To Catch a Thief quotes

43 total quotes

Danielle Foussard
Francie Stevens
John Robie
Mrs. Jessie Stevens

View Quote [to Robie] It must be true what they say. Cats don't like water.

View Quote Newspapers have their headlines, all the rich tourists can relax, and you Lepic got your publicity and possibly your commendation from the Paris office.

View Quote [at a costume ball] Any man without a lady on his arm can only be a policeman.

View Quote Robie: What happens to you if I'm caught?
Hughson: I might be embarrassed, even censured officially.
Robie: They could put me away for good.
Hughson: You made a bad choice of professions.
Robie: Then, let's come to an understanding. I'm doing you a favor. I take all the risks. You get all the jewelry back.
Hughson: Mr. Smith. It strikes me that only an honest man would be so foolish.
Robie: Thank you.

View Quote [to Robie] Did I brush your fur the wrong way?

View Quote Robie: My name is John Robie. I used to be a jewel thief several years ago.
Mrs. Stevens: Well, what a wonderful surprise!

View Quote [about her jewelry] I didn't buy these things for my old age. I bought them to wear.

View Quote I have no more affection for that jewelry than I have for a train ticket that gets me somewhere.

View Quote [to Hughson] Put your money away, Hughson. You can cheat a little on your expense account.

View Quote Mrs. Stevens: You ought to be spanked with a hairbrush and sent back to school - public school, where they could pound some sense into you during recess.
Francie: He's a low worthless thief.
Mrs. Stevens: Just what did he steal from you?

View Quote [about Foussard's funeral] I'll get to see the real cat - who will certainly be there purring.

View Quote And so to bed where I can cuddle up to my jewelry...as rare and wonderful as they are, I think I'd rather have a hundred thousand Jeremiahs.

View Quote [to Robie, about her father] It's because of you he's dead...Get out of here - killer...Murderer!