Sylvia Blair Quotes in Desk Set (1957)

Sylvia Blair: [telephone rings] Reference department, Miss Blair. Oh, yes, we've looked that up for you, and there are certain poisons which leave no trace, but it's network policy not to mention them on our programs.

Ruthie Saylor: [Talking about Richard Sumner as he tape measures the office] Do you think we're being redecorated?

Sylvia Blair: Does he look like an interior decorator to you?

Peg Costello: No. He looks like one of those men who suddenly switched to vodka!

Ruthie Saylor: Are you sure you want this mistletoe right over the door?

Sylvia Blair: Certainly! Then if anything good drifts in we can grab him!

Sylvia Blair: What do you suppose it'll be like here next Christmas when we're gone? Do you think EMERAC will throw a party?

Ruthie Saylor: Oh, don't talk that way. It's bad luck to talk like that. It's Christmas!

Bunny Watson: It's Christmas.

Peg Costello: Well, if we do get canned, we won't be the only ones to lose our jobs because of a machine.