Bunny Watson: [as she is about to go meet Mike] How do I look?
Peg Costello: Too good for him.


--Joan Blondell (as Peg Costello) in Desk Set

Anne Vincent Ives: What's new in the world of slander?
Helen 'Duckie' Childers: Enumerable things. Enumerable.


--Joan Blondell (as Helen 'Duckie' Childers) in Illicit

Sadie Appleby: You're not so low you have to let em throw pennies at ya!
Mae Knight: Throw em? In Passaic, they use slinghots.


--Joan Blondell (as ) in Havana Widows

Ruth Wescott: [Referring to Vivian] Some people get all the luck.
Mary Keaton, aka Mary Bernard: [Musingly] I wonder.


--Joan Blondell (as Mary Keaton) in Three on a Match

Chester Kent: Hello, Vivian. This is Miss Rich. My secretary, Miss Prescott.
Nan Prescott: I know Miss Bi... Rich, if you remember.


--Joan Blondell (as Nan Prescott) in Footlight Parade

Chester Kent: Sometimes I get the feeling you don't like anybody.
Nan Prescott: If you only knew.


--Joan Blondell (as Nan Prescott) in Footlight Parade

Chester Kent: Well, I sure know how to pick 'em.
Nan Prescott: You said it, Papa.
Chester Kent: Maybe you should help me next time, huh?
Nan Prescott: What do you think I've been trying to do?


--Joan Blondell (as Nan Prescott) in Footlight Parade

[behind the lunch counter at the railroad yard, gum-chewing waitress Marie hears a train whistle - her cue to get ready to meet her boyfriend, Bill]
Marie: [taking off her apron] Anything else you guys want?
Railroad worker at Lunch Counter: Yeah, gimme a big slice a' you on toast, and some French-fried potatoes on the side.
Marie: [taking out her compact and powdering her face] Listen, baby, I'm A.P.O.
Railroad worker at Lunch Counter: [to the other railroad worker] What does she mean, A.P.O.?
Marie: Ain't Puttin' Out! Besides, I'm Bill White's girl, and I'm a one-man woman.
Railroad worker at Lunch Counter: That's a hot one, Marie.
Marie: Whattaya mean "that's a hot one"?
Railroad worker at Lunch Counter: Didn't I see you down ta Fishbeck's Dance Hall with Elmer Brown?
Marie: Oh yeah. Elmer's a kind of a cousin of mine.
Railroad worker at Lunch Counter: Oh! Some cousins are sure affectionate.
Marie: Nevertheless, he's my distant cousin.
Railroad worker at Lunch Counter: That's her story, and she's gonna stick to it.
Marie: It's the story Bill's gonna hear unless you guys do some broadcasting of your own.
Railroad worker at Lunch Counter: Well, don't worry. Not me. I ain't gonna get in no trouble.
Marie: [walking toward the door] Then stop shootin' off your big mouth.
Railroad worker at Lunch Counter: Hey Marie. Wouldja gimme a flock a' donuts with small holes?
Marie: [at the door, hand on hip] If there're any small holes around here, I'll eat 'em myself.
[the men laugh as she leaves the diner]


--Joan Blondell (as ) in Other Men's Women

[Michael struggles against kissing Ann]
Ann Nelson: What's the matter, dreamboat? Didn't you have your vitamins this morning?


--Joan Blondell (as Ann Nelson) in Christmas Eve