Film Quotes by Keenan Wynn
18 quotes
Year: 1968
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Senator Billboard Rawkins:
[dictating a speech to Buzz] Gentlemen, the festering tides of radicalism are upon us. But before I yield up our glorious South -and her sister commowealth, the U.S. of A - I will lay down my life. I will do more - I will filibuster. Back, you crackpots! Forward, America! Forward to the hallowed principles of our forefathers. Forward to the sweet tranquility of the status quo. Forward... to yesterday!
--
Keenan Wynn
(as Senator Billboard Rawkins)
in
Finian's Rainbow
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Senator Billboard Rawkins:
My family's been having nothing but trouble with immigrants ever since they come to this country!
--
Keenan Wynn
(as Senator Billboard Rawkins)
in
Finian's Rainbow
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Senator Billboard Rawkins:
You've been violating the law, here.
Finian McLonergan: Since when?
Senator Billboard Rawkins: This afternoon. I just finished drafting this.
Senator Billboard Rawkins: [reading] Local ordinance number 7428: be it known that in the county of Rainbow Valley, it is a felony for members of the Caucasian and Negro races...
Finian McLonergan: But it seems to me that this law could not be a legal law...
Senator Billboard Rawkins: Of course it's legal! I don't know where you immigrants get these radical, foreign ideas!
Sharon McLonergan: From a wee book the immigration officer handed us. It's called 'The United States Constitution.'
Finian McLonergan: Haven't you read it?
Senator Billboard Rawkins: I don't have time to read it, I'm too busy defending it!
Finian McLonergan: Since when?
Senator Billboard Rawkins: This afternoon. I just finished drafting this.
Senator Billboard Rawkins: [reading] Local ordinance number 7428: be it known that in the county of Rainbow Valley, it is a felony for members of the Caucasian and Negro races...
Finian McLonergan: But it seems to me that this law could not be a legal law...
Senator Billboard Rawkins: Of course it's legal! I don't know where you immigrants get these radical, foreign ideas!
Sharon McLonergan: From a wee book the immigration officer handed us. It's called 'The United States Constitution.'
Finian McLonergan: Haven't you read it?
Senator Billboard Rawkins: I don't have time to read it, I'm too busy defending it!
--
Keenan Wynn
(as Senator Billboard Rawkins)
in
Finian's Rainbow
(1968)
Year: 1945
Director:
Vincente Minnelli*Fred Zinnemann
Director:
Vincente Minnelli*Fred Zinnemann
The Drunk:
You are the most maddening lady creature I've ever been able to come in contact with. Let me take you out of all this.
--
Keenan Wynn
(as The Drunk)
in
The Clock
(1945)
Year: 1946
Director:
S. Sylvan Simon
Director:
S. Sylvan Simon
[After Jennifer Griggs and her boyfriend are soaked by rain, Jennifer quickly exchanges her wet dress for a provocative blanket]
Ben Griggs: What does she do?
Sam Griggs: She's a librarian.
Ben Griggs: Must read a lot.
Ben Griggs: What does she do?
Sam Griggs: She's a librarian.
Ben Griggs: Must read a lot.
--
Keenan Wynn
(as Ben Griggs)
in
The Cockeyed Miracle
(1946)
Year: 1946
Director:
S. Sylvan Simon
Director:
S. Sylvan Simon
[Sam the ghost walks through his first wall]
Sam Griggs: Look, Pa, no hands!
Ben Griggs: Just as easy as I used to go through a week's pay.
Sam Griggs: Look, Pa, no hands!
Ben Griggs: Just as easy as I used to go through a week's pay.
--
Keenan Wynn
(as Ben Griggs)
in
The Cockeyed Miracle
(1946)
Year: 1961
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Director:
Robert Stevenson
[the fire crew has arrived to rescue Alonzo Hawk, who is now bouncing out of control]
Fire Chief: [shouting through megaphone] Mr. Hawk! This is the Fire Chief speaking! We'll have everything under control in just a moment. Now Mr. Hawk, try to relax.
Alonzo P. Hawk: Relax? How can I relax, you fat-head?
Fire Chief: [shouting through megaphone] Mr. Hawk! This is the Fire Chief speaking! We'll have everything under control in just a moment. Now Mr. Hawk, try to relax.
Alonzo P. Hawk: Relax? How can I relax, you fat-head?
--
Keenan Wynn
(as Alonzo P. Hawk)
in
The Absent-Minded Professor
(1961)
Year: 1946
Director:
S. Sylvan Simon
Director:
S. Sylvan Simon
[Two ghosts argue about the family finances]
Sam Griggs: All you left Ma and me was a fifteen-dollar saloon bill.
Ben Griggs: I'll thank you to treat you father with more respect.
Sam Griggs: All you left Ma and me was a fifteen-dollar saloon bill.
Ben Griggs: I'll thank you to treat you father with more respect.
--
Keenan Wynn
(as Ben Griggs)
in
The Cockeyed Miracle
(1946)