Film Quotes by James Stewart
219 quotes
John Michael Hardesty:
[Opening narration] Webster's International Dictionary defines murder as the unlawful taking of human life by another human being. On a November evening in 1955 the definition became obsolete. A mass murder was being planned.
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James Stewart
in
The FBI Story
(1959)
John Michael Hardesty:
On Sunday morning he left the house. He couldn't be going to work. Since he was a Communist, we knew he wasn't going to church.
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James Stewart
in
The FBI Story
(1959)
John Royer:
[offering boiled coffee to his uninvited guest] My butler got drafted, my Jap boy's interned.
Kellar: Terrible war.
John Royer: Sure is.
Kellar: Terrible war.
John Royer: Sure is.
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James Stewart
in
Malaya
(1949)
John Royer:
Carnaghan, this is Kellar, a government agent. Anything you say he knows already.
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James Stewart
in
Malaya
(1949)
Johnny Cobb:
[Screaming to the townspeople after finding Arthur has been taken from the jail and lynched] How could you let it happen?
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James Stewart
in
Firecreek
(1968)
Johnny Cobb:
[to Whittier, who is reluctant to give him a gun] Search for a place where there are no bruises and tie it up with a ribbon, and tell yourself that what's inside is the sum total of your life, and what I didn't see was the day a man decides not to face the world is the day he better step out of it. Now give me that gun!
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James Stewart
in
Firecreek
(1968)
Larry Hall:
Stars are a million miles apart; they never touch. They live away from each other, cold and lonely - like we'll have to do.
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James Stewart
in
The Ice Follies of 1939
(1939)
Lin McAdam:
Say, ah, about these Indians. It seems like they hardly ever attack at night.
Sgt. Wilkes: Why?
Lin McAdam: Well, they figure if they are killed in the dark, the Great Spirit can't find their souls and whip 'em up into heaven... or something like that.
Sgt. Wilkes: Why?
Lin McAdam: Well, they figure if they are killed in the dark, the Great Spirit can't find their souls and whip 'em up into heaven... or something like that.
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James Stewart
(as Lin McAdam)
in
Winchester '73
(1950)
Macaulay Connor:
[drunk, to driver] Well, this is where Cinderella gets off, now you hurry back to the ball before you turn into a pumpkin and six white mice, goodbye.
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James Stewart
(as Macaulay Connor)
in
The Philadelphia Story
(1940)
Macaulay Connor:
[drunk] You going my way miss?
Tracy Lord: [drunk] That's "Miss Goddess" to you
Macaulay Connor: Okay, Miss Goddess To Me.
Tracy Lord: [drunk] That's "Miss Goddess" to you
Macaulay Connor: Okay, Miss Goddess To Me.
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James Stewart
(as Macaulay Connor)
in
The Philadelphia Story
(1940)