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Quotes from You Can't Take It With You (1938)

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James Stewart
Tony Kirby: Sometimes you're so beautiful it just gags me.

James Stewart
Tony Kirby: You know, every time I think about how lucky I am, I feel like screaming.

Lionel Barrymore
Alice Sycamore: Wish I'd known her (her grandma). What was she like?
Grandpa Vanderhoff: Look in there (points to mirror).
- Lionel Barrymore (as Martin Vanderhof) in You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Jean Arthur
Alice Sycamore: You know I've decided that it's your family that isn't good enough! Why I wouldn't be related to a bunch of snobs like that for anything in the world. Your mother's all in a dither because of her social reputation.
The Crowd: That's telling them Alice. Who do they think they are!
Alice Sycamore: Your reputation's safe as far as I'm concerned - and so is your son's -- and so is your old man's!
- Jean Arthur (as Alice Sycamore) in You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Jean Arthur
Alice Sycamore:That's not true! Grandpa, I won't stand for it! I won't stand for our being humiliated like this! They were ashamed to say why they were there. They're ashamed to admit they came to look my family over -- to see if I was good enough to marry their precious son!
- Jean Arthur (as Alice Sycamore) in You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Mary Forbes
Mrs. Anthony Kirby: Haven't we been embarrassed enough? Seems to me a little more respect should be shown for our position!
- Mary Forbes (as Mrs. Anthony Kirby) in You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Mary Forbes
Mrs. Anthony Kirby: You needn't waste your time trying to protect me. That won't help. If you had any sense, young woman, you'd stay where you belong and stop being ambitious!
- Mary Forbes (as Mrs. Anthony Kirby) in You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Lionel Barrymore
Wilbur G. Henderson (Internal Revenue Department):: Mr. Vanderhoff, our records show that you've never paid an income tax.
Grandpa Vanderhoff: That's right.
Wilbur G. Henderson (Internal Revenue Department):: Why not?
Grandpa Vanderhoff: I don't believe in it.
- Lionel Barrymore (as Martin Vanderhof) in You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Lionel Barrymore
Wilbur G. Henderson (Internal Revenue Department):: Now Mr. Vanderhoff, that's a very serious thing, not filing an income tax return.
Grandpa Vanderhoff: Well, now suppose I do pay you this money? Mind you, I don't say that I'm going to, but just for the sake of argument -- what's the government going to do with it?
Wilbur G. Henderson (Internal Revenue Department):: What do you mean?
Grandpa Vanderhoff: Well, what do I get for MY money? For instance, if I go into a dept store and buy something, why there it is, I can see it. What are they going to give me?
- Lionel Barrymore (as Martin Vanderhof) in You Can't Take It With You (1938)

James Stewart
Anthony P. Kirby: Say, Tony, do you realize there won't be a bullet, gun or cannon made in this country without us?
Tony Kirby: Dad, now don't tell me you've forgotten the sling shot market.