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Film Quotes by James Stewart

219 quotes
Cheyenne Autumn
Year: 1964

Director:
John Ford
Doc Holliday: Forgive me, mademoiselle.
Miss Plantagenet: What the hell kind of talk is that?
Wyatt Earp: Now, as I understand it, a mademoiselle is a madam who ain't quite made it yet - only younger and friskier. I'd call it a compliment.
-- James Stewart (as Wyatt Earp) in Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Bend of the River
Year: 1952

Director:
Anthony Mann
Emerson Cole: I'll be seeing you, Glyn.
Glyn McLyntock: You'll be seeing me. You'll be seeing me. Everytime you bed down for the night, you'll look back to the darkness and wonder if I'm there. And some night, I will be. You'll be seeing me!
-- James Stewart (as Glyn McLyntock) in Bend of the River (1952)
Bell, Book and Candle
Year: 1958

Director:
Richard Quine
Merle Kittridge: Are you trying to say you're... *jilting* me?
Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson: W-well, that's a very heavy word, Merle. It's a very heavy word. Let's just say that we're... uncoupling.
-- James Stewart (as Shepherd 'Shep' Henderson) in Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
The Rare Breed
Year: 1966

Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Alexander Bowen: That woman doesn't fear a thing, does she, Sam?
Sam Burnett: Nothing but dishonesty... and dirt.
-- James Stewart (as Sam Burnett) in The Rare Breed (1966)
The Philadelphia Story
Year: 1940

Director:
George Cukor
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: [referring to Dinah] What's this?
Macaulay Connor: Idiot, probably.
-- James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story
Year: 1940

Director:
George Cukor
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: There's a cousin, Joanna, who's definitely crazy.
Macaulay Connor: Who told you that.
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: Dinah.
Macaulay Connor: Well Dinah would know.
-- James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story
Year: 1940

Director:
George Cukor
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: What's this room? I've forgotten my compass.
Macaulay Connor: I'd say, south-by-southwest parlor-by-living-room.
-- James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Two Rode Together
Year: 1961

Director:
John Ford
Sergeant Darius P. Posey: You! You're supposed to be dead!
Marshal Guthrie McCabe: I'm sorry, Slim. I didn't quite make it.
-- James Stewart (as Marshal Guthrie McCabe) in Two Rode Together (1961)
The Rare Breed
Year: 1966

Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Martha Evans: How dare you hit that man!
Sam Burnett: Well, he was going to shoot me!
Martha Evans: Now really, Mr. Burnett, you have a predisposition to violence of which I heartily disapprove.
Sam Burnett: Yes, ma'am.
-- James Stewart (as Sam Burnett) in The Rare Breed (1966)
No Highway in the Sky
Year: 1951

Director:
Henry Koster
Dennis Scott: [picks up The Bringing Up of the Child] One of the more difficult sciences I imagine.
Theodore Honey: What's that? Oh, oh yes. You know I didn't find that very satisfactory. They seem to have much different problems with their children than I've ever had with Elspeth.