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Movie Quote of the Day – The Southerner, 1945 (dir. Jean Renoir)
Sam: Every time I get plumb wore out, I think about you and Jotty and Daisy, and I ain’t quite so tired anymore.
Nona: I just could never get along without you.
Sam: Me too, honey. I couldn’t live without you.
Movie Quote of the Day – Autumn Leaves, 1956 (dir. Robert Aldrich)
Milly: Goodnight.
Burt: Goodnight?
Milly: Burt, please don’t come back anymore.
Burt: Wha–
Milly: I mean it! Don’t come back.
Burt: Can’t you–
Milly: Find a girl your own age. There must be plenty of them. It’s a big city.
Burt: Oh, now, listen, Milly–
Milly: You’re just lonesome. That’s all. Alright, I’m lonesome, too. But we can’t have loneliness pushing us together because it wouldn’t keep us together. Just loneliness reaching out for loneliness. I’m used to being alone.
Burt: That isn’t it at all!
Milly: If you knew a girl your own age, you wouldn’t want me and that isn’t fair. So please, before things get any more complicated–
Burt: But, Milly, I–
Milly: Please, I mean it!
Movie Quote of the Day – He Ran All The Way, 1951 (dir. John Berry)
Mrs. Robey: If you were a man, you’d be out looking for a job.
Nick Robey: If you were a man, I’d kick your teeth in.
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