Police Sgt. Brophy Quotes in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Police Sgt. Brophy: Look, Sergeant, I promised ya I wouldn't swear but what the he -

[stops, noticing the Reverend]

Police Sgt. Brophy: What's goin' on here anyway?

Reverend Harper: Oh, he's quite harmless.

Police Sgt. Brophy: Thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt. So what? There's a lot of worse guys he could think he was.

[speaking of the Brewster sisters]

Police Sgt. Brophy: They're two of the dearest, sweetest, kindest, old ladies that ever walked the earth. They're out of this world. They're like, they're like pressed rose leaves.

Teddy Brewster: Gentlemen, what news have you brought me?

Police Sgt. Brophy: [salutes] Colonel, we have nothing to report.

Officer Patrick O'Hara: Huh?

[Brophy elbows him and he salutes also]

Officer Patrick O'Hara: Oh, no! Absolutely nothing to report!

Teddy Brewster: Splendid. Thank you, gentlemen. At ease.