Patty Duncan Simmons Quotes in The Towering Inferno (1974)

Roger Simmons: [Returning after his failed attempt to escape down the stairs] Pretty ridiculous spectacle. There's no way down.

Patty Duncan Simmons: Oh, thank God you're all right! Oh Roger, what are we going to do?

Roger Simmons: [Takes vodka bottle and glass] I know what I'm going to do. Get quietly drunk.

Patty Duncan Simmons: If you're responsible for all this, I know how you must be feeling.

Roger Simmons: You don't even know the meaning of the word!

Patty Duncan Simmons: Responsible?

Roger Simmons: Feeling! Oh you know a lot about responsibility, it's a family trait! The Duncans are big on responsibility, at least on the surface!

Patty Duncan Simmons: That's not fair! I don't think it's wrong to feel a sense of duty!

Roger Simmons: [scoffs] When you turn a phrase, lift an eyebrow the exact same way, I see and I hear your father! The two of you, one! Like a great big tree and a baby tree in the shade where the acorn fell.

Patty Duncan Simmons: Roger, I came over to you right now, because I-I thought you might need me!

Roger Simmons: What I need most right now, is this.

[Grabs vodka and glass and walks away]