Quotes from Desk Set (1957)

22 quotes
Joan Blondell
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!
- Joan Blondell (as Peg Costello) in Desk Set (1957)

Dina Merrill
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!
- Dina Merrill (as Sylvia Blair) in Desk Set (1957)

Joan Blondell
Bunny Watson: [as she is about to go meet Mike] How do I look?
Peg Costello: Too good for him.
- Joan Blondell (as Peg Costello) in Desk Set (1957)

Katharine Hepburn
Bunny Watson: [pointing to a large stuffed bunny Mike has] Aren't you going to introduce me to Harvey?
- Katharine Hepburn (as Bunny Watson) in Desk Set (1957)

Katharine Hepburn
Bunny Watson: Did you invent something that carries the mail?
- Katharine Hepburn (as Bunny Watson) in Desk Set (1957)

Katharine Hepburn
Bunny Watson: Have some tequila, Peg.
Peg Costello: I don't think I should. There are 85 calories in a glass of champagne.
Bunny Watson: I have a little place in my neighborhood where I can get it for 65.
- Katharine Hepburn (as Bunny Watson) in Desk Set (1957)

Katharine Hepburn
Bunny Watson: I don't smoke, I only drink champagne when I'm lucky enough to get it, my hair is naturally natural, I live alone... and so do you.
Richard Sumner: How do you know that?
Bunny Watson: Because you're wearing one brown sock and one black sock.
- Katharine Hepburn (as Bunny Watson) in Desk Set (1957)

Katharine Hepburn
Bunny Watson: Oh, I remember what: my other bottle of champagne.
Peg Costello: If you take that champagne back to Legal, you won't even get another swallow.
Bunny Watson: That's right. Maybe I'd better drink it right here. Join me, Peg?
Peg Costello: Certainly. How does champagne go with Four Roses, Scotch, Martinis, and Bloody Marys?
Bunny Watson: Oh, fine. They're all the same base: alcohol.
- Katharine Hepburn (as Bunny Watson) in Desk Set (1957)

Spencer Tracy
Mr. Azae: You don't care whether you impress people or not, do you?
Richard Sumner: You wait until you get my bill. You'll be impressed.
- Spencer Tracy (as Richard Sumner) in Desk Set (1957)

Spencer Tracy
Mike Cutler: [to Richard Sumner] I supposed I should have called first?
Richard Sumner: Yes, do that next time.
- Spencer Tracy (as Richard Sumner) in Desk Set (1957)

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