Doc Delaney:
Alcoholics are mostly disappointed men.
Lola Delaney: Sure, I know.
[pause]
Lola Delaney: You was never disappointed, were you, Doc?
--Shirley Booth (as Lola Delaney) in Come Back, Little Sheba
Lola Delaney: Sure, I know.
[pause]
Lola Delaney: You was never disappointed, were you, Doc?
--Shirley Booth (as Lola Delaney) in Come Back, Little Sheba
Dolly "Gallagher" Levi:
[after the two clerks emerge from under a table] Good heavens, who else is under there?
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
Dolly "Gallagher" Levi:
Life is never quite interesting enough. You people who come to the movies know that. So I manage things a little. Nature isn't satisfactory, quite, and so it has to be corrected. So I put my hand in here and my hand in there.
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
Dolly "Gallagher" Levi:
Money is like the sun we walk under. It can kill or it can cure.
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
Dolly "Gallagher" Levi:
Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around, encouraging young things to grow.
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
Dolly "Gallagher" Levi:
The very young are almost as smart as the very old, Cornelius. It's in the middle that you get in all the trouble.
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
--Shirley Booth (as Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi) in The Matchmaker
Lola Delaney:
I'm too tired to wash my face tonight. Did you?
Doc Delaney: [about Marie] She must spend a fortune on bath powders and salts. That whole bathroom smells like a lilac garden.
Lola Delaney: I know. I like it.
--Shirley Booth (as Lola Delaney) in Come Back, Little Sheba
Doc Delaney: [about Marie] She must spend a fortune on bath powders and salts. That whole bathroom smells like a lilac garden.
Lola Delaney: I know. I like it.
--Shirley Booth (as Lola Delaney) in Come Back, Little Sheba