[as 'Lady Eve', about Charles] I want to see him…

[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.

Jean Harrington

Other The Lady Eve Quotes

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] You look as honest as we do. - View Quote Details on [to Charles] You look as honest as we do.
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 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…
[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…
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…
[to Jean] It’s funny to be even here at your feet talking about beer? You see, I don’t like beer, bock beer, lager beer, or steam beer…I do not! And I don’t like pale ale, brown ale, nut brown ale, porter or stout which makes me ulp just to think about it. Ulp! Excuse me. But it wasn’t enough so everybody’d call me Hopsie ever since I was six years old. Hopsie Pike. - View Quote Details on [to Jean] It’s funny to be even here at your…
[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,…
Positively the same dame! - View Quote Details on Positively the same dame!
[after Charles tells her he knew she was a con-artist and he romanced and dumped her on purpose] You mean you were playing me for a sucker? I don’t believe it. But if you were, if you were just trying to make me feel cheap and hurt me, you succeeded handsomely. You ought to be very proud of yourself, Mr. Pike, very proud of yourself. - View Quote Details on [after Charles tells her he knew she was a con-artist...