Memorable Quotes from E.G. Marshall
8 quotesUnexpected Substitution in the Driver's Seat
Walter Sullivan
Are you taking your shortcut, Tommy?
Luther Whitney
I'm your substitute drive tonight, Mr. Sullivan. Oh don't worry about Tommy; he's just fine.
Walter Sullivan
It's very unusual. What do I call you?
Luther Whitney
Luther, sir.
Walter Sullivan
Are you familiar with to get to my townhouse, Luther?
Luther Whitney
Oh yes, sir I know where all your houses are. I'm the man who robbed you. And you're the man who tried to kill me.
Walter Sullivan
I'm sorry I've missed. I believe in the Old Testament, sir. There's nothing wrong for an eye for an eye for when a terrible deed has been done. A deed such as yours.
Luther Whitney
Which you'd like to believe, wouldn't ya? That'd be simple for you to believe that. What do you think that I have to gain by being here?
Walter Sullivan
I have no idea. Are you going to rob me again?
Luther Whitney
Oh I don't need your money, Mr. Sullivan. Now did you check your vault lately? I put everything back.
Walter Sullivan
I'm afraid we're a little late for an attempt at leniency.
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Facing the Truth of a Dark Night
Luther Whitney
A lot of crap is coming down tonight, sir. Do you want to be a player, or not? Do you want to know what happened that night, or don't you? Because I was there.
[about the night when Christy was killed]
Walter Sullivan
I want to know.
Luther Whitney
Do you think you can, stand hearing about it, how he beat her, tried to strangle her, you want to really know about that?
Walter Sullivan
I could walk through the fire.
Luther Whitney
Well, I was in the vault when they came in, they were drunk. He started knocking her around, but she fought back, then he started getting really rough, she tried to defend herself, while he started screaming, like the sniveling SIMP HE IS.
Walter Sullivan
Who else was in my house?
Luther Whitney
The Secret Service, they're the ones who shot her.
Walter Sullivan
Nonsense!
Luther Whitney
And Gloria Russell she handled the cover up.
Walter Sullivan
STOP THIS!
Luther Whitney
Don't you want to know who it was?
Walter Sullivan
IT WAS YOU!
Luther Whitney
Oh come on Mr. Sullivan, we're too old to bullshit each other.
Walter Sullivan
WHO WAS IT THEN?
Luther Whitney
You know? Don't shake your head at me. When you're alone at night, and your rage takes over and you want to avenge her. What face do you put with your enemy?
[Mr. Sullivan nods his head]
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Wealth and Waiting in Uncertain Times
Walter Sullivan
I don't yet know who it is I'm after. Until I do, you'll have to wait in Washington for instructions.
Michael McCarty
I'm afraid that's out of the question. Mine is not particularly creative work, and I do it only because I enjoy living beyond my means. I can't afford to just sit around.
Walter Sullivan
My father died when I was nine years old. He was a miner. He died of lung disease. I became rich at twenty-five, and the first thing I did was to buy that mine, close it down, and give every miner fifty thousand dollars to retire on. You *will* wait in Washington, Mr. McCarty. You will choose a penthouse suite, and I will put one million dollars into a Swiss bank of your choosing. And when the time comes... two million dollars a bullet.
Michael McCarty
...You are a salesman, sir.
Walter Sullivan
Selling sin is easy.
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Struggles of Reputation and Responsibility
Walter Sullivan
For eighty years, I've tried to live... a decent life. I've given a billion dollars to charity. If this comes to trial... none of that will be remembered. I'll just go out... the joke of the world.
Seth Frank
I understand, sir. I'll do what I can.
Walter Sullivan
Will you listen to me whine? I apologize, Mr. Frank. Bother me all you want, just do your job. And I'll try to do mine.
[chuckles]
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Nixon's Struggle with Public Life
Richard Nixon
I hate these cocktail parties. John, I'm in hell. I'll be mentally dead in two years and physically dead in four.
John Mitchell
Make some money, Dick. Prove yourself to the Wall Street crowd. Let ] and ] take the fall against ].
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Richard Nixon
I don't know why. I miss making love to the people. I miss entering a room. I miss the pure acting of it, John. I gotta get back in the arena.
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Acknowledging the Lack of Twinkling Lights
Art
The little lights aren't twinkling.
Clark
I know, Art. And thanks for noticing.
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A Family Debate on Holiday Spending
Art
Beautiful, Clark.
[sarcastically]
Frances
Talk about pissing your money away. I hope you kids see what a silly waste of resources this was.
Audrey
He worked really hard, Grandma.
Art
So do washing machines.
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Family Tensions During Christmas Gathering
Audrey Griswold
Would it be indecent to ask the grandparents to stay at a hotel?
Ellen Griswold
I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery.
Ellen Griswold
Welcome to our home - what's left of it.
Art
Hurry up, Clark. I'm freezing my baguettes off.
Mr. Shirley
Get me somebody. Anybody. And get me somebody while I'm waiting.
[picks up the phone receiver]
Clark W. Griswold, Sr.
SQUIRREL!!!
[extreme close-up]
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