Quotes from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

J. Pierpont Finch: I feel sorry for men who don't knit, they lead empty lives. - Robert Morse (as J. Pierpont Finch) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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J. Pierpont Finch: Just remember, Wally, we're all brothers. J. B. Biggley: Some of us are uncles. - Robert Morse (as J. Pierpont Finch) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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J. Pierpont Finch: Mediocrity is not a mortal sin. - Robert Morse (as J. Pierpont Finch) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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J. Pierpont Finch: This is the secret ingredient: it can't miss, I'm combining greed with sex. - Robert Morse (as J. Pierpont Finch) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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J. Pierpont Finch: What are you taking that down in? Hedy LaRue: Long hand. It's safer. I make up for it when I type. J. Pierpont Finch: Oh, you type fast. Hedy LaRue: Like a jack rabbit - 12 words a minute. - Maureen Arthur (as Hedy LaRue) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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Miss Jones: What's your name? J. Pierpont Finch: Finch, F-I-N-C-H. J. Pierpont Finch. Miss Jones: Well, why haven't I seen you before? J. Pierpont Finch: Well, ma'am, I'm not supposed to deliver the executive mail. That's his job. Bud Frump, F-R-U-M-P. - Robert Morse (as J. Pierpont Finch) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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Miss Jones: Your wife is on line 2, Mr. Biggley. J. B. Biggley: Tell her I'm busy, tell her I'm in a meeting, tell her I'm out, damnit, put her on! - Robert Morse (as J. Pierpont Finch) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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Rosemary: Lunch. J. Pierpont Finch: Huh? Rosemary: I said, "Lunch." J. Pierpont Finch: What about "lunch"? Rosemary: I'd love to! - Michele Lee (as Rosemary Pilkington) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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[There is music when Finch thinks of Rosemary] J. Pierpont Finch: Can't you hear it? It's all around me, it's like a beautiful pink sky. Rosemary: J. Pierpont Finch, what are you ... J. Pierpont Finch: Rosemary, darling, will you please marry J. Pierpont Finch? Rosemary: NOW I hear it. - Michele Lee (as Rosemary Pilkington) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

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