Rose Smith [on having to live in an aprtment in New York]
Rich people have houses. People like us live in flats, hundreds of flats in one building.
Played by Lucille Bremer 
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) · 43 quotes
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) · 43 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944): in 6 of its 43 quotes
Most scenes with: Esther Smith (3)
My dear, when you get to be my age, you'll find out there are more important things in life than boys.
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I'm going to let John Truett kiss me tonight.
Rose Esther Smith!
Well, if we're going to get married, I may as well start it.
Rose Nice girls don't let men kiss them until after they're engaged. Men don't want the bloom rubbed off.
Personally, I think I have too much bloom. Maybe that's the trouble with me.
I've got the future to think about. A future for all of us. I've got to worry about where's the money coming from. Lon in Princeton, and Rose going to college...
Rose Money! I hate, loathe, despise, and abominate money!
You also spend it.
Rose If there ever was a time we definitely needed every ounce of allure, it's tonight. If we're going to wreck Lucille Ballard's evening, we've simply got to be a sensation.
Rose, don't you think I could be a sensation without the corset?
Rose You're competing with an Eastern girl. I'll wager Lucille Ballard doesn't make a move without a corset.
Well, I certainly don't relish wearing this thing. But pride has come to the rescue. For tonight, I'll do anything.
Rose It'll be worth it. If we can create a breathtaking effect, it'll be simple to monopolize all the worthwhile men.
Exactly. There are only going to be about twenty boys worth looking at anyway. We can certainly handle twenty men. I should hope! Can you handle ten?
Rose Seven or eight.
If you'll guarantee eight, I can handle the rest of them.
Rose What about John Truett?
Oh, I'll devote myself to John. But in between times, I'm going to make my presence felt amongst the others.
[about the Palace of Electricity at the World's Fair]
Oh, isn't it breathtaking, John! I never dreamed anything could be so beautiful.
There's never been anything like it in the whole world.
Rose We don't have to come here on a train or stay in a hotel. It's right in our own home town.
Grandpa? They'll never tear it down, will they?
Grandpa Well, they'd better not.
I can't believe it. Right here where we live. Right here in St. Louis.
