, I left as soon as I saw your aunt enter the room.

Julia Sturges Oh Richard, where did we miss out on each other? I beg your pardon, Sir. I put you down as a useless man, someone to lead a cotillion.

Richard Sturges After all, it was my major talent.

Julia Sturges I'm sorry, sorry about everything.

Richard Sturges We have no time to catalog our regrets. All we can do is pretend 20 years didn't happen. It's June again. You were walking under some Elm trees in a white muslin dress, the loveliest creature I ever laid eyes on. That summer, when I asked you to marry me, I pledged my eternal devotion. I would take it as a very great favor Julia, if you would accept a restatement of that pledge.

Ann Mitchell Now please, John, you won't let me down, will ya? Will ya? Of course you won't. If you'll just think of yourself as the real John Doe. Listen, everything in that speech are things a certain man believed in. He was my father, John. When he talked, people listened. And they'll listen to you too. Funny, you know what my mother said the other night? She said to look into your eyes and I'd see father there...Now, listen, John. You're a pitcher. Now get in there and pitch. Good luck.

Julia Sturges Thank you, Richard. You were most helpful. Now you see why I wanted to steal a little more time.

Richard Sturges Please, Julia. Let's not bicker, since there's no love lost between us.

Julia Sturges That's the tragic part, Richard. There's been so much love lost between us.

Ann Mitchell Please don't give up. We'll start all over again. Just you and I. It isn't too late. The John Doe movement isn't dead yet. You see, John, it isn't dead or they wouldn't be here. It's alive in them. They kept it alive by being afraid. That's why they came up here. Oh, darling!...We can start clean now. Just you and I. It'll grow John, and it'll grow big because it'll be honest this time. Oh, John, if it's worth dying for, it's worth living for. Oh please, John...You wanna be honest, don't ya? Well, you don't have to die to keep the John Doe ideal alive. Someone already died for that once. ]. And he's kept that ideal alive for nearly 2,000 years. It was He who kept it alive in them. And He'll go on keeping it alive for ever and always — for every John Doe movement these men kill, a new one will be born. That's why those bells are ringing, John. They're calling to us, not to give up but to keep on fighting, to keep on pitching. Oh, don't you see darling? This is no time to give up. You and I, John, we...Oh, no, no, John. If you die, I want to die too. Oh, oh, I love you.

Ann Mitchell He wants to get a few things off his chest and that's the only way he can get himself heard...So he writes me a letter and I dig him up. He pours out his soul to me. From now on, we quote: "I PROTEST" — by John Doe. He protests against all the evils in the world — the greed, the lust, the hate, the fear, all of man's inhumanity to man. Arguments will start. Should he commit suicide or should he not? People will write in, pleading with him — but NO! No sir, John Doe will remain adamant. On Christmas Eve, hot or cold, he goes. See? If it was raining hundred dollar bills, you'd be out looking for a dime you lost someplace.

Rela You've changed, Wes.

Wes Anderson Nobody stays the same.

Martha Ivers The sun suit looks very well on her Sam, she's got just the figure for it. She's a very pretty girl.

Toni Marachek I give another show at 8 o'clock.

Martha Ivers In your room or here?

Martha Ivers A sure thing is never a gamble.

Sam Masterson No? What odds you give that that's a fact?