Mrs. Mary Kimball: [to Jess] Our kind of people wear black.

- Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation (1946)

Mrs. Mary Kimball: [to Jess] The world allows considerable liberty to wives it has never allowed to widows. I notice, for instance, you're no longer wearing black.

- Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation (1946)

Ginna Abbott: It isn't only the body that breaks down, Jess. The mind can go too, you know.

- Eve Arden (as Ginna Abbott) in My Reputation (1946)

Jessica Drummond: How neat you are, Frank!
Frank Everett: That's what comes of being a bachelor all your life.

- Warner Anderson (as Frank Everett) in My Reputation (1946)

Jessica Drummond: There are two sides to everything - even gossip.

- Barbara Stanwyck (as Jessica Drummond) in My Reputation (1946)

Jessica Drummond: You know, it's amazing how I can learn to like martinis. It's an acquired taste like anchovies.
Maj. Scott Landis: Uh-huh.

- George Brent (as Maj. Scott Landis) in My Reputation (1946)

Maj. Scott Landis: Can we start all over again from the beginning?
Maj. Scott Landis: No, we cannot. I can see that you're a thorough-going scalawag, young man!
Maj. Scott Landis: I'm delighted to hear you say so, madam.
Mrs. Mary Kimball: And kindly stop calling me madam!

- Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation (1946)