Margaret 'Maggie' Garret:
But I'm not a Garret, I'm a Brewster. And we Brewsters do what we want to do when we want to do it.
--Irene Dunne (as ) in Joy of Living
--Irene Dunne (as ) in Joy of Living
Paula 'Polly' Wharton:
Old? Max, that over-21 business is a lie, like the one about you can't teach an old dog new tricks. The fellas who spout lies like that don't think the world ought to change either. It's too old a dog.
--Irene Dunne (as Paula 'Polly' Wharton) in Over 21
--Irene Dunne (as Paula 'Polly' Wharton) in Over 21
Polly Baxter:
Well, for your information, in case you're interested, I have more brains in my head than most people have in their little fingers!
--Irene Dunne (as ) in It Grows on Trees
--Irene Dunne (as ) in It Grows on Trees
Susan Dunn's landlady:
God will never forgive us, if we break faith with our dead again
--Irene Dunne (as ) in The White Cliffs of Dover
--Irene Dunne (as ) in The White Cliffs of Dover
Terry McKay:
How's your fiancee?
Michel: She's got a cold.
Terry McKay: Oh, that's too bad. Got it at Lake Como?
Michel: No, she wasn't there.
Terry McKay: Uhh... , Uh, you mean the Lady of the Lake was not...
Michel: [Shakes head] That was her best friend.
Terry McKay: Oh.
Michel: [Another shake, and grimace]
Terry McKay: Chummy bunch.
--Irene Dunne (as Terry) in Love Affair
Michel: She's got a cold.
Terry McKay: Oh, that's too bad. Got it at Lake Como?
Michel: No, she wasn't there.
Terry McKay: Uhh... , Uh, you mean the Lady of the Lake was not...
Michel: [Shakes head] That was her best friend.
Terry McKay: Oh.
Michel: [Another shake, and grimace]
Terry McKay: Chummy bunch.
--Irene Dunne (as Terry) in Love Affair
Terry McKay:
The things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening.
--Irene Dunne (as Terry) in Love Affair
--Irene Dunne (as Terry) in Love Affair
Theodora Lynn:
[as Caroline Adams] I have this to say to the modern young girls, gentlemen - Be free, express yourselves! Take your life in your own hands and mold it. The world will try to rob you of your freedom, but fight for it! It's all you have to live for! That's all for the modern girl.
--Irene Dunne (as ) in Theodora Goes Wild
--Irene Dunne (as ) in Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Lynn:
I suddenly realized I was a writer of wide reputation and most of it bad.
--Irene Dunne (as ) in Theodora Goes Wild
--Irene Dunne (as ) in Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Lynn:
Oh, by the way, your mother made some cookies for me, but I met a hungry man, and he ate them up.
--Irene Dunne (as ) in Theodora Goes Wild
--Irene Dunne (as ) in Theodora Goes Wild
