Germaine Stacy Quotes in If a Man Answers (1962)

Germaine Stacy: Men develop appetites when they are twelve, muscles when they are sixteen, and principles only after they are married.

Germaine Stacy: If you come to love and say please me, care for me, fulfill me. You will be disappointed. It is what YOU bring to love that matters. Dont you disappoint love!

Germaine Stacy: It's amusing. In France when the daughter is brought home early, *then* the father begins to worry.

Germaine Stacy: [Being kissed by her husband] You never kissed me like *that* before dark.

John Stacy: I got there just in time this afternoon. Imagine, our daughter, alone with that seedy, poverty-stricken sex maniac. And Charlotte dressed in... Dressed, huh... supporting a bit of lace here and a bit of lace there. Oh...

Germaine Stacy: I remember a costume *I* had once. It was made of thin Chantilly lace. So delicate, so lovely, that past the third row you could not tell I was wearing anything at all. Such a waste.

John Stacy: There's no comparison...

Germaine Stacy: Then you saw me as the virgin bride of the Sea King. It looked like I was wearing shimmering tights, remember? When actually I was quite au naturel; it was all done with lights. Ah, the magic of the theater. How I loved it.

John Stacy: That was Paris, a long, long time ago.

Germaine Stacy: Still, I would like to parade down the runway tonight, if I could hide my extra pounds of contentment.

Germaine Stacy: Your father came to Paris for one week to import antiques. He had one book of traveler's checks, two changes of pajamas. He used all the checks, none of the pajamas. And the only thing he imported was moi.

Chantal: Oh, mama, I am so afraid.

Germaine Stacy: Of love?

Chantal: Of being disappointed in it.

Germaine Stacy: Shoo-shoo, if you come to love and say to it "If you're so wonderful, please me, satisfy me, fulfill me", then you probably will be disappointed. It all depends on what you yourself bring to it. Don't you disappoint love.

Germaine Stacy: You, however, Chantal, are not emotionally suited to be a mistress. So you'd better make the best of being a wife.

Germaine Stacy: Husbands often leave home. Pets never do. There must be a reason.