Quotes from The Ghost Breakers (1940)

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Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence: I don't mind dying, but I hate the preliminaries.
- Bob Hope (as Larry Lawrence) in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence: I'm in great shape, for the shape I'm in.
- Bob Hope (as Larry Lawrence) in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Willie Best
Larry Lawrence: If that's Raspy Kelly, I owe him some money.
Alex: Well, from the tone of his infections, you better pay him.

Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence: Me, I'm mentally retarded. I'm still 11 years old when it comes to the 4th of July, circuses and haunted castles.
- Bob Hope (as Larry Lawrence) in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Willie Best
Larry Lawrence: Must have been a frog in my throat.
Alex: It's better than havin' a knife in it.

Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence: Pardon me, am I protruding?
- Bob Hope (as Larry Lawrence) in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence: The girls call me Pilgrim, because every time I dance with one I make a little progress.
- Bob Hope (as Larry Lawrence) in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Bob Hope
Larry Lawrence: This is no penny ante game, Alex.
Alex: Well, what are you gonna get out of it?
Larry Lawrence: Heart failure.
- Bob Hope (as Larry Lawrence) in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Bob Hope
Parada: Are you the one advising Miss Carter to sell the castle?
Larry Lawrence: No, my advice is keep the castle and sell the ghosts.
Parada: I myself have heard of only one ghost: the spirit of Don Santiago.
Larry Lawrence: Tell me, does he appear nightly or just Sundays and Holidays?
- Bob Hope (as Larry Lawrence) in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Paulette Goddard
[first lines]
Mary Carter: Hello, operator? Operator? Operator, the lights in my room. What? The lightning?
- Paulette Goddard (as Mary Carter) in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

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