Miranda Sampson Quotes in Harper (1966)

Miranda Sampson: Why so fast, Harper? You trying to impress me?

Lew Harper: You got a way of starting conversations that ends conversation.

Miranda Sampson: Why is your wife divorcing you?

Lew Harper: You got a way of starting conversations that ends conversation.

Miranda Sampson: What do you do this kind of crummy work for, anyway?

Lew Harper: What, are you trying to be funny? I do it because I believe in the United Nations and Southeast Asia, and - you think it's funny if your life depends on what goes through the Panama Canal? What about the English pound? I'll tell you something - as long as there's a Siberia, you'll find Lew Harper on the job.

Miranda Sampson: Are you putting me on?

Lew Harper: Jeez, I don't think so.

Miranda Sampson: My stepmother, Lady Macbeth, is always going to extremes.

Lew Harper: Meaning me, Miss Sampson? I'm a very moderate-type fellow.

Miranda Sampson: Not you, especially. *Everything* she does is extreme. Other women fall off horses without getting paralyzed. Not Elaine. I think it's psychological, don't you

Allan Taggert, Sampson's Pilot: You've been reading too many books.

Miranda Sampson: That's something they'll never accuse *you* of. She's not a raving beauty anymore.

Lew Harper: [disinterested] Can I have a sandwich?

Miranda Sampson: Yes. So she retired from competition. Falling off the horse gave her the chance to do it. For all I know, she did it intentionally. And you've got to admit, it's pretty extreme, hiring a private detective when your husband's been gone just one night.

Miranda Sampson: Don't you ever feel the need to relax? Let's relax some, Harper.

Lew Harper: For what? So the beauty in the next room is gonna get all hot and bothered? Lady, if you can't get him hot and bothered by yourself, I sure ain't gonna do it for you.

Miranda Sampson: Don't you think I'm attractive?

Lew Harper: You're young, rich, and beautiful, and my wife is divorcing me. What do you think I think?

Miranda Sampson: Well what's *your* big deficiency?

Lew Harper: I have none - I'm a bloody saint.

Miranda Sampson: Yeah, what about that woman last night at the restaurant?

Lew Harper: What could be more saintly? Just feeding booze to an alcoholic to get information... all part of the job.

Miranda Sampson: Don't you think I'm attractive?

Lew Harper: You're young, rich and beautiful, and my wife is divorcing me. What do you *think* I think?

Miranda Sampson: [as they're driving up a winding, mountain dirt road] Well, when I'm bored, I drive fast. I pretend I'm on my way to meet something utterly new, all naked and bright. I've gone 105 along here.

Lew Harper: Oh, what are you trying to do, impress me?

Miranda Sampson: Well, why don't you stand on it, old man? You're just as stuffy as Albert. The same Victorian hang-up. You probably still think a woman's place is in the home.

Lew Harper: Not in *my* home.