Memorable Quotes from Una Merkel
7 quotesConfrontation Over Love and Money
Lily Belle
Hey you, give me those pants. And from now on, you leave my husband alone!
[She grabs them from Frenchy]
Frenchy
I don't want your husband, Mrs. Callahan. All I want is his money - and his pants.
Lily Belle
And how did you get em? By makin eyes at him while you cheat? You gilded-lily you!
Frenchy
But Mrs. Callahan, you know that he would rather be cheated by me than married to you.
Lily Belle
What did you say?
Frenchy
You heard me.
Lily Belle
That's what I thought you said.
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Marriage Perspectives and Future Consequences
Ann Lowell
Matrimony is baloney.
[singing]
Lorraine Fleming
She'll be wanting alimony in a year or so;
Ann Lowell, Lorraine Fleming
Still they go and shuffle, shuffle off to Buffalo.
Ann Lowell
When she knows as much as we know, she'll be on her way to Reno,
Lorraine Fleming
While he still has dough; she'll give him the shuffle
Ann Lowell, Lorraine Fleming
When they're back from Buffalo.
Ann Lowell
I'll bet that she's the farmer's daughter
Lorraine Fleming
And he's that well-known traveling man;
Ann Lowell
He once stopped down at the farm house,
Lorraine Fleming
That's how the whole affair began!
Ann Lowell
He did right by little Nelly, with a shotgun at his bel... tummy, How could he say "No?
Ann Lowell, Lorraine Fleming
He just had to shuffle, shuffle off to Buffalo.
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Unveiling Deception Through Manicured Fingernails
Dale Van Gorder
We didn't mean to fool you, auntie.
Cornelia van Gorder
You didn't... gardeners don't have manicured fingernails.
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Missed Opportunities in Relationships
Verbena
You didn't know what a good thing you had when you had it.
Mitch Evers
Huh?
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A Heartfelt Reunion and Compliment
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Oh, it was just wonderful!
Sharon McKendrick
Mother! Oh, I'm so glad you came! Oh! You look wonderful! What'd you do to yourself?
[coming down the stairs; Sharon and Maggie hug]
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Do you like it?
Sharon McKendrick
Oh, I love it!
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Oh darling! Oh! Finally! Both of you together at last. What do you think of each other?
[Maggie hugs Sharon again]
Sharon McKendrick
Fine.
Susan Evers
We love each other!
Sharon McKendrick
Hi, Sue.
Susan Evers
Hi.
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Oh and just look at you! That short hair.
[Addressing Sharon]
Susan Evers
I cut it, Mother.
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
You know, I like it.
Sharon McKendrick
Oh, and I love yours, Mother.
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Where's your father?
Sharon McKendrick
Oh, he's out somewhere on a horse.
Susan Evers
Are we in time?
[to Sharon]
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Time?
[to Susan]
Sharon McKendrick
Didn't you tell her?
[to Susan; Susan shakes her head, no]
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Tell me what?
Susan Evers
Well ...
Sharon McKendrick
Dad's getting married.
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Well. When is all this taking place?
Verbena
Saturday, supposedly.
[Maggie looks away, anxiously]
Sharon McKendrick
She just sort of infiltrated, Mother. And before you knew it, Dad was hooked.
Verbena
If you ask me, Mr. Evers is slipping into his second childhood.
Margaret Maggie McKendrick
Oh your father is old enough to know what he's doing. Shall we go upstairs and get unpacked? I'm just dying to get into a hot shower after that long plane trip.
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A Difficult Farewell Between Two Loved Ones
Ann Rutledge
I know the truth, dear. It's goodbye.
Abraham Lincoln
No, no, Ann, dear. You're not going to leave me. I won't let you!
Ann Rutledge
We must be brave, dear... Don't take me away. Don't take me away! It's so dark and lonesome!
[looking up to the heavens]
Abraham Lincoln
Ann, you mustn't let go.
Ann Rutledge
If they'd sing, I wouldn't be so afraid. We will meet there, dear.
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Dreams and Longing in Lincoln's Life
Abraham Lincoln
You know, Ann, I... I've always done a lot of dreaming. And lately it seems when I dream, your face gets mixed up in it.
Ann Rutledge
Does it really, Abe? Tell me about them, Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
Well, I... I feel as though I'm going to be seeing your face til the day I die. Course, I know that that'll be pretty hard on you to have to look at my face that long.
Ann Rutledge
Everybody to their own opinion.
Abraham Lincoln
Hmm?
Ann Rutledge
Well, I... I think it's the dearest, kindest, most beautiful face in the whole world.
Abraham Lincoln
Oh, Ann, Ann. Course, I know that's just flattery, but I love it.
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