Horace Hardwick Quotes in Top Hat (1935)

Horace Hardwick: Mr. Travers is in trouble. He has practically put his foot right into a hornets' nest.

Bates: But hornets' nests grow on trees, sir.

Horace Hardwick: Never mind that. We have got to do something.

Bates: What about rubbing it with butter, sir?

Horace Hardwick: You blasted fool, you can't rub a girl with butter!

Bates: My sister got into a hornets' nest and we rubbed HER with butter, sir!

Horace Hardwick: That's the wrong treatment, you should've used mud - Never mind that!

Horace Hardwick: You mean to sit there and tell me that that girl slapped your face in front of all those people for nothing?

Jerry Travers: Well, what would you have done? Sold tickets?

Jerry Travers: [realising why Dale has been behaving so peculiarly] She's been mistaking me for you this whole time.

Madge Hardwick: Well, no wonder she said he was interesting.

Horace Hardwick: Yes, no wonder... I resent that!

Horace Hardwick: What kind of plane?

Jerry Travers: One with wings!

Horace Hardwick: You know how wives are.

Jerry Travers: No I don't. How are they?