Dan Innes:
Who do you run around with now?
Janet Haley: No one.
Dan Innes: How do you get by?
Janet Haley: I work.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Janet Haley) in Internes Can't Take Money
Janet Haley: No one.
Dan Innes: How do you get by?
Janet Haley: I work.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Janet Haley) in Internes Can't Take Money
Dan Innes:
You'd like to kill me, wouldn't you?
Janet Haley: You're a mind reader.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Janet Haley) in Internes Can't Take Money
Janet Haley: You're a mind reader.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Janet Haley) in Internes Can't Take Money
Edward Norris:
Don't speak to anyone. I don't want to kill an innocent bystander.
Peter Ames: Ya know that's what I like about crazy men; that fine sense of distinction.
Edward Norris: You think I'm insane?
Melsa Manton: [Stands in front of Peter, as to protect him] Oh, he's says that to everybody.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Melsa Manton) in The Mad Miss Manton
Peter Ames: Ya know that's what I like about crazy men; that fine sense of distinction.
Edward Norris: You think I'm insane?
Melsa Manton: [Stands in front of Peter, as to protect him] Oh, he's says that to everybody.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Melsa Manton) in The Mad Miss Manton
Mary Lou Medford:
[Condescendingly] I do hope you'll come over often now that we're to be neighbors.
Sally Warren: [Cattily] Why how nice of you! I'll be sure to... particularly as we have so much in common.
Mary Lou Medford: In common?
Sally Warren: Yes.
[She laughs at the joke she's about to make]
Sally Warren: Your future and my past.
[She leaves]
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Sally Warren) in The Bride Wore Boots
Sally Warren: [Cattily] Why how nice of you! I'll be sure to... particularly as we have so much in common.
Mary Lou Medford: In common?
Sally Warren: Yes.
[She laughs at the joke she's about to make]
Sally Warren: Your future and my past.
[She leaves]
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Sally Warren) in The Bride Wore Boots
Dallas Hart:
[as she's leaving] I never could see what they see in the thin ones.
Vance Jeffords: It's not what they see.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Vance Jeffords) in The Furies
Vance Jeffords: It's not what they see.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Vance Jeffords) in The Furies
Dallas Hart:
Just get in off the railroad?
Vance Jeffords: Yeah.
Dallas Hart: We haven't met before. My name is Dallas Hart. I'm new in town, honey.
Vance Jeffords: Honey, you wouldn't be new anyplace.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Vance Jeffords) in The Furies
Vance Jeffords: Yeah.
Dallas Hart: We haven't met before. My name is Dallas Hart. I'm new in town, honey.
Vance Jeffords: Honey, you wouldn't be new anyplace.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Vance Jeffords) in The Furies
Gerald:
I can't understand how the horse ran fifth!
Jean Harrington: There were only five horses in the race. What do you expect when you bet on a goat called "After You?"
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Jean) in The Lady Eve
Jean Harrington: There were only five horses in the race. What do you expect when you bet on a goat called "After You?"
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Jean) in The Lady Eve
Richard 'Dick' Ives II:
Ann, sometimes I don't understand you.
Anne Vincent Ives: I understand you... very well.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Anne Vincent Ives: I understand you... very well.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Richard 'Dick' Ives II:
I'm bright and snappy in the morning.
Anne Vincent Ives: And we're both a riot in our underwear!
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Anne Vincent Ives: And we're both a riot in our underwear!
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Richard 'Dick' Ives II:
You look exactly like a peasant.
Anne Vincent Ives: I am a peasant. There's no neurotic blood in me.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Anne Vincent Ives: I am a peasant. There's no neurotic blood in me.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Eddie Fuseli:
This your girl?
Lorna Moon: I'm my mother's girl.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lorna Moon) in Golden Boy
Lorna Moon: I'm my mother's girl.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lorna Moon) in Golden Boy
Price Baines:
I'm heartbroken.
Anne Vincent Ives: A broken heart doesn't seem to go to that smile somehow.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Anne Vincent Ives: A broken heart doesn't seem to go to that smile somehow.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Annette Sturges:
Mama, you should have protested. It's a really bad table. There's not a person we know at the end of this room.
Julia Sturges: Be brave Annette. These tragedies happen sometimes in life.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Julia Sturges) in Titanic
Julia Sturges: Be brave Annette. These tragedies happen sometimes in life.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Julia Sturges) in Titanic
Griff Bonnell:
What's the matter? You look upset.
Jessica Drummond: I was born upset.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Jessica Drummond) in Forty Guns
Jessica Drummond: I was born upset.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Jessica Drummond) in Forty Guns
Jefferson Jones:
[telling Liz that he isn't engaged anymore] She married my shipmate.
Elizabeth Lane: She did!
Jefferson Jones: I'm as free as a bird!
Elizabeth Lane: Oh, that's what you think.
[she kisses him]
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Elizabeth Lane) in Christmas in Connecticut
Elizabeth Lane: She did!
Jefferson Jones: I'm as free as a bird!
Elizabeth Lane: Oh, that's what you think.
[she kisses him]
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Elizabeth Lane) in Christmas in Connecticut
Mike Brannan:
[carrying Stanwyck in his arms] All the soft spots aren't on the track.
Regina Forbes: Well, you keep your mind on the ones that are.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Regina Forbes) in To Please a Lady
Regina Forbes: Well, you keep your mind on the ones that are.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Regina Forbes) in To Please a Lady
Mike Brannan:
All the soft spots aren't on the track.
Regina Forbes: Well, you keep your mind on the ones that are.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Regina Forbes) in To Please a Lady
Regina Forbes: Well, you keep your mind on the ones that are.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Regina Forbes) in To Please a Lady
Mike Brannan:
Well, what can we do for you that already hasn't been done?
Regina Forbes: You can give your eyes a rest and answer a few questions.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Regina Forbes) in To Please a Lady
Regina Forbes: You can give your eyes a rest and answer a few questions.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Regina Forbes) in To Please a Lady
Lena Maria Svenson:
You're not quitting?
Naomi Murdoch: When you're licked, you have to quit.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Naomi Murdoch) in All I Desire
Naomi Murdoch: When you're licked, you have to quit.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Naomi Murdoch) in All I Desire
Anne Vincent Ives:
[Lying on the couch] I'm greedy of our happiness. I want to hold on to it as long as I can.
Richard 'Dick' Ives II: You know, Ann, sometimes this taking you home in the middle of the night, all the lying and pussyfooting... I...
Anne Vincent Ives: [Playfully] Don't say you don't like pussyfooting! I love it!
[She lifts her legs up, throws her arms around him, and giggles]
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit
Richard 'Dick' Ives II: You know, Ann, sometimes this taking you home in the middle of the night, all the lying and pussyfooting... I...
Anne Vincent Ives: [Playfully] Don't say you don't like pussyfooting! I love it!
[She lifts her legs up, throws her arms around him, and giggles]
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Anne Vincent Ives) in Illicit