Quotes about Goodbyes

Ugarte: Well, Rick, after tonight, I'll be through with the whole business and I am leaving finally this Casablanca.
Rick: Who did you bribe for your visa? Renault or yourself?
Ugarte: Myself. I found myself much more reasonable.

- Peter Lorre (as Ugarte) in Casablanca (1942)

Ilsa: [in her goodbye letter] Richard, I cannot go with you or ever see you again. You must not ask why. Just believe that I love you. Go, my darling, and God bless you. Ilsa.

- Ingrid Bergman (as Ilsa Lund) in Casablanca (1942)

Father Fitzgibbons: I'm sure that the way to say what I'd like to say will occur to me after you've gone.

- Bing Crosby (as Father Chuck O'Malley) in Going My Way (1944)

Dorothy: Goodbye, Tinman. Oh, don't cry! You'll rust so dreadfully. Here's your oil can.
Tin Woodsman: Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking...
Dorothy: Goodbye, Lion. I know it isn't right, but I'm going to miss the way you used to hollar for help before you found your courage.
Cowardly Lion: I never would've found it if it hadn't been for you...
Dorothy: [to Scarecrow] I think I'm going to miss you most of all.

- Judy Garland (as Dorothy Gale) in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

J.D. Sheldrake: What's gotten into you, Baxter?
C.C. Baxter: Just following doctor's orders. I've decided to become a "mensch". You know what that means? A human being.
J.D. Sheldrake: Now, hold on, Baxter...
C.C. Baxter: Save it. The old payola won't work anymore. Goodbye, Mr. Sheldrake.

- Jack Lemmon (as C.C. Baxter) in The Apartment (1960)

Eve Kendall: I want you to do a favor for me. A big, big favor.
Roger Thornhill: Name it.
Eve Kendall: I want you to leave right now, stay far away from me, and don't come near me again. We're not going to get involved. Last night was last night, and it's all there was, and it's all there is. There isn't going to be anything more between us. So please. Goodbye, good luck, no conversation, just leave.

- Eva Marie Saint (as Eve Kendall) in North by Northwest (1959)

Liesl: [singing with the children at the Villa] So long, farewell, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen! I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne. Yes?
Captain von Trapp: No!

- Christopher Plummer (as Captain Von Trapp) in The Sound of Music (1965)

Max: I shall miss all of you. I shall miss the money I could have made with you!

- Richard Haydn (as Max Detweiler) in The Sound of Music (1965)

Captain von Trapp: My fellow Austrians, I shall not be seeing you again perhaps for a very long time. I would like to sing for you now... a love song. I know you share this love. I pray that you will never let it die.

- Christopher Plummer (as Captain Von Trapp) in The Sound of Music (1965)