Lily Powers:
What could I do? He's my boss and I have to earn my own living.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lily Powers) in Baby Face
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lily Powers) in Baby Face
Lily Powers:
Yeah, I'm a tramp, and who's to balme? My Father. A swell start you gave me. Ever since I was fourteen, what's it been? Nothing but men! Dirty rotten men! And you're lower than any of them. I'll hate you as long as I live!
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lily Powers) in Baby Face
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lily Powers) in Baby Face
Lora Hart:
[into the phone] Operator! Operator! Operator!
[Nick hangs up the phone and knocks her unconcious]
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lora Hart) in Night Nurse
[Nick hangs up the phone and knocks her unconcious]
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lora Hart) in Night Nurse
Lora Hart:
[to Dr. Bell] Oh, ethics... ethics... ethics! That's all I've heard. Isn't there any ethics about letting poor little babies be murdered?
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lora Hart) in Night Nurse
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lora Hart) in Night Nurse
Lorna Bounty:
It is difficult for anyone to speak when you listen only to yourself.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lorna Bounty) in The Man with a Cloak
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lorna Bounty) in The Man with a Cloak
Lorna Moon:
I'll make him fight.
Tom Moody: [with anger] How?
Lorna Moon: How? Oh, leave it to me Tom.
[pause]
Lorna Moon: I'm a dame from Newark, and I know a dozen ways.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lorna Moon) in Golden Boy
Tom Moody: [with anger] How?
Lorna Moon: How? Oh, leave it to me Tom.
[pause]
Lorna Moon: I'm a dame from Newark, and I know a dozen ways.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Lorna Moon) in Golden Boy
Mae Doyle D'Amato:
Home is where you come when you run out of places.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night
Mae Doyle D'Amato:
I'm tired of looking after men, I want to be looked after...
Peggy: Is that what you want from a man?
Mae Doyle D'Amato: Confidence! I want a man to give me confidence, somebody to fight off the blizzards and the floods, somebody to beat off the world when it tries to swallow you up. Huh, me and my ideas.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night
Peggy: Is that what you want from a man?
Mae Doyle D'Amato: Confidence! I want a man to give me confidence, somebody to fight off the blizzards and the floods, somebody to beat off the world when it tries to swallow you up. Huh, me and my ideas.
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night
Maggie:
What do you do when you're not riding your bike?
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Maggie Morgan) in Roustabout
--Barbara Stanwyck (as Maggie Morgan) in Roustabout
