Ted Hanover Quotes in Holiday Inn (1942)

Ted Hanover: I like it here... with you and Linda.

Jim Hardy: And we love having you. When are you leaving?

Ted Hanover: [reading] Come out and relax on a farm, music, dancing, home cooking. Open holidays only.

[skeptical]

Ted Hanover: Open holiday's only? Say, how many of them are there?

Jim Hardy: [excited] About 15. That gives me 350 days to kick around in!

Ted Hanover: [laughing] You would think of that!

Danny Reed: How'd he get that far in five minutes?

Ted Hanover: The lady must have been willing.

Danny Reed: The world can't do this to us!

Ted Hanover: When a fellow is surprised to hear about his own wedding, brother that's when I go to work with a clear conscience.

Jim Hardy: Lila's back in New York. I got a letter from her yesterday.

Ted Hanover: What happened to her millionaire?

Jim Hardy: Slight mistake there. He didn't own millions, he owed them.

Ted Hanover: Poor girl. Always straying to greener pastures and finding spinach.

Ted Hanover: A gentle smile often breeds a kick in the pants.

Lila Dixon: [about Jim] He gets a look.

Ted Hanover: He always has that look! It doesn't mean anything emotionally. It has something to do with his... liver.

Lila Dixon: [to Ted] I love you... and Jim.

Ted Hanover: Well, I love Jim too... but let's not get too chummy.

[talking about peach preserves]

Ted Hanover: Oh boy, do I go for those! Why they're great on... on...

[pause]

Ted Hanover: ... or even plain!

Ted Hanover: It's going to be easy - like peeling a turtle.

Ted Hanover: Then I had a drink.

Jim Hardy: A drink? Boy you were fractured!

Danny Reed: Happy New Year!

Ted Hanover: Oh, don't do that.

Dance Extra: What is this the daisy chain?

Ted Hanover: Sorry, we're just looking for the back of a woman we don't know.