George Martin Quotes in 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

George Martin: How's the tea coming along?

Cecily Farr: It's almost ready

George Martin: What would we do without our cups of tea. Life would be insupportable, would it not?

George Martin: To me, marriage is a sacred institution. So tell me, you and the wife do it doggie-style, or what?

Gracie Martin: [seeing Doris Worthington in a pit] We just caught Tarzan's mate!

George Martin: Tarzan is a character in a book.

Gracie Martin: Well, maybe he got out!

George Martin: [watching through binoculars] Gracie, my gun! A bird!

Gracie Martin: What?

George Martin: A bird! A bird!

Gracie Martin: O, my goodness. Here.

[hands him a live duck]

George Martin: Not a duck. My gun! How can you shoot with a duck?

Gracie Martin: Well, my father used to shoot ducks. But maybe that duck wasn't loaded, eh?

George Martin: The duck wasn't loaded but I'd like to bet that your father was.

Gracie Martin: Well, if he wasn't then why did the duck shoot my father because I always thought...

George Martin: Quiet! Quiet! Well, I missed him. He's gone and that was a stratospheric duck and very rare.

Gracie Martin: Well, I am just as glad that you missed him because I don't like rare ducks. I like my ducks well-done.

Gracie Martin: Now, take my uncle.

George Martin: *You* take your uncle.

Gracie Martin: They did.

Gracie Martin: My uncle is a hunter.

George Martin: I'd rather not hear about it.

Gracie Martin: My uncle always goes out duck hunting. Now, Monday he takes four dogs, and Tuesday he takes three dogs, and Wednesday...

George Martin: Gracie! Gracie, why does he take four dogs Monday and three dogs Tuesday?

Gracie Martin: Well, because the other dog won't follow him on Tuesday.

George Martin: Why?

Gracie Martin: Because he shot him on Monday.

George Martin: Nice work. He aims at little innocent birds and shoots dogs.

Gracie Martin: Yeah, all except one dog. His favorite dog. His name is Scram.

George Martin: Your uncle's name is Scram?

Gracie Martin: Oh stop, no, the *dog's* name is Scram. You see, that saves my uncle a lot of money calling him Scram.

George Martin: Because the dog's name is Scram that saves your uncle a lot of money?

Gracie Martin: For sure. You see, when he calls the dog to feed, he hollers "Scram, Scram" and the dog runs away.