Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day
Movie Quote of the Day – I Walk Alone, 1948 (dir. Byron Haskin)
Kay Lawrence: It might take me awhile to get him out of my system. One gets kind of used to someone.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Woman in the Window, 1944 (dir. Fritz Lang)
Richard Wanley: The Biblical injunction “Thou shalt not kill” is one that requires qualification in view of our broader knowledge of impulses behind homicide. The various legal categories such as first and second degree murder, the various degrees of homicide, manslaughter, are civilized recognitions of impulses of various degrees of culpability. The man who kills in self defense, for instance, must not be judged by the same standards applied to the man who kills for gain.
Movie Quote of the Day – Naked Alibi, 1954 (dir. Jerry Hopper)
Chief Joe Conroy: Are you in the habit of hauling in cut-up strangers?
Marianna: Yeah. It’s a hobby with me.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Narrow Margin, 1952 (dir. Richard Fleischer)
Mrs. Neall: What’re you going to do? Shoot something for breakfast?
Det. Sgt. Walter Brown: Sure. Name it.
Mrs. Neall: Eggs, bacon, toast, a bucket of coffee and some cigarettes. I’m famished, Brown.
Movie Quote of the Day – Cry Vengeance, 1954 (dir. Mark Stevens)
Peggy Harding: Can I get you something?
Vic Barron: A bourbon, if you can spare the time.
Peggy Harding: I think I can spare it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Moonrise, 1948 (dir. Frank Borzage)
Danny Hawkins: You don’t sound very happy.
Gilly Johnson: Should I be?
Movie Quote of the Day – No Man of Her Own, 1950 (dir. Mitchell Leisen)
Helen Ferguson: He’s nice, isn’t he? I mean, giving me his place?
Patrice Harkness: Oh, he’s tolerable. He has his good points.
Movie Quote of the Day – Private Hell 36, 1954 (dir. Don Siegel)
Cal Bruner: Fifty-dollar bill’s a pretty big tip. What did you do for it?
Lilli Marlowe: Just put this down in your little book. Ready?
Cal Bruner: Mmm-hmmm.
Lilli Marlowe: Not what you’re thinking.
Movie Quote of the Day – Rope of Sand, 1949 (dir. William Dieterle)
Fred Martingale: I never know what to think anymore! I’m being constantly disillusioned. Has money completely lost its power? Is everyone motivated now by love?
Movie Quote of the Day – Where the Sidewalk Ends, 1950 (dir. Otto Preminger)
Morgan Taylor: You know, I like places like this that specialize in good food instead of headwaiters.
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: It’s the worst food in town, but don’t worry. They usually serve a stomach pump with the dessert.
Martha: Who invited you to come to my restaurant, Mr. Detective? Not me!
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: Martha’s the head of a ring of burglars. My presence makes her nervous.
Martha: Yeah, last night we got a whole basketful of diamonds. You wanna see?
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: Bring us two of your dangerous dinners, Martha.
Martha: You know how much I’ve been offered to poison this man?
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: Ten dollars.
Martha: That’s right. I’m holding out for fifteen. Two dinners. Do you want wine?
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: Bring a small bottle.
Martha: Huh! Same old cheapskate!
Morgan Taylor: [after Martha leaves] She adores you, doesn’t she?
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: She ought to. I sent her husband up.
Morgan Taylor: Was he really a burglar?
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: Wife beater.
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