Mrs. Brown Quotes in A Night to Remember (1958)

Sixth Officer James Moody: Sorry, only one more lady.

Edith Evans: You go first, you have children waiting at home.

Mrs. Brown: NO! I...

Sixth Officer James Moody: Quickly ladies! We haven't got much time.

[the woman, Mrs. Brown, steps in]

Sixth Officer James Moody: Still here Miss Evans? We'll get you off in the next boat.

Edith Evans: Thank you.

[Miss Evans looks around and sees that there are no more lifeboats left]

[Christy's father builds him a house next to his parents]

Mrs. Brown: Well, Christy, that's the nearest he'll ever come to saying I love you.

Mrs. Brown: Go ahead, Christy. Make your mark.

Mrs. Brown: Tim, what are you doing?

Tim O'Hara: [standing on a ladder with a video camera] Uncle Martin is in the hot tub and I'm... watching.

Mrs. Brown: Oh...

[walking off, in sotto voice]

Mrs. Brown: Weird family.

Buddy Wittenborn: "Wittgenstein, Schmittgenstein. What's for lunch?"

Mrs. Brown: Just close your eyes and think of a time when you were happy.

Mrs. Brown: What's the meaning of goodness if there isn't a little badness to overcome?

Mrs. Brown: That'll be a dispute to the end of time, Mr. Brown: whether it's better to do the right thing for the wrong reason or the wrong thing for the right reason.

Donald Brown: I was sick all night!

Mr. Herbert Brown: Donald, you told a story, didn't you?

Donald Brown: Yes, sir, it was a story.

Mr. Herbert Brown: Well, you know what to do.

Donald Brown: What?

Mr. Herbert Brown: You say you're sorry.

[Donald puts his head on his hand]

Mr. Herbert Brown: Well?

Mrs. Brown: He's thinking.

Mr. Herbert Brown: [to Donald] Well, make up your mind.

Donald Brown: Alright, I'm sorry.

[continues eating his dinner]

Mr. Herbert Brown: Well, go on. Sorry for what?

Donald Brown: For being sick all night!

Mr. Herbert Brown: That boy will make a lawyer.

[Mrs. Brown is talking with Velvet in the attic]

Mrs. Brown: We're alike. I, too, believe that everyone should have a chance at a breathtaking piece of folly once in his life. I was twenty when they said a woman couldn't swim the Channel. You're twelve; you think a horse of yours can win the Grand National. Your dream has come early; but remember, Velvet, it will have to last you all the rest of your life.

Mr. Herbert Brown: It's one thing to out-think a man, quite another to outsmart him.

Mrs. Brown: And who will say which is which?

Mrs Brown: This is an old house... and old houses have lots of secrets

[last lines]

Mrs Brown: Where's the bloody mop?

Mrs. Brown: I must ask you to stay with our friend, Mr. Flint. That's his house there.

[points to Mr. Flint's house]

Mrs. Brown: I also want to say this: If Anne's prediction comes true, if one day a stronger feeling grows between you and Muriel, and you both deign to recognise it, I'll not be against it, personally. Though, I have my doubts about international messages.