Velvet Brown: I want it all quickly 'cause I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share. - Elizabeth Taylor (as Velvet Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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Donald Brown: I want my insect bottle! Edwina Brown: Shut up and stop being disgusting. - Angela Lansbury (as Edwina Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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Donald Brown: I was sick all night! Mr. Herbert Brown: Donald, you told a story, didn't you? Donald Brown: Yes, sir, it was a story. Mr. Herbert Brown: Well, you know what to do. Donald Brown: What? Mr. Herbert Brown: You say you're sorry. [Donald puts his head on his hand] Mr. Herbert Brown: Well? Mrs. Brown: He's thinking. Mr. Herbert Brown: [to Donald] Well, make up your mind. Donald Brown: Alright, I'm sorry. [continues eating his dinner] Mr. Herbert Brown: Well, go on. Sorry for what? Donald Brown: For being sick all night! Mr. Herbert Brown: That boy will make a lawyer. - Donald Crisp (as Mr. Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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Mr. Herbert Brown: Donald, go back to bed. Donald Brown: I'll only fall asleep. Mr. Herbert Brown: That is the general purport and intention. - Donald Crisp (as Mr. Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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Mr. Herbert Brown: It's one thing to out-think a man, quite another to outsmart him. Mrs. Brown: And who will say which is which? - Anne Revere (as Mrs. Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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Mrs. Brown: That'll be a dispute to the end of time, Mr. Brown: whether it's better to do the right thing for the wrong reason or the wrong thing for the right reason. - Anne Revere (as Mrs. Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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Mrs. Brown: What's the meaning of goodness if there isn't a little badness to overcome? - Anne Revere (as Mrs. Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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Edwina Brown: I'm so angry I could shake you! Malvolia "Mally" Brown: I only wanted to explain about the polish... Edwina Brown: ...so you told Miss Sims I was meeting a *boy*! It's a wonder you didn't tell her who and where! Malvolia "Mally" Brown: I didn't know where! - Juanita Quigley (as Malvolia Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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Mi Taylor: Some day you'll learn that greatness is only the seizing of opportunity - clutching with your bare hands 'til the knuckles show white. - Mickey Rooney (as Mi Taylor) in National Velvet (1944)

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[Mi is trying to tell Velvet the "tricks" for the Grand National] Velvet Brown: Don't, Mi! No matter what you say or do everyone else out there will know more than me. It's no use, Mi. Mi Taylor: Do think a race like this is won by luck? Velvet Brown: No, by knowing the Pi can win and telling him so! - Elizabeth Taylor (as Velvet Brown) in National Velvet (1944)

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