Lt. Fergie Howard Quotes in The Honeymoon Machine (1961)

Lt. Fergie Howard: Beau'll join you as soon as he gets into his civvies.

Lt. Beau Gilliam: My civvies?

Lt. Fergie Howard: You brought 'em, didn't ya?

Lt. Beau Gilliam: Yeah. But I won't wear 'em, Fergie.

Lt. Fergie Howard: I beg your pardon?

Lt. Beau Gilliam: Well you saw the duty board this morning. We were specifically ordered to wear whites. Any officer caught ashore in his civvies is gonna have his tail in a sling. And the order was signed by Admiral Fitch himself.

Lt. Fergie Howard: Old Foghorn.

Jason Eldridge: Fergie, we agreed not to break any regulations we didn't have to.

Lt. Fergie Howard: Uh huh. But we have to. We can't get into the casino in Navy uniforms. It's off limits.

Lt. Beau Gilliam: Off limits? And in civvies too? I'll be breaking two regulations at once!

Lt. Fergie Howard: That's right, it's sort of a package deal. Now get in there and get out of that uniform and that's an order, Lieutenant *junior* grade Gilliam!

Lt. Fergie Howard: Jason are you a wealthy man?

Jason Eldridge: I'm a scientist, all scientists are poor, it's the law.

Julie Fitch: We're in the suite below, I must have stepped off at the wrong floor.

Lt. Fergie Howard: Not as far as I'm concerned.

Lt. Fergie Howard: Just because a fellow makes a small killing at roulette does not mean you have to stick your claws into him.

Jason Eldridge: Fergie will you stop, we've known each other for years. Besides, she's got 60 million of her own.

Lt. Fergie Howard: What system do you use?

Pam Dunstan: The capitalistic system.

Julie Fitch: The truth of it is Mr Howard, and this may hurt - you are a nice fellow.

Lt. Fergie Howard: I deny that.

Lt. Fergie Howard: Any girl that would double-cross her own father, that's my kind of woman.