Memorable Quotes from Peggy Dow
3 quotesMiscommunication About Patient's Condition
Dr. Sanderson
I want you to telephone this Elwood P. Dowd right away. His sister's condition is serious.
Miss Kelly
Uh — but, Doctor, I —
Dr. Sanderson
He'll have to sign these commitment papers for her.
Miss Kelly
But I didn't know the woman needed the treatment! She said it was her brother!
Dr. Sanderson
Of course she did! That's the oldest dodge in the world. Always used by a cunning type of psychopath. She knew her brother was about to commit her so she came down here to discredit him. Get him on the phone, please.
Miss Kelly
But, Doctor, I thought the woman was all right, so I had Wilson take the brother up to Number Twenty-four — South Wing, G. He's there now.
Dr. Sanderson
You had Wilson take the brother in?! Come on, Miss Kelly, no gags, please! You're not serious, are you?
Miss Kelly
Oh, I did, Doctor, I — I did. Doctor, I'm terribly sorry.
Dr. Sanderson
Oh, you're terribly sorry! Well, that's fine! That — that fixes everything! That's just wonderful! No — oh, no! Kelly! Kelly, do you realize what you've done? This man Dowd can sue us for false commitment! He can own the whole sanitarium — and I'll be kicked out of here faster than you can say stupid, incompetent and inefficient!
Miss Kelly
Oh, I'll tell Dr. Chumley you had nothing to do with it — it was all my fault! You're the last person in the world I'd ever want anything like this to happen to. You know that, don't you, Dr. Sanderson?
Dr. Sanderson
Miss Kelly, this is hardly the time or place to go into the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet!
Miss Kelly
Lately, Doctor, there's never any time or place!
Dr. Sanderson
Jeepers! They may be putting him in the hydro room right now! Get up there quick and see if you can get him down here! I'll break the news gently to Dr. Chumley. He may want to handle this himself.
Miss Kelly
Well what shall I say to Mr. Dowd? What do I do? He'll probably be so furious he'll refuse to come down here.
Dr. Sanderson
Look, Miss Kelly. He's probably fit to be tied, but he's a man, isn't he?
Miss Kelly
I guess so. His name's Mister!
Dr. Sanderson
Well, then, go into your old routine. You know, the eyes, the swish, the works. I'm immune to it, but I've seen it work on some people, some of the patients out here. Now, you get him down here, Kelly, if you have to do a striptease!
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Nostalgia for a Familiar Place
Dr. Sanderson
It sounds funny, but I'll miss this place. I guess I'll miss a lot of things around here.
Miss Kelly
You will?
Dr. Sanderson
You won't laugh?
Miss Kelly
Of course not.
Dr. Sanderson
You know how it is working around people all day. You sort of get attached to them.
Miss Kelly
I know, Limon.
Dr. Sanderson
It may be ridiculous, but I'm gonna miss every one of the psychos, neuros, and schizos in the place.
Miss Kelly
Well, you can miss your psychos and your schizos, Dr. Sanderson, and you can miss whomever you please. But after you leave here I won't miss a thing — not a single solitary thing.
Dr. Sanderson
Now what's wrong?
Miss Kelly
Nothing — I — I came down here to say good-bye to you, so good-bye, good luck and good riddance.
Dr. Sanderson
Why, you can't even say good-bye without putting it on a personal basis.
Miss Kelly
Oh, don't flatter yourself, doctor. There's nothing personal about this.
Dr. Sanderson
I think you've been working too hard, Kelly. You're getting neurotic.
Miss Kelly
Now don't start analyzing me. Save your psychiatry for your next job.
Dr. Sanderson
I'm not using psychiatry, Miss Kelly — and let me give you a little friendly advice — that chip on your shoulder stems from a persecution complex that undoubtedly goes back to childhood.
Miss Kelly
Well, thanks so much for the case history, doctor. Now could you tell me what an over-inflated ego stems from?
Dr. Sanderson
Now listen here!
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Clarifying Harvey's Height and Identity
Wilson
Who's Harvey?
Miss Kelly
A white rabbit, six feet tall.
Wilson
Six feet?
Elwood P. Dowd
Six feet three and a half inches. Now let's stick to the facts.
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