The Lady Eve Quotes

[to Charles, about the Harringtons] They might know a couple of tricks you ain’t seen yet. - View Quote Details on [to Charles, about the Harringtons] They might know a couple…
Look at that girl over to his left. Look over to your left, bookworm. There’s a girl pining for ya. A little further. Just a little further. There. Wasn’t that worth looking for? See those nice store teeth all beaming at you. She recognizes you. She’s up, she’s down. She can’t make up her mind. She’s up again. She recognizes you. She’s coming over to speak to you. The suspense is killing me. ‘Why for heaven’s sake, aren’t you Fuzzy Oathammer I went to manual training school with in Louisville? Oh you’re not? Well, you certainly look exactly like him. It’s certainly a remarkable resemblance. But you’re not going to ask me to sit down. I suppose you’re not going to ask me to sit down. I’m very sorry. I certainly hope I haven’t caused you any embarrassment, you so and so.’ - View Quote Details on Look at that girl over to his left. Look over…
[to Muggsy, about 'Lady Eve'] They look too much alike to be the same. If she came here with her hair dyed yellow and eyebrows different or something…But she didn’t dye her hair and she didn’t pretend she’d never seen me before which is the first thing that anybody’d do. She says I look familiar…If she didn’t look so exactly like the other girl, I might be suspicious, but you don’t understand psychology. If you wanted to pretend you were somebody else, you’d glue a muff on your chin and the dog wouldn’t even bark at ya. - View Quote Details on [to Muggsy, about 'Lady Eve'] They look too much alike…
Not good enough…they’re not good enough for him. Every Jane in the room is giving him the thermometer and he feels they’re just a waste of time. He’s returning to his book, he’s deeply immersed in it. He sees no one except - watch his head turn when that kid goes by. It won’t do you any good, dear, he’s a bookworm, but swing ‘em anyway. Oh, now how about this one. How would you like that hanging on your Christmas tree? Oh you wouldn’t? Well, what is your weakness, brother? Holy smoke, the dropped kerchief! That hasn’t been used since Lily Langtry. You’ll have to pick it up yourself, madam. It’s a shame, but he doesn’t care for the flesh. He’ll never see it. - View Quote Details on Not good enough…they’re not good enough for him. Every Jane…
[to Charles] But we always play for money, darling. Otherwise, it’s like swimming in an empty swimming pool. - View Quote Details on [to Charles] But we always play for money, darling. Otherwise,…
[to 'Lady Eve'] Well, I mean to say, uh, haven’t we met? - View Quote Details on [to 'Lady Eve'] Well, I mean to say, uh, haven’t…
I wonder if my tie’s on straight. I certainly upset them, don’t I? Now who else is after me? Ah, the lady champion wrestler, wouldn’t she make a houseful. Oh, you don’t like her either. Well, what are you going to do about her? Oh, you just can’t stand it anymore. You’re leaving. These women don’t give you a moment’s peace, do they? Well go ahead! Go sulk in your cabin. Go soak your head and see if I care. - View Quote Details on I wonder if my tie’s on straight. I certainly upset…
[as 'Lady Eve', about Charles] I want to see him first and I want him to ask me to be free. That’s all. No money, no nothing….there’s something I want to say to him before we part. - View Quote Details on [as 'Lady Eve', about Charles] I want to see him…
[about 'Lady Eve'] That’s the same dame. She looks the same, she walks the same, and she’s tossing you just like she done the last time. - View Quote Details on [about 'Lady Eve'] That’s the same dame. She looks the…
Positively the same dame! - View Quote Details on Positively the same dame!
You ought to put handles on that skull. Maybe you could grow geraniums in it. - View Quote Details on You ought to put handles on that skull. Maybe you…
[about Charles] I need him like the axe needs the turkey. - View Quote Details on [about Charles] I need him like the axe needs the…

About The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve is a 1941 comedy film about a mismatched couple (a shy scientist and a con artist) who meet on a luxury liner. Directed by Preston Sturges. Written by Monckton Hoffe and Preston Sturges. Eve Sure Knows Her Apples! taglines .