Jamie Kincaid Quotes in From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)

Jamie Kincaid: We're headin' due west now.

Claudia: Can't you just say left or right. I don't think anyone's used a compass in Manhattan since Henry Hudson.

Claudia: You're being conspicuous.

Jamie Kincaid: You sure picked the right place not be noticed. Nobody looks at nobody in New York.

Claudia: Nobody looks at anybody.

Jamie Kincaid: That's what I said!

Jamie Kincaid: You know, Claude, for a sister and fussbudget, you're not too bad.

Claudia: You know, Jamie, for a brother and a cheapskate, you're not too bad either.

Jamie Kincaid: Okay, the first thing we have to do is look for fingerprints.

Claudia: Fingerprints? Michelangelo lived about 500 years ago.

Jamie Kincaid: So, maybe he got arrested for making statues of naked people and they took his fingerprints.

Claudia: How come you didn't take art appreciation lessons that summer when I did?

Jamie Kincaid: Because I was only in second grade and I was having a tough enough time figuring out who Dick and Jane and Spot were.

Jamie Kincaid: I found a picture of Michelangelo!

Claudia: I've seen that picture before.

Jamie Kincaid: His nose looks busted.

Claudia: I just read about that. It was broken in fight when he was young.

Jamie Kincaid: You mean he was a juvenile delinquent?

Claudia: Of course, not. He was just a hot tempered genius.

Jamie Kincaid: Some excuse.

Jamie Kincaid: What's the difference between an angel and a cupid?

Claudia: Angels wear clothes and have wings. Cupids are naked, except for bows and arrows.

Jamie Kincaid: You don't think I'm going to take any naked bath with you, do you?

Jamie Kincaid: I found another penny and a dime! Where'd all the money come from?

Claudia: People probably throw coins in the pool and make a wish.

Jamie Kincaid: I guess the quarters are the rich people's money.

Claudia: I don't think so. Poor people are the ones that have to make big wishes.

Jamie Kincaid: Boy, do I stink at keeping secrets!