Ruth Gordon Quotes

Minnie Castevet Now! That's what I call the long arm of coincidence!

Mary Todd Lincoln Stephen Douglas has arrived. Listen to them cheering for him!

Abraham Lincoln They ought to cheer. He paid em enough for it.

Harold What?

Maude We'll transplant it. To the forest.

Harold You can't do that

Maude Why not?

Harold This is public property.

Maude Well, exactly.

Harold You sure have a way with people.

Maude Well, they're my species!

Harold Maude?

Maude Hmm?

Harold Do you pray?

Maude Pray? No. I communicate.

Harold With God?

Maude With Life.

Minnie Castevet As long as she ate the mousse, she can't see nor hear. She's like dead now.

Minnie Castevet Anyone! Anyone! It didn't have to be a no-good slut straight from the gutter. Just as long as she is young, healthy and not a virgin!

Motorcycle Officer License, lady?

Maude I don't have one. I don't believe in them.

Motorcycle Officer How long you been driving, lady?

Maude About 45 minutes, wouldn't you say, Harold? We were hoping to start sooner; but, you see, it's rather hard to find a truck.

Motorcycle Officer This your truck?

Maude Oh, no, I just took it.

Harold You hop in any car you want and just drive off?

Maude Well, not any car. I like to keep a variety. I'm always looking for the new experience.

Harold Maybe. Nevertheless, I think you're upsetting people. I don't know if that's right.

Maude Well, if some people get upset because they feel they have a hold on some things, I'm merely acting as a gentle reminder: here today, gone tomorrow, so don't get attached to things. Now, with that in mind, I'm not against collecting stuff...

Maude ] once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany, he realized they had only been sea gulls... For me, they will always be... glorious birds.

Abraham Lincoln Why do you take every opportunity you can to make a public fool out of me and yourself? It's bad enough when you act like that in the privacy of our own home, but here in front of people! You're not to do that again, do you hear? You're never to do that again!

Mary Todd Lincoln You never spoke to me like that before. You lost your temper, Abe... you've never done that before.

Abraham Lincoln I'm sorry. I still think you should go home rather than stay here and endure the strain of this Death Watch.

Mary Todd Lincoln This is the night I dreamed about when I was a child... when I was an excited young girl and all the gay young gentlemen of Springfield were courting me... and I fell in love with the least likely of them. This is the night I'm waiting to hear that my husband is become President of the United States... and even if he does, it's ruined for me. It's too late.