Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby Quotes in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

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Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby Quotes:

  • Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby: [to Alice] If you had any sense, young woman, you'd stay where you belong and stop being ambitious.

    Essie Carmichael: Shall I sock her, Alice?

  • Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby: Anthony, we've got to do something about this girl!

    Anthony P. Kirby: Alright, I'll fire her.

    Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby: This isn't a business deal! You can't settle anything by firing this girl.

    Anthony P. Kirby: Alright, then, I won't fire her.

  • Alice Sycamore: [In a jail cell] Mrs. Kirby, please believe me, I'm so sorry to have gotten you involved in all this trouble.

    Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby: I'll appreciate it, if you'll leave me strictly alone.

    Jailed Prostitute: Don't let it get you, sister. They're gettin' tougher everywhere. Say, where you been operatin'? You got class. That's the kind of connection I'm lookin' for.

  • Jailed Prostitute: [In a jail cell] Why don't you come down off your high horse, babe. I might be able to do you some good.

    Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby: If you don't mind, I don't need anyone to do me good.

    Jailed Prostitute: You never can tell, Sugar Plum.

  • Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby: Mr. Kirby should have told you: he suffers from indigestion.

    Anthony P. Kirby: Now, now, Miriam, it isn't as serious as all that.

    Boris Kolenkhov: Perhaps it is not indigestion. Perhaps it is stomach *ulcers!*

    Anthony P. Kirby: [looks at Kolenkhov with obvious indignation] Ulcers?

    Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff: Don't pay any attention to Mr. Kolenkhov. He's Russian, and the Russians are inclined to look on the dark side.

    Boris Kolenkhov: All right, I'm Russian! A friend of mine - a Russian - *died* from stomach ulcers!

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