Griselda:
I bring you a message from the princess.
Hubert Hawkins: The royal princess?
Griselda: Yes, she finds you most attractive and would like to meet you.
Hubert Hawkins: Me?
Griselda: She finds you passing fair, passing gracefully.
Hubert Hawkins: Tell her, "Thank you very much, but I'm just passing through."
--Danny Kaye (as Hubert Hawkins) in The Court Jester
Hubert Hawkins: The royal princess?
Griselda: Yes, she finds you most attractive and would like to meet you.
Hubert Hawkins: Me?
Griselda: She finds you passing fair, passing gracefully.
Hubert Hawkins: Tell her, "Thank you very much, but I'm just passing through."
--Danny Kaye (as Hubert Hawkins) in The Court Jester
Edwin Dingle:
I enjoy it here very much ... uh, I love the smell of leather bindings.
--Danny Kaye (as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew) in Wonder Man
--Danny Kaye (as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew) in Wonder Man
Edwin:
I'd like a pint of Prospect Park!
--Danny Kaye (as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew) in Wonder Man
--Danny Kaye (as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew) in Wonder Man
Georgi:
[making up code for "arrogance, elegance, and smarts"] Give 'em the fist, give 'em the wrist, give 'em the finger!
--Danny Kaye (as Georgi) in The Inspector General
--Danny Kaye (as Georgi) in The Inspector General
Georgi:
[nervously] Oh, I have no wife. None of my family had wives. My father didn't like wives. I mean, my mother didn't like my father's wives.
--Danny Kaye (as Georgi) in The Inspector General
--Danny Kaye (as Georgi) in The Inspector General
Georgi:
[singing to himself on how to pull off the scam] Be arrogant, be elegant, be smart!
--Danny Kaye (as Georgi) in The Inspector General
--Danny Kaye (as Georgi) in The Inspector General
Georgi:
[singing] Drink to me only wi-ith thine eye-eyes / And I will drink with my nose!
--Danny Kaye (as Georgi) in The Inspector General
--Danny Kaye (as Georgi) in The Inspector General
Hans:
[having just learned that Doro is married to Niels, who has just slapped her after an argument] How could you do it? How could a girl like you marry a man like that? How can I help you?
--Danny Kaye (as Hans Christian Andersen) in Hans Christian Andersen
--Danny Kaye (as Hans Christian Andersen) in Hans Christian Andersen
Hans:
Did you ever hear the story of the old woman who shook her head at the family so much that one night it fell off? Right on the dinner table.
--Danny Kaye (as Hans Christian Andersen) in Hans Christian Andersen
--Danny Kaye (as Hans Christian Andersen) in Hans Christian Andersen
Hans:
No one's ever really alone.
--Danny Kaye (as Hans Christian Andersen) in Hans Christian Andersen
--Danny Kaye (as Hans Christian Andersen) in Hans Christian Andersen
