Tess Harding quotes from Woman of the Year (1942)

Sam Craig

There's something I have to get off my chest...

Tess Harding

I'm too heavy...

Sam Craig

No. I love you.

Tess Harding

You do?

Sam Craig

Positive.

Tess Harding

That's nice. Even when I'm sober?

Sam Craig

Even when you're brilliant.

Tess Harding

Are all these people unemployed?

Sam Craig

No, they're all attending their grandmother's funeral.

Tess Harding

You mean our paper sends two people to cover the game?

Phil Whittaker

No, I cover the game, he just kicks it around in his column.

Tess Harding

We've got only one man at Vichy...

Sam Craig

Vichy, are they still in the league?

Tess Harding

I'm going to be you wife. You don't think that I can do the little ordinary things that any idiot can do, do you?

Sam Craig

No.

Tess Harding

Why not?

Sam Craig

Because you're incapable of doing them, that's why. You can't expect Seabiscuit to stop in the middle of the stretch, drink a glass of water, and count to seven at the same time, you know. That takes training.

Tess Harding

Well, I'm not Seabiscuit.

Sam Craig

I don't want to be married to Tess Harding any more than I want you to be just Mrs. Sam Craig. Why can't you be Tess Harding Craig?

Tess Harding

I think it's a wonderful name.

Tess Harding

Sam, why can't we sit down like adults and patch this thing up?

Sam Craig

I'm afraid that might become a habit. Then we'd wind up with a patchwork quilt for a marriage.