Stebbins Quotes in Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Ffolliott: Ring Mayfair 24574...

Stebbins: [gets out notebook] Let me write that...

Ffolliott: Mayfair 24574. That's my cousin. He's the director of the airline. Tell him we need two seats on tomorrow's clipper for America. Then go to Hilton Nursing Home and stick by Van Meer. Then phone Miss Edith Armbruster, Kensington 66255. Tell her I'm off to America. Will she dine with me next Monday instead of tomorrow?

Stebbins: Sure.

Ffolliott: Then call up Stevens at The Post, tell him I'm off to America.

John Jones: Cable New York, tell them I'm off to America!

Ffolliott: [as they run off] Ring up Crescent Dancing Academy and cancel my rhumba lesson!

Stebbins: [reads it back to himself] Two ham sandwiches on rye.

Stebbins: Oh, Miss, please... A Scotch and soda, and a glass of milk.

John Jones: A glass of milk?

Stebbins: Yeah, I'm on the wagon. I went to the doctor today to see about these jitters I got, and he said it was the wagon for a month, or a whole new set of organs. I can't afford a whole new set of organs.

John Jones: Well, if I'd known you were on the wagon, I could've got along all right without this, but as long as it's here...

[toasts]

John Jones: Good luck!

Stebbins: [watches him drink] Good?

John Jones: Yes, it's just like any other Scotch and soda.

Stebbins: [morosely] That's what I thought.

[sips milk]

Stebbins: Doesn't taste the same as when I was a baby...

Stebbins: They love to cable from New York. It makes them think that you're working for them.

Stebbins: That's the third sneeze.

Collins: I'm afraid you'll have to go to bed.

Barbara Barry: But I'm not sick. I feel fine!

Woodward: Oh, Collins, she's perfectly well. A sneeze is nothing to be alarmed at.

Collins: Maybe so, But I'm responsible for the child. Come along, dear.

Woodward: The child sneezes, and you'd think the world has come to an end. Why can't they leave her alone? She's a perfectly normal, healthy child. The way they carried on here, you'd think she was made of glass! Something ought to be done.

Collins: How Mr. Barry can stand that woman is beyond me.

Woodward: You can't expect a widower and a man as busy as Mr. Barry to notice everything that goes on in the house.

Barbara Barry: Do I have to eat any more of this?

Stebbins: Most definitely. Spinach is very rich in vitamins. I might say disgustingly rich, and very good for you, Miss Barbara.

Barbara Barry: Why is it so many things you don't like are good for you?

Stebbins: I couldn't say offhand, Miss Barbara, but you must eat some more of your spinach.

Barbara Barry: Why do I have to?

Stebbins: Well, you see, your lunch calls for so many vitamins, and you must have them.