Philadelphia Story, The (1940) quotes
80 total quotesDinah Lord
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Multiple Characters
Tracy Samantha Lord
Uncle Willie
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[hungover] Awww... this is one of those days that the pages of history teach us are best spent in bed.
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Margaret: Are you one of the musicians?
Mike: No!
Margaret: Oh, of course, you're Junius's friend. Only you're not. Do you have any violin strings?
Mike: I have an aspirin. Will that work?
Margaret: I don't think so; It's for a violin. Oh well, no matter!
Mike: No!
Margaret: Oh, of course, you're Junius's friend. Only you're not. Do you have any violin strings?
Mike: I have an aspirin. Will that work?
Margaret: I don't think so; It's for a violin. Oh well, no matter!
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Tracy: Isn't George an angel?...Is he handsome or is he not?
Margaret: George is handsome.
Dinah: I like Dexter.
Tracy: Really. Why don't you postpone the wedding?
Dinah: How?
Tracy: Get smallpox.
Margaret: Now don't put the idea in her head.
Margaret: George is handsome.
Dinah: I like Dexter.
Tracy: Really. Why don't you postpone the wedding?
Dinah: How?
Tracy: Get smallpox.
Margaret: Now don't put the idea in her head.
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Tracy: [after Dexter has proposed] Dexter, are you sure?
Dexter: Not in the least. But I'll risk it. Will you?
Tracy: You bet! You didn't do it just to soften the blow?
Dexter: No.
Tracy: Nor to save my face?
Dexter: Oh, it's a nice little face.
Tracy: Oh Dexter, I'll be yar now, I promise to be yar.
Dexter: Be whatever you like, you're my redhead.
Dexter: Not in the least. But I'll risk it. Will you?
Tracy: You bet! You didn't do it just to soften the blow?
Dexter: No.
Tracy: Nor to save my face?
Dexter: Oh, it's a nice little face.
Tracy: Oh Dexter, I'll be yar now, I promise to be yar.
Dexter: Be whatever you like, you're my redhead.
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Mike: I don't think you're being fair to me, Mr. Kidd.
Kidd: No?
Mike: No. You're treating me like you treat all your other writers.
Kidd: No?
Mike: No. You're treating me like you treat all your other writers.
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Margaret: Oh, dear. Is there no such thing as privacy any more?
Tracy: Only in bed, mother, and not always there.
Tracy: Only in bed, mother, and not always there.
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Kidd: You really hate me, don't you Connor?
Mike: Oh no! [pause] I don't like you very much though.
Mike: Oh no! [pause] I don't like you very much though.
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Tell four footmen to call me in time for lunch will you?
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You haven't switched from liquor to dope, by any chance, have you Dexter?
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Liz: What's this room? I've forgotten my compass.
Mike: I'd say, south-by-southwest parlor-by-living-room.
Mike: I'd say, south-by-southwest parlor-by-living-room.
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[drunk, to cab driver] Well, this is where Cinderella gets off! Now you hurry back to the ball before you turn into a pumpkin and six white mice — goodbye!
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Tracy: Uncle Willie! Uncle Willie! How nice.
Mr. Lord: I beg your pardon.
Tracy: Please go on into lunch, everyone. I want a word with Uncle Willie...
Mr. Lord: I'm afraid I don't understand.
Tracy: You never have, but you came anyway, didn't you?
Mr. Lord: Oh! Still Justice, with her shining sword - eh, daughter? Who's on the spot?
Tracy: We are, thanks to you - Uncle Willie.
Mr. Lord: I beg your pardon.
Tracy: Please go on into lunch, everyone. I want a word with Uncle Willie...
Mr. Lord: I'm afraid I don't understand.
Tracy: You never have, but you came anyway, didn't you?
Mr. Lord: Oh! Still Justice, with her shining sword - eh, daughter? Who's on the spot?
Tracy: We are, thanks to you - Uncle Willie.
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Tracy: I'm such an unholy mess of a girl...But never in my life, not if I live to be a hundred, will I ever forget how you tried to stand me on my feet again.
Dexter: You - you're in great shape.
Dexter: You - you're in great shape.