Quotes from The Fortune Cookie (1966)

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Walter Matthau
Willie Gingrich: Unwed mothers? I'm for that!
- Walter Matthau (as Willie Gingrich) in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Jack Lemmon
[about Willie Gingrich, his shyster lawyer brother-in-law]
Harry Hinkle: He's so full of twists. He starts to describe a donut and it comes out a pretzel.
- Jack Lemmon (as Harry Hinkle) in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Walter Matthau
[justifying why Willie should cheat his insurance company]
Willie Gingrich: What's wrong? Insurance companies have too much - they have to microfilm it.
- Walter Matthau (as Willie Gingrich) in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Jack Lemmon
[repeated line]
Harry Hinkle: You can fool all of the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time!
- Jack Lemmon (as Harry Hinkle) in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Walter Matthau
[to kids making a lot of noise]
Willie Gingrich: Why don't you kids go play on the freeway?
- Walter Matthau (as Willie Gingrich) in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

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