Film Quotes by Edward Everett Horton
20 quotes
Year: 1937
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Mr. Grattan:
He's probably suffering untold tortures.
--
Edward Everett Horton
(as Mr. Grattan)
in
The Perfect Specimen
(1937)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Mr. Witherspoon:
[to himself] Another Roosevelt? Oh, dear, dear.
--
Edward Everett Horton
(as Mr. Witherspoon)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1943
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Peyton Potter:
I am a businessman. I go in for no foolishness. I'm entirely business.
--
Edward Everett Horton
(as Peyton Potter)
in
The Gang's All Here
(1943)
Year: 1964
Director:
Richard Quine
Director:
Richard Quine
The Chief:
[to Bob Weston] Thank you from the heart for living down to my expectations.
--
Edward Everett Horton
in
Sex and the Single Girl
(1964)
Year: 1943
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Mrs. Peyton Potter:
Well old swoopy, swapping swoops at your age what have you got to say about that?
Peyton Potter: I told you darling we were simply discussing investments.
Peyton Potter: I told you darling we were simply discussing investments.
--
Edward Everett Horton
(as Peyton Potter)
in
The Gang's All Here
(1943)
Year: 1941
Director:
Irving Reis
Director:
Irving Reis
Jim 'Jimbo' Craig:
Why do so many marriages fail?
Fred Stonebraker: Because women are such lying, scheming, deceitful, mercenary hellcats?
Fred Stonebraker: Because women are such lying, scheming, deceitful, mercenary hellcats?
--
Edward Everett Horton
in
Weekend for Three
(1941)
Year: 1931
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Mrs. Sally Ross:
[reading the label] Not more than 40 percent alcohol... um hmm... I thought so.
Billy Ross: Why the idea! 40. Well, that's probably to keep the iron from rusting.
Billy Ross: Why the idea! 40. Well, that's probably to keep the iron from rusting.
--
Edward Everett Horton
in
Smart Woman
(1931)
Year: 1935
Director:
Mark Sandrich
Director:
Mark Sandrich
Jerry Travers:
[realising why Dale has been behaving so peculiarly] She's been mistaking me for you this whole time.
Madge Hardwick: Well, no wonder she said he was interesting.
Horace Hardwick: Yes, no wonder... I resent that!
Madge Hardwick: Well, no wonder she said he was interesting.
Horace Hardwick: Yes, no wonder... I resent that!
--
Edward Everett Horton
(as Horace Hardwick)
in
Top Hat
(1935)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Cab Driver:
I knew this would end up in the nuthouse.
Mr. Witherspoon: [offended] We like to think of it as a rest home!
Mr. Witherspoon: [offended] We like to think of it as a rest home!
--
Edward Everett Horton
(as Mr. Witherspoon)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1934
Director:
Mark Sandrich
Director:
Mark Sandrich
Egbert Fitzgerald: It's no crime to be married. It just shows a weakness on the part of men that women take advantage of.
--
Edward Everett Horton
(as Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald)
in
The Gay Divorcee
(1934)