Jake Singer Quotes in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

Gwen Warren: Oh, Mr. Kipper, you can't take Rebecca away. She's been happier here on the farm than she's ever been in her whole life.

Aunt Miranda Wilkins: Now you get out of my house!

Melba: Not without the kid, we don't.

Harry Kipper: Miranda, I don't want to get tough about this, but you're asking for it.

Aunt Miranda Wilkins: Just try and take her.

Jake Singer: Now, my dear madam, all this yelling isn't going to get us any place. Don't forget that Mr. Kipper is the child's stepfather and legal guardian. The courts of New York have decreed that he shall have custody of the child.

Allegra Marshall: I thought he was supposed to help you feel more comfortable in your own skin?

Jake Singer: He's more the exfoliating type.

Dr. Ernesto Morales: If its so boring and stupid, why do you cry in fear beforehand?

Jake Singer: Who's crying?

Dr. Ernesto Morales: Cramps, diarrhea - you are grown-up so you do it through your asshole!

Jake Singer: The difficult job of life is building a structure for yourself out of the remnants of your past, but also having the faith that your talents will provide for your future.