Memorable Quotes from Jackie Cooper
7 quotesPerry White on Clark Kent's Talents
Perry White
Lois, Clark Kent may seem like just a mild-mannered reporter, but listen, not only does he know how to treat his editor-in-chief with the proper respect, not only does he have a snappy, punchy prose style, but he is, in my forty years in this business, the fastest typist I've ever seen.
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A Brief Exchange on Timeliness
Perry White
You're late, Kent.
Clark Kent
I'm sorry, Mr. White. It won't happen again.
Perry White
Ha!
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Urgent News Assignment for Clark Kent
Perry White
Kent, I need a story to run with the page three sidebar. Get me everything you can on this terrorist group.
Clark Kent
Right! Uh, sorry. T... terrorists?
[stops]
Perry White
Get your head out of the closet, Kent! Where've you been for the past twelve hours?
Clark Kent
Home.
Perry White
Well, don't you watch television?
Clark Kent
Well actually I don't enjoy television, Mister White, there's too much violence. I was just reading Dickens.
Jimmy Olsen
(races in) Mr. Kent! A gang of terrorists seized the Eiffel Tower! In Paris!
Perry White
He knows where the Eiffel Tower is, Olsen! You do, don't you Kent?
Clark Kent
Yes, sir. Has anybody been hurt?
Jimmy Olsen
Well, so far the hostages are unharmed.
Clark Kent
The hostages?
Jimmy Olsen
Yeah! Tourists! About twenty of them!
Perry White
Yeah, but that's just petty-ante stuff. These guys claim that if the French government doesn't meet their demands, they've got a hydrogen bomb ready to level Paris.
Clark Kent
(genuinely surprised) Well, geez Mr. White. That's t... terrible!
Perry White
That's why they call them "terrorists", Kent.
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Acknowledging Sacrifice and Deserving Rest
Perry White
I don't have to tell you, it isn't easy for me to lose one of my best reporters.
Clark Kent
Oh, that's okay.
Perry White
But you deserve the vacation, Lois.
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The Art of Reporting Excellence
Jimmy Olsen
Golly, Miss Lane, how come you get all the best stories?
Lois Lane
A good reporter doesn't get great stories, Jimmy...
Perry White
...a good reporter makes them great.
[to Clark]
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The Importance of Being Prepared as a Photographer
Perry White
I don't understand you, Olsen. A boring banquet and you bring me three thousand boring pictures. Yet Superman saves a man from drowning on 3rd Avenue this morning while you stand there watching the whole thing and you don't even bring me one picture.
Jimmy Olsen
Chief, I didn't have my camera with me.
Perry White
A photographer eats with his camera. A photographer sleeps with his camera.
Lois Lane
I'm glad I'm a writer.
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Salary Arrangement Inquiry in the Workplace
Clark Kent
Excuse me, Mr. White. I was wondering if, if, uh, perhaps you could arrange for half my salary to be sent to this address on a weekly basis.
Lois Lane
Your bookie, right?
Clark Kent
My what?
Clark Kent
Actually, she's silver-haired.
[brief pause as they both realize he's not kidding]
Perry White
Yeah. I'll see what I can do.
Lois Lane
Any more at home like you?
Clark Kent
Uh, not really, no.
Lois Lane
I didn't think so.
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