Marcellus Washburn Quotes in The Music Man (1962)

Marcellus Washburn: Thar she blows.

Harold Hill: [winces] Well, I'll do it, but I won't like it.

Marcellus Washburn: [amused] No, that's not the librarian. That's Mrs. Shinn, the mayor's wife.

Harold Hill: So now I'm back at the old stand.

Marcellus Washburn: Not boys' bands? Well, ain't no call for a boys' band in this town. Anything these Iowa people don't have already, they do without.

Marcellus Washburn: I heard you was in steam automobiles.

Harold Hill: I was... till someone actually 'invented' one!

Marcellus Washburn: This is where I work.

Harold Hill: You mean you *live* in this town?

Marcellus Washburn: Yeah, I like it, too. I mean it's not Brooklyn, New York. It's not the City of Homes and Churches and...

Harold Hill: [amazed] "Brooklyn"? Marce, this isn't even *Dubuque*!