Bessie Quotes in Billy the Kid (1941)

Ed Shanahan: [at card table, as dance hall girl leaves with Billy] Hey Bessie, you're with me tonight!

Bessie: Ah, go chew on your lariat!

Bessie: [working the switchboard] Hello Mr. Corrigan's office. Mrs.Greenbaum? Oh, I thought I reckonized your voice... Huh? Oh, you wanna know if Mr. Corrigan sent you that copy of your aunt's will? Just a sec...

[turning to her coworker]

Bessie: Hey Jitters, has that gone out yet?

Jitters: [irritated] No it ain't. Whaddya think I am? An octopus with a thousand hands or somethin'?

Bessie: Sure, Mrs. Greenbaum, it's in the mail... You're welcome.

Bessie: We're all really glad you're here.

Hank: Yeah we should do it again in like another 17 years.

Hank: There's this one dude on my floor, held a razor blade under his tongue for like 5 hours. He talked to the orderlies, he ate, everything.

Bessie: Well, why on earth did he do that?

Hank: He was trying to break my record.

Bessie: Oh my goodness, just look at you. Are you really that old?

[first lines]

Bessie: Uh, Janine, I wonder if you could tell me how long I might have to wait, because I left Aunt Ruth at home in charge of dad, and...

Janine: You'll have to see Doctor Wally, because Doctor Serrot is on vacation.

[finishes typing "I quit" letter]

Bessie: See "Doctor who"?

Bessie: Goofy carried me to Mickey's house?

Bessie: I wish we could get along.

Lee: We do get along.

Bessie: No I know but I mean really get along and be polite with one another.

Lee: We're Sisters.

Bessie: Oh, Lee, I've been so lucky. I've been so lucky to have Dad and Ruth. I've had such love in my life. You know, I look back, and I've had such... such love.

Lee: They love you very much.

Bessie: No, that's not what I mean. No, no... I mean that I love them. I've been so lucky to have been able to love someone so much.

Bessie: Dad's dying. He's been doing it for about twenty years so I don't miss anything.

Dr. Wally: Okay, Augustina... Is it okay if I call you Augustina?

Bessie: Well, my name is Bessie.

[last lines]

Ruth: Bessie! Oh Bessie, you missed it. Coral finally married Lance!

Bessie: But now, wasn't Lance married to Coral's mother?

Lee: No! Coral was married to Lance's father.

Ruth: He's really a nice boy.