Schatze Page: I was nuts about him. Know what he did to me. First he gave me a phony name. Second, he was already married. Third, the minute the preacher said amen, he never did another tap of work. Then he stole my TV set and gave it to a car hop. When I asked him about that, he hit me with a chicken.
Pola Debevoise: A live chicken?
Schatze Page: No, a baked chicken; stuffed.

- Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Schatze Page: Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband.

- Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Schatze Page: The first rule is, gentlemen callers have got to wear a necktie!

- Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Schatze Page: We'd better put a check on that one. Nobody's mother lives in Atlantic City on Saturday.

- Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Pola Debevoise: I want to marry Rockefeller.
Schatze Page: Which one?
Pola Debevoise: I don't care.

- Marilyn Monroe (as Pola Debevoise) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Pola Debevoise: Men aren't attentive to girls who wear glasses.

- Marilyn Monroe (as Pola Debevoise) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

J.D. Hanley: [on why Schatze stopped their wedding] There was a last minute decision in your favor.
Tom Brookman: Did you tell her about me?
J.D. Hanley: No. So far as she knows you're still hustling a gas pump.
Tom Brookman: Are you kidding?
J.D. Hanley: Well let's go ask her.
Tom Brookman: Wait a minute JD! Do you think I ought to tell her?
J.D. Hanley: Are you nuts? She clearly prefers gas pump jockeys to millionaires. What do you want to do? Disillusion the poor girl?

- William Powell (as J.D. Hanley) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

[Referring to older men marrying young women]
Schatze Page: Look at Roosevelt, look at Churchill, look at old fella what's his name in The African Queen.

- Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

[repeated line]
Schatze Page: [to Tom Brookman] Just as soon as I finish this, I never want to see you again.

- Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Schatze Page: I can't shack up with a dame I've never met before and she's crazy too!
Pola Debevoise: You don't have to. She'll come up and you'll see if you like her. If you don't...
Schatze Page: Is she any help to this?
Pola Debevoise: Let's see
[over the phone to Loco]
Pola Debevoise: Hey Loc, how much money you got?
Loco Dempsey: [on the phone] I got a quarter.
Pola Debevoise: Great. Pick up lunch on your way over.
Loco Dempsey: Ok, how many.
Pola Debevoise: Three
Loco Dempsey: Ok, I'll be there in 15 minutes.
[hangs up]
Schatze Page: Well that's a big contribution to a million dollar proposition. One whole quarter!
Pola Debevoise: Maybe, but she's awfully clever with a quarter.

- Marilyn Monroe (as Pola Debevoise) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)