Quotes

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Customs Officer: How long do you plan to be here? Ray: Three days. Customs Officer: Honeymooners? Polly: That's right. Customs Officer: That isn't liquor you have in that case under your coat, is it? Ray: Uh, books. I'm going to catch up on my reading. Customs Officer: Reading!

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Polly: Fine thing. I tell him we're on our honeymoon and you drag out a copy of Winston Churchill! He must think I'm a pretty hard article. Ray: You should have told him we're on a delayed honeymoon. Polly: Delayed or not, we agreed to treat it like a regular one, didn't we? [quick kiss] Ray: I'm game. And it'll be just as good as a regular honeymoon. Polly: Well, it should be better. I've got my union card now. [Lascivious glance]

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George: Let me tell you something. You're young, you're in love. Well, I'll give you a warning. Don't let it get out of hand, like those falls out there. Up above... d'you ever see the river up above the falls? It's calm, and easy, and you throw in a log, it just floats around. Let it move a little further down and it gets going faster, hits some rocks, and... in a minute it's in the lower rapids, and... nothing in the world - including God himself, I suppose - can keep it from going over the edge. It just - goes. Polly: Don't worry. I'm one of those logs that just hang around in the calm.

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Polly: Didn't that Mrs. Loomis say she was going shopping? Ray: Yeah. Why? Polly: Well, she sure got herself an armful of groceries.

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Ray: [Upon seeing Rose Loomis in a low-cut, tight-fitting red dress] Hey. Get out the fire hose. [Pause] Why don't you ever get a dress like that? Polly: Listen, for a dress like that you've got to start laying plans when you're about 13.

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George: You smell like a dime store. I know what that means. Rose: Sure. I'm meeting somebody, just anybody handy, as long as he's a man! How 'bout the ticket seller himself? I could grab him on the way out, or one of the kids with the phonograph. Anybody suits me. Take your pick.

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Polly: Goodbye Mr. Starkey, and thank you. Inspector Starkey: I know you've seen enough of the falls for one trip, but don't cross us off your list. Goodbye. Ray: Goodbye, and my thanks. Inspector Starkey: I bet that was the first time anyone ever used "scuttle it" as a prayer. Ray: And had it answered.