Emma Fairfax Quotes in Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Emma Fairfax: I promise to ask for no special privileges.

Dr. Dolittle: I promise to grant none

Emma Fairfax: If I were his nephew instead of his niece...

Dr. Dolittle: If you were his nephew, you'd hardly be called Emma Fairfax.

Emma Fairfax: General Bellowes...

Dr. Dolittle: He certainly does.

Emma Fairfax: General Bellowes is my uncle.

Dr. Dolittle: I'm sorry.

Emma Fairfax: Is that an apology?

Dr. Dolittle: I'm sorry he's your uncle.

Emma Fairfax: What are you trying to say?

Dr. Dolittle: What?

Emma Fairfax: I mean, why don't you say what you mean?

Dr. Dolittle: What do you mean, say what I mean?

Emma Fairfax: [singing] For a month or more/I have listened and dreamed/While the moon has glistened and a million stars have gleamed/Waiting/

Dr. Dolittle: Waiting?

Emma Fairfax: Waiting/

Dr. Dolittle: What for?

Emma Fairfax: What for!/For a man I know who is clever and kind/But a man who never, ever seems to know his mind/Waiting/Waiting/Waiting for you to say you like me/Or hate me/Or miss me/Or kiss me/Or something/But nothing!/Nothing do you say at all!/Little wonder I feel sorely/Neglected/Unwanted/Rejected/And small/Little more than two feet tall!