Quotes

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[on the NYC ferry] You've gotta be good in that town if you want to beat the crowd.

Other

[to John] Oh, Gee, Baby! How did the angels ever let you leave Heaven?

Dialogue

White boy: What are you gonna be when you grow up, Whitey? Black boy: I detend to be a preacher man! Hallelujah! Nerdy boy: I purpose to seek occupation as a cowboy.

Dialogue

Bert: I've got a pair of wrens dated up for Coney Island. Want to make it a foursome? John: Nothin' doin', Bert! I'm studying nights! Bert: Aw, come on! These babies have got what ain't in books! John: Well, I'll try anything once....but I ought to study.

Dialogue

Mary: You'd try the patience of a Saint! John: You're no soothing syrup yourself!

Dialogue

John: Everything's goin' to be roses....when my ship comes in. Mary: Your ship? A worm must be towing it down from the North Pole!