Arsenic and Old Lace quotes
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Teddy
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[to his aunts] This is developing into a very bad habit! I don't know if I can explain it to you. It's not only against the law, it's wrong!
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Mortimer: [Speaking of a character in a play he has seen] He just sits there waiting to be gagged and tied — the big dope!
Dr. Einstein: You know, you were right about that fellow. He wasn't very bright.
Dr. Einstein: You know, you were right about that fellow. He wasn't very bright.
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Lt. Rooney: Who are you? What's your name?
Mortimer: Well, usually I'm Mortimer Brewster, but I'm not quite myself today.
Mortimer: Well, usually I'm Mortimer Brewster, but I'm not quite myself today.
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Mortimer: You mean you knew what you'd done and you didn't want the Reverend Harper to see the body?
Abby: Well, not at tea. That wouldn't have been very nice.
Abby: Well, not at tea. That wouldn't have been very nice.
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This time, I want the face of an absolute non-entity!
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Mortimer: Wait outside.
Dr. Gilchrist: But it's Halloween!
Mortimer: Oh, don't worry about Halloween. The pixies won't be out till after midnight
Dr. Gilchrist: But it's Halloween!
Mortimer: Oh, don't worry about Halloween. The pixies won't be out till after midnight
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All I did was cross the bridge and I was in Brooklyn. Amazing.
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[watching the fighting, lighting up a cigarette] Go on — fight, fight. I don't care. [watching the police trying to bring down Jonathan with a shoe] Oh, don't do that. It never works. [Jonathan collapses] What do you know? it worked!
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Mortimer: What is this? Did everyone in Brooklyn know I was getting married but me?
Martha: We knew you'd find out in time.
Martha: We knew you'd find out in time.
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Teddy: This is a picture of when I take my hunting trip to Africa. This is me, and this is you.
Dr. Einstein: My how I've changed.
Dr. Einstein: My how I've changed.
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Cab Driver: I knew this would end up in the nuthouse.
Mr. Witherspoon: [offended] We like to think of it as a rest home!
Mr. Witherspoon: [offended] We like to think of it as a rest home!