Marie Windsor Quotes

Edna Tucker You're wide open, Joe. I can see into you without looking.

Joe Morse Don't bother; besides it's not nice to do.

Edna Tucker More interesting than when you have a rock for a husband like mine. He's a stone, that man. Whole world are rocks and stones to him.

Joe Morse Why tell me? Tell him.

Edna Tucker Never tell him anything. Makes me feel unnecessary.

Joe Morse If I make you feel necessary then I'm making a mistake.

Joe Morse If you need a broken man to love, break your husband. I'm not a nickel, I don't spend my life in a telephone! If that's what you want for love, you can't use me.

Edna Tucker You're not strong or weak enough.

Narrator At exactly 3:45 on that Saturday afternoon in the last week of September, Marvin Unger was, perhaps, the only one among the hundred thousand people at the track who felt no thrill at the running of the fifth race. He was totally disinterested in horse racing and held a lifelong contempt for gambling. Nevertheless, he had a $5 win bet on every horse in the fifth race. He knew, of course, that this rather unique system of betting would more than likely result in a loss, but he didn't care. For after all, he thought, what would the loss of twenty or thirty dollars mean in comparison to the vast sum of money ultimately at stake.

Maurice You have my sympathies, then. You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else - the perfect mediocrity; no better, no worse. Individuality's a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel confident. You know, I've often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They are admired and hero-worshiped, but there is always present an underlying wish to see them destroyed at the peak of their glory.

Sherry Peatty It isn't fair. I never had anybody but you. Not a real husband. Not even a man. Just a bad joke without a punch line.

Johnny Clay Alright sister, that's a mighty pretty head you got on your shoulders. You want to keep it there or start carrying it around in your hands?

Sherry Peatty Maybe we could compromise and put it on your shoulder. I think that'd be nice, don't you?