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Only Angels Have Wings Quotes

"BIG As The Fog-Shrouded Andes!"

NR 1939 · 2h 1m
73
Audience
73
Audience
17 quotes
A Coin Flip Reveals True Intentions
Geoff Here, we'll flip the coin for it. Tails you go, heads you stay. Heads. What about it?
[He flips the coin]
Bonnie I won't stay that way.
Geoff You won't?
Bonnie I'm hard to get, Geoff. All you have to do is ask me.
Geoff Here's a souvenir for you, Bonnie. I like that saying good-bye. So long, Bonnie.
[He kisses her and races off to his waiting plane]
Bonnie Hey! Hey, Geoff!
The Complexity of Women and Decision-Making
Geoff Did you ever know a woman that didn't want to make plans? Map out everything? Get it all set? Well, I don't blame em, I guess. It's the only way they can operate, run a home and have kids.
Bonnie I suppose you think that's a lot easier, less dangerous than flying...
Geoff I told you, I wouldn't ask any woman.
Bonnie What if she were willing?
Geoff That's what they all say. Women think they can take it, but they can't. The minute you get up in the air, they start calling the airport. When you get down, you find them waiting for you so scared, they hate your insides.
Bonnie What if she were the type that didn't scare so easily?
Geoff There's no such animal.
Bonnie Now how do you know?
Geoff Well, the girl I was telling you about came as close to it as anybody I ever met...Told me if I didn't quit flying, it was all off.
Bonnie You wouldn't, would you?
Geoff I'm still flying.
Romance Amidst the Majestic Andes
Taglines Romance as glorious as the towering Andes!
Revisiting Past Mistakes and Lessons Learned
Bonnie I thought you never did that.
Geoff Did what?
Bonnie Got burned twice in the same place.
Thrilling Love Amid Fabulous Adventures
Taglines Thrilling As Love Born Amid A Thousand Fabulous Adventures!
Thundering Drama in Only Angels Have Wings
Taglines Thundering DRAMA!
On the Nature of Supply and Belief
Geoff Got a match?
Bonnie Say, don't you ever have any?
Geoff No - don't believe in laying in a supply of anything. Thanks.
[she hands him a match]
Bonnie Matches, marbles, money or women, huh?
Geoff That's right.
Bonnie No looking ahead; no tomorrows; just today.
Geoff That's right.
Reflections on Similarities and Differences
Bonnie What was she like, anyway?
Geoff Who?
Bonnie That girl that made you act the way you do.
Geoff A whole lot like you. Just as nice, almost as smart.
Bonnie Chorus girl?
Geoff Only by temperament.
Bonnie Well, at least you're true to the type...Still carrying the torch for her, aren't you?
Perspectives on Life and Loss
Bonnie All my life, I've hated funerals. The fuss and bother never brings anybody back. It just spoils remembering them as they really are. And when I see people actually facing it that way, I have to act like a sap. This flying business is new to me.
Sparks You have to have some crazy way of looking at it to go on.
Bonnie Does this sort of thing happen very often?
Sparks Well, that depends on weather and luck.
The Power of a Tropical Storm
Taglines Powerful as a tropical storm!
Daily Risks and Nightly Romances
Taglines Each Day a Rendezvous With Peril... Each Night a Meeting With Romance!
A Conversation About Eating Steak
Bonnie How can you do that?
Geoff What?
Bonnie Eat that steak.
Geoff What's the matter with it?
Bonnie It was his.
Geoff Look, what do you want me to do? Have it stuffed?
Bonnie Haven't you any feelings? Don't you realize he's dead?
Geoff Who's dead?...Who's Joe?...
Bonnie What's the matter with you? He was sitting here with us talking and laughing just a few minutes ago and...
The Grandeur of the Andes Unveiled
Taglines BIG As The Fog-Shrouded Andes!
Understanding Emotions and Personal Growth
Bonnie Look, you don't have to bother about me. I'm cured. I suppose there's a first time for everything.
Geoff What do you mean?
Bonnie Well, I've never quite made such a chump out of myself. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I -- No I'm not either, I'm glad.
Geoff You're not making sense.
Bonnie You're telling me? If I'd taken that boat, I'd have gone out of here remembering a swell guy. Someone who lived up to a screwy ideal that I'll -- I don't know.
Geoff Look, I didn't ask you to stay. I wouldn't ask any woman --
Bonnie I know. You wouldn't ask any woman to do anything.
Geoff That's right. What's more, there's something else I wouldn't do.
Bonnie What?
Geoff Get burned twice in the same place. There's another boat leaving next week.
Bonnie I'll be on it.
Moral Dilemma in High-Stakes Aviation
Geoff In about a week, you'll either collect or lose your shirt.
[after Joe crashes]
Dutchy Oh, I'm not thinking about that. I just can't go on killing nice kids like that, not if I lose a dozen shirts!
Geoff You think you're the only one that feels that way?
Dutchy Then why do you send them up for in that kind of weather?
Geoff Because I'm running an airline and I'm not running it any different than anybody I ever flew for...Joe died flying, didn't he? That was his job. He just wasn't good enough. That's why he got it.
Dutchy I ain't built like you are, Geoff. I shouldn't be in such a business. We can't go on like that...Oh, Geoff! You're a hard man, much too hard.
Geoff Cut it out...Cut it out!..What's the use of feeling bad about something that couldn't be helped?...I told you, Joe just wasn't good enough. If he hadn't got it tonight, he was bound to get it sooner or later.
Dutchy Then you had no business to let him fly.
Geoff What, ground that kid? Say, he'd sooner be where he is than quit.
1939's Greatest Screen Adventure
Taglines 1939's Greatest Screen Adventure!
A Conversation on Foolishness and Determination
Kid After that sample, have you still got your chin stuck out for more?
Bonnie Oh, I know I'm a fool, but I can't do anything about it.
Kid He won't quit flying, Bonnie.
Bonnie I wouldn't ask him to. You don't believe that, do you?
Kid You'll have a hard time making him believe it. Think you can take that sort of thing day after day?
Bonnie You love him, don't ya, Kid?
Kid Yes, I guess I do.
Bonnie Why can't I love him the way you do? Why couldn't I sneer when he tries to kill himself, feel proud when he doesn't? Why couldn't I be there to meet him when he gets back? Why couldn't I --- What do you do when he doesn't come back when you expect him to?
Kid I go nuts.
Bonnie Gee whiz, you're a great help.