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Quotes about Insults

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West Side Story
Lieutenant Schrank: Do you mind?
Doc: I have no mind. I am the village idiot.
- Ned Glass (as Doc) in West Side Story (1961)

It's a Wonderful Life
Nick: [ringing the cash register repeatedly] Get me. I'm givin' out wings!

It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Potter: [to George Bailey] Look at you. You used to be so cocky. You were going to go out and conquer the world. You once called me "a warped, frustrated, old man!" What are you but a warped, frustrated young man? A miserable little clerk crawling in here on your hands and knees and begging for help. No securities, no stocks, no bonds. Nothin' but a miserable little $500 equity in a life insurance policy.
[Potter chuckles]
Mr. Potter: You're worth more dead than alive!

Duck Soup
Rufus T. Firefly: Maybe you can suggest something. As a matter of fact, you do suggest something. To me you suggest a baboon.
Ambassador Trentino: What?
Rufus T. Firefly: I, uh, I'm sorry I said that; it isn't fair to the rest of the baboons.
- Groucho Marx (as Rufus T. Firefly) in Duck Soup (1933)

Duck Soup
Mrs. Teasdale: Your excellency, the ambassador's here on a friendly visit. He's had a change of heart.
Rufus T. Firefly: A lot of good that'll do him: he's still got the same face.
- Groucho Marx (as Rufus T. Firefly) in Duck Soup (1933)

It's a Gift
Amelia: Why were you sitting there like a stone image when those men were insulting me?
Harold: I was just waiting for one of 'em to say something to me.
- W.C. Fields (as Harold Bissonette) in It's a Gift (1934)

The Palm Beach Story
Gerry Jeffers: You're not being rude, dear, you're just being yourself.
- Claudette Colbert (as Gerry Jeffers) in The Palm Beach Story (1942)

How to Marry a Millionaire
Loco Dempsey: Once you get one foot on the ground, you're really quite a jerk, aren't you?
- Betty Grable (as Loco Dempsey) in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Edgar Bergen: I've got a good mind to...
Charlie McCarthy: Why don't you use it?
- Edgar Bergen (as Edgar Bergen / Charlie McCarthy) in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
[to Charlie McCarthy]
Larson E. Whipsnade: Quiet, you termit flophouse!
- W.C. Fields (as Larson E. Whipsnade) in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)