Judy Garland Quotes

Jonathan Harrow III He seems under the impression that you aren't too fond of him.

Hannah Brown But I am! Terribly!

Jonathan Harrow III Well, I'm afraid it's a little late.

Hannah Brown A little late? Little late? Well, that can't be! What'll I do?

Jonathan Harrow III Well, if I loved someone, I'd find a way to let them know it.

Hannah Brown Well, it's different with a man.

Jonathan Harrow III Why?

Hannah Brown I don't know. It just is, that's all. It's easier.

Esther Smith You're the first human being I've danced with all evening. It's our last dance in St. Louis. I feel like I'm going to cry.

Vicki Lester Norman, don't you know how I feel about you?

Norman Maine Yes, yes I do.

Vicki Lester Well, then dear, don't you know that nothing about you could make any difference?

Norman Maine It's too late.

Vicki Lester No, it isn't.

Norman Maine It is, I tell you...Now listen to me. I destroy everything I touch. I always have. Forget me. I'm a bad loss.

Vicki Lester I don't believe that.

Norman Maine You've come too late.

Don Hewes A girl dancer has to be exotic; she has to be - a peach.

Hannah Brown I suppose I'm a lemon!

Esther Smith How can I ignore the Boy Next Door?I love him more than I can say.Doesn't try to please me, doesn't even tease me.And he never sees me glance his way.And though I'm heartsore, the Boy Next Door,Affection for me won't display.I just adore him, so I can't ignore him,The Boy Next Door.

Esther Smith You've just ruined Rose's chance to get married, that's all...That was Warren Sheffield calling long-distance to propose.

Don Hewes Miss Brown, what idiot ever told you you were a dancer?

Hannah Brown You did.

Hannah Brown What color are my eyes?

Don Hewes Brown.

Esther Smith Well, I'll bet there isn't another girl in St. Louis who's had a Yale man call her long-distance just to inquire about her health.

Esther Smith New York is a wonderful town. Everybody dreams about going there. But we're luckier than lots of families because we're really going. Wait until you see the fine home we're going to have and the loads and loads of friends we'll make. Wonderful friends. But the main thing, Tootie, is that we're all going to be together just like we've always been. That's what really counts. We could be happy anywhere as long as we're together.

Hannah Brown Was I too terrible?

Don Hewes No. No.

Hannah Brown I've never really danced before.

Don Hewes You're going to be fine.

Hannah Brown Mr. Hewes, Mr. Hewes... You know you don't have to go on with this.

Don Hewes Now look...

Hannah Brown No, I mean it. You're the most wonderful dancer I've ever seen. You could get anyone to dance with you. You could get the very best.

Don Hewes I don't want the very best. I want you.

Esther Smith Well, Papa, if losing a case depresses you so, why don't you quit practicing law and go into another line of business?

Mike the Bartender What are you doing here by yourself?

Hannah Brown Oh, I don't know. I just wanted to get away for awhile.

Mike the Bartender Sure. Well, if there's anything I can do, breaking one's neck or anything like that, just say the word.

Hannah Brown No thanks, Mike. There isn't anything anyone can do.

Mike the Bartender Ah, don't say that. No man is that important. Plenty of fish left in the sea. You know it's always darkest just...

Hannah Brown Oh, Mike. I don't think you have a motto for my kind of problem.

Esther Smith John Truett. I've come here to ask you something...What do you mean hitting a five-year-old child?...The next time you want to hit somebody, pick on somebody your own size. If there's anything I hate, loathe, despise, and abominate, it's a bully.

Esther Smith The moment I saw him smileI knew he was just my style.My only regret is we've never met,Though I dream of him all the while.

Vicki Lester When something like this happens to you and I'm not going to lie to you and tell you I didn't keep hoping it would happen. All the speeches that you've made up in your bedroom or in the bathtub go out of your mind completely and you find that, out of all the words in the world, just two stick in your mind - thank you. And all I can do is say them to you from my heart and...

Norman Maine Congratulations, my dear. I made it just in time, didn't I? May I borrow the end of your speech to make a speech of my own? My method for gaining your attention may seem a little uncon-unconventional, but, uh, hard times call for harsh measures. My - I had my speech all prepared, but I - it's gone right out of my head. Let me see - why, it's silly to be so formal, isn't it? I-I know most of you sitting out there by your first names, don't I? I made a lot o money for you gentlemen in my time through the years, didn't I? Well, I need a job now. Yeah, that's it. That-that-that-that's the speech. That's the - I need a job. That's what I wanted to say. I - I need a job. It's as simple as that. I - I need a job, that's all. My talents, I may say, are not confined to dramatic parts. I can play comedy, too.

Vicki Lester He's in a sanitarium. He really wants to stop drinking, Oliver. He's trying very hard. I know he is. What is it? What is it that makes him want to destroy himself? You've known him longer than anyone else. Tell me what it is. Please. I don't care but just tell me.

Oliver Niles Don't you think I've tried through the years to know why, to help him? I don't know, Esther. I don't know what the answer is.

Vicki Lester Well, I've got to find the answer. You don't know what it's like to watch somebody you love just crumble away bit by bit and day by day in front of your eyes and stand there helpless. Love isn't enough. I thought it was. I thought I was the answer for Norman. But love isn't enough for him. And I'm afraid of what's beginning to happen within me... because... sometimes I hate him. I hate his promises to stop and then the watching and waiting to see it begin again. I hate to go home to him at night and listen to his lies. My heart goes out to him because he tries - he does try. But I hate him for failing. I hate me, too. I hate me cause I've failed, too. I have. I don't know what's going to happen to us, Oliver. No matter how much you love somebody... how do you live out the days?

Esther Smith You're the most deceitful, horrible, sinful creature I ever saw, and I don't ever want to have anything to do with you again.

Esther Smith Clang, clang, clang went the trolley,Ding, ding, ding went the bell.Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings,As we started for Huntingdon dell.

Esther Smith I went to lose a jolly, hour on the trolley, and lost my heart insteadWith his light brown derby and his bright green tieHe was quite the handsomest of menI started to yen, then I counted to ten, then I counted to ten again.