Memorable quotes

Christmas Eve (1947)
Michael struggles against kissing Ann
Ann Nelson: What’s the matter, dreamboat? Didn’t you have your vitamins this morning?

Ann Nelson: Oh, Michael! I thought I was going to lose you because you were a rich man and now you haven’t got a quarter! Isn’t it wonderful?

Gustav Reichman: Promises, my dear lady, are the counterfeit currency that inferior people exact from each other when unsure of their own strength.

Aunt Matilda Reed: Have you any idea how many toy trains are wrecked by fathers on Christmas Day, and how difficult it is to work a railroad system if one is over 10 years old?

Michael Brooks: What shall it be, Canada or the Amazon?
Phillip Hastings: For heaven’s sake, stay away from those dreadful places.

Aunt Matilda Reed entering the room: I always ring that gong, gentlemen, to warn people to stop talking about me behind my back.

Joe Bland, FBI Agent: I never drink when I’m working.
Mario Torio: Thanks for warning me.

Mario Torio: We’re both leaving town tonight, but you’re goin’ first. Where’s your hat and coat?

Phillip Hastings: Make Michael stop picking on me.

Williams ‘Bill’, Matilda’s Butler: We shall take a powder.

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