Mary: [Sidney Falco is at her desk] Have you seen this? Otis Elwell's column today? Mary: [Falco feigns disinterest; Mary reads the piece from Elwell's gossip column aloud] "The dreamy marijuana smoke of a lad who had the high-brow jazz quintet, is giving an inelegant odor to that elegant East Side club where he works. That's no way for a card-holding Party member to act. Moscow won't like it, you naughty boy." - Edith Atwater (as Mary) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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Mary: If it's true, J.J.'s gonna hit the ceiling. Sidney Falco: Can it be news to you that J.J.'s ceiling needs a new plaster job every six weeks? - Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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Mary: You're an amusing boy, but you haven't got a drop of respect for anything in human life. - Edith Atwater (as Mary) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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Lt. Harry Kello: Come back, Sidney... I wanna chastise you... - Emile Meyer (as Lt. Harry Kello) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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Loretta Bartha: What you do now, Mr. Falco, is crow like a hen. You have just laid an egg. - Lurene Tuttle (as Loretta Bartha) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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J.J. Hunsecker: Don't remove the gangplank, Sidney - you may wanna get back onboard. - Burt Lancaster (as J.J. Hunsecker) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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J.J. Hunsecker: Everybody knows Manny Davis - except Mrs. Manny Davis. - Burt Lancaster (as J.J. Hunsecker) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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J.J. Hunsecker: Harvey, I often wish I were dead and wore a hearing aid. With a simple flick of a switch, I could shut out the greedy murmur of little men. - Burt Lancaster (as J.J. Hunsecker) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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J.J. Hunsecker: Here's your head; what's your hurry? - Burt Lancaster (as J.J. Hunsecker) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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J.J. Hunsecker: How do you spell Picasso, the French painter? [Taps out three letters on his manual typewriter upon hearing Sidney's response] J.J. Hunsecker: It's an item - I hear he goes out with three-eyed girls. - Burt Lancaster (as J.J. Hunsecker) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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