[to Daniel] Take good care of her. Maybe you'll succeed where I failed. And I'm sure that the three of you will be very happy out where the West begins. If you ever think of me, send me a postcard. Just say, 'Having a wonderful time!' I'll understand.
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
T.R. Devlin in "Notorious"
C. K. Dexter Haven in "The Philadelphia Story"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
When a man is wrestling a leopard in the middle of a pond, he's in no position to run.
Johnnie Aysgarth in "Suspicion"
Mortimer Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
Dr. David Huxley in "Bringing Up Baby"
[In a dangerous tone, to Susan] Let's play a game... Watch, I'll put my hand over my eyes and then you go away... See and I'll count to ten, and when I take my hand down you will be gone!
Johnnie Aysgarth in "Suspicion"
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
Dr. David Huxley in "Bringing Up Baby"
C. K. Dexter Haven in "The Philadelphia Story"
T.R. Devlin in "Notorious"
[on the telephone] Yes, operator, I'd like the Happy Dale Sanatorium, Happy Dale, New York. Come on, operator, what's taking so long? They're just across the river. I could swim it faster! No, I don't want the Happy Dale Laundry. I want the Happy Dale Sanatorium. Sanatorium, sanatorium, sanatorium. Yes, yes, like a broken record. Hello â€" what? They're busy? Busy? Look, they're busy and you're dizzy. No, I am not drunk, madam, but you've given me an idea. [throws down the phone in disgust]
Johnnie Aysgarth in "Suspicion"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
Dr. David Huxley in "Bringing Up Baby"
Mortimer Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
[to Bruce] You're getting a great little girl for yourself...You're getting something else too, Bruce, you're getting a great newspaperman ... One of the best I ever knew. Sorry to see her go. Darn sorry, Hildy.
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
Johnnie Aysgarth in "Suspicion"
C. K. Dexter Haven in "The Philadelphia Story"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
[after unmasking Danielle] I figured it was you the night your father died. He couldn't climb anything, and you always did his legwork for him even during the war when you were a kid.
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
Mortimer Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
Dr. David Huxley in "Bringing Up Baby"
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
I wish you hadn't done that, Hildy...Divorce me. Makes a fellow lose all faith in himself...Almost gives him a feeling he wasn't wanted.
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
C. K. Dexter Haven in "The Philadelphia Story"
Mortimer Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace"
How can all these things happen to just one person?
Dr. David Huxley in "Bringing Up Baby"
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
C. K. Dexter Haven in "The Philadelphia Story"
Johnnie Aysgarth in "Suspicion"
T.R. Devlin in "Notorious"
[repeated line] I'll be with you in a minute, Mr. Peabody!
Mortimer Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace"
T.R. Devlin in "Notorious"
Dr. David Huxley in "Bringing Up Baby"
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
No, no, never mind the Chinese earthquake for heaven's sake...Look, I don't care if there's a million dead...No, no, junk the Polish Corridor...Take all those Miss America pictures off Page Six...Take Hitler and stick him on the funny page...No, no, leave the rooster story alone - that's human interest.
Johnnie Aysgarth in "Suspicion"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
Dr. David Huxley in "Bringing Up Baby"
What I can't understand is how this thief can imitate me so perfectly. It has to be someone who knew every detail of my technque. Maybe somebody in the police...He picks perfect victims and only the right stones. Goes up walls, over the roofs, down through the skylights. Leaves no clue and then disappears in the night...If somebody caught this imitator, we'd all be off the hook, wouldn't we?...No one believes me, but the police are chasing the wrong man. Someone's got to start chasing the right one...I've got to catch this imitator myself...I can anticipate him, try to figure out his next move, and then get there ahead of him and catch him with his hands right in the jewel case...The biggest problem is time. I've got to hit this copy-cat before he hears I'm after him. To catch him in the act, I need better information than he has, the kind that takes months to dig out.
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
Johnnie Aysgarth in "Suspicion"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"
Jerry Warriner in "The Awful Truth"
T.R. Devlin in "Notorious"
I might even retire here...Quite a few of the roofs need careful examination.
Walter Burns in "His Girl Friday"
C. K. Dexter Haven in "The Philadelphia Story"
Johnnie Aysgarth in "Suspicion"
T.R. Devlin in "Notorious"
John Robie in "To Catch a Thief"