Sylvia Broderick:
[to Frank] Are you asking meto go back to the same lousy life I had ten years ago before I had this lousy life?
--Lauren Bacall (as ) in Sex and the Single Girl
--Lauren Bacall (as ) in Sex and the Single Girl
Vivian:
Do you always think you can handle people like, uh, trained seals?
Philip Marlowe: Uh-huh. I usually get away with it too.
Vivian: How nice for you.
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
Philip Marlowe: Uh-huh. I usually get away with it too.
Vivian: How nice for you.
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
Vivian:
So you're a private detective. I didn't know they existed, except in books, or else they were greasy little men snooping around hotel corridors. My, you're a mess, aren't you?
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
Vivian:
So you're a private detective. I didn't know they existed, except in books, or else they were greasy little men snooping around hotel corridors. My, you're a mess, aren't you?
Philip Marlowe: I'm not very tall either. Next time I'll come on stilts wear a white tie and carry a tennis racket.
Vivian: I doubt if even that will help.
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
Philip Marlowe: I'm not very tall either. Next time I'll come on stilts wear a white tie and carry a tennis racket.
Vivian: I doubt if even that will help.
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
Vivian:
What will your first step be?
Philip Marlowe: The usual one.
Vivian: I didn't know there was a usual one.
Philip Marlowe: Well sure there is, it comes complete with diagrams on page 47 of how to be a detective in 10 easy lessons correspondent school textbook and uh, your father offered me a drink.
Vivian: You must've read another one on how to be a comedian.
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
Philip Marlowe: The usual one.
Vivian: I didn't know there was a usual one.
Philip Marlowe: Well sure there is, it comes complete with diagrams on page 47 of how to be a detective in 10 easy lessons correspondent school textbook and uh, your father offered me a drink.
Vivian: You must've read another one on how to be a comedian.
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
Brant Royle:
Sonia, it's Christmas!
Sonia Kovac: You're not getting any presents from me.
--Lauren Bacall (as Sonia Kovac) in Bright Leaf
Sonia Kovac: You're not getting any presents from me.
--Lauren Bacall (as Sonia Kovac) in Bright Leaf
Captain Scott:
You're the first American woman I've met. Are they all like you?
Catherine Wyatt: Why? How do I seem?
Captain Scott: Well, shall we say a little bit more independent than most?
Catherine Wyatt: Is that the tactful English way of saying you think I'm pig-headed?
--Lauren Bacall (as ) in Northwest Frontier
Catherine Wyatt: Why? How do I seem?
Captain Scott: Well, shall we say a little bit more independent than most?
Catherine Wyatt: Is that the tactful English way of saying you think I'm pig-headed?
--Lauren Bacall (as ) in Northwest Frontier
[after a kiss]
Vivian: I liked that. I'd like more.
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
Vivian: I liked that. I'd like more.
--Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep
[Referring to older men marrying young women]
Schatze Page: Look at Roosevelt, look at Churchill, look at old fella what's his name in The African Queen.
--Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire
Schatze Page: Look at Roosevelt, look at Churchill, look at old fella what's his name in The African Queen.
--Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire
[repeated line]
Schatze Page: [to Tom Brookman] Just as soon as I finish this, I never want to see you again.
--Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire
Schatze Page: [to Tom Brookman] Just as soon as I finish this, I never want to see you again.
--Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) in How to Marry a Millionaire
