Last week we posted some of our favorite lesser known lines from old movies. Time to fill in the blanks:
“What, this old thing? I only wear it when I don’t care how I look.”
- Who said it: Violet, with an extra flounce of her skirt, to the original Bert and Ernie, as she walks down the street very aware that she stops men in their tracks.
- Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life
“Aw, Diz, don’t say it’s a nice name. Say it’s the prettiest name you ever heard.”
- Who said it: Saunders, to her reporter friend about her first name, Clarissa, when she wishes the new Senator Smith saw her as more than an efficient staffer.
- Movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
“Gray, Ryan. The world is gray.”
- Who said it: CIA sleazeball Ritter, to Jack Ryan, who insists on truth. (On too many Indiana mornings, gray is truth.)
- Movie: Clear and Present Danger
“I didn’t want you to be this miserable. A little bit’s all I asked for.”
- Who said it: Not yet supportive Mr. Stoler, to his son Dave, who just got sabotaged by the Italians in a bike race.
- Movie: Breaking Away
“Dear Lord, help him to be agittin’ his land.”
- Who said it: Ma York, praying for her son Alvin to achieve his dream of earning the money to buy a piece of bottom land and marry Gracie. (We say it when we pray for our children, and God knows what we mean.)
- Movie: Sergeant York
“That’s one of my problems–I’m an anorexic spender.”
- Who said it: Stuart Smalley, when a friend told him to go practice some retail therapy. (One of us says it about herself.)
- Movie: Stuart Saves His Family
“Be careful. You’re playing in the big leagues now.”
- Who said it: Computer consultant Richard Sumner, to a colleague who had yet to gain respect for the formidable talents of Bunny Watson and her staff in the TV network’s research department.
- Movie: Desk Set
“Nevertheless.”
- Who said it: Rosie, to Charlie, when he was trying desperately to convince her that death awaited them a thousand times over if they kept going down the river to take out the Louisa. (We say it whenever we have our own rapids to shoot.)
- Movie: The African Queen
