Reverend Harper 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.

Reverend Harper: Have you ever tried to persuade him that he wasn't Teddy Roosevelt?

Abby Brewster: Oh, no.

Martha Brewster: Oh, he's so happy being Teddy Roosevelt.

Abby Brewster: Oh... Do you remember, Martha, once, a long time ago, we thought if he'd be George Washington, it might be a change for him, and we suggested it.

Martha Brewster: And do you know what happened? He just stayed under his bed for days and wouldn't be anybody.

Teddy Brewster: [after charging up the stairs] Charge the blockhouse!

Reverend Harper: Blockhouse?

Aunt Abby: Yes. The stairs are always San Juan Hill.