Princess Centimillia Quotes in The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Princess Centimillia: I'd marry Captain McGloo tomorrow, even with that name.

John D. Hackensacker III: And divorce him the next month.

Princess Centimillia: Nothing is permanent in this world - except for Roosevelt.

Princess Centimillia: What's knittin', kittens?

Princess Centimillia: What's buzzin', cousins?

Princess Centimillia: [Introducing Toto to her brother and Gerry] This is Toto. Say "How do you do?", Toto.

Toto: [Exuberantly, with thick foreign accent] Greetings!

Princess Centimillia: Toto's a refugee - from his creditors, I think.

John D. Hackensacker III: You don't marry someone you just met the day before; at least I don't.

Princess Centimillia: But that's the only way, dear. If you get to know too much about them you'd never marry them.

Princess Centimillia: Captain, we should have met sooner, and if I'd seen you around, we would have!

Princess Centimillia: You will care for me, though. I grow on people. Like moss.

Tom Jeffers: Don't you ever talk about anything but Topic A?

Princess Centimillia: Is there anything else?

Princess Centimillia: We should have met sooner. If I'd seen you around, we would have!

Princess Centimillia: Of course, I'm crazy, I'll marry anybody.

Princess Centimillia: Hello, Snoodles, where'd you get the pretty girl?

Princess Centimillia: [spoken very fast] Look at that very handsome man. I wonder who he is. I don't think I've seen him around before. I thought I knew all the handsome men in this village.

Princess Centimillia: Why don't you go away someplace? There must be somebody else who can use a houseguest, I can't be the only sucker in the world. Why don't you go to Havana? That's a nice place, and I'd treat you to a nice one-way ticket.

Toto: Havanag? Youg, meg? Havanag?

Princess Centimillia: No-gh, Toto! You-gh Havana-gh, me-gh here!

Toto: Nitz.

Princess Centimillia: I was afraid of that.

Gerry Jeffers: He's my husband.

Princess Centimillia: He's your husband?

Gerry Jeffers: That's right.

Princess Centimillia: Well, no wonder! I thought I was losing my grip.

Princess Centimillia: The who is McGlue?

Gerry Jeffers: There is no McGlue.

Princess Centimillia: Well, thank heavens for something. That name!

Princess Centimillia: Oh, Captain - and thou.

Princess Centimillia: [to "Capt. McGlew"/Tom Jeffers] Are you still talking about that airport? You really take it on the chin, don't you?

John D. Hackensacker III: Why not? If an idea has merit, it has merit. Sentiment and business don't belong in the same bed. After all, grandfather loathed oil, ya' know, it made his eyes water. But that didn't stop him from making millions out of it.