Mrs. Moorehead: I'm an old woman, my dear. I know my sex.


--Norma Shearer (as Mrs. Stephen Haines) in The Women

Mrs. Moorehead: Well, cheer up, Mary; living alone has its compensations. Heaven knows it's marvelous being able to spread out in bed like a swastika.


--Norma Shearer (as Mrs. Stephen Haines) in The Women

Mrs. Spencer's friend: [gasp] Good grief! I hate to tell you, dear, but your skin makes the Rocky Mountains look like chiffon velvet!


--Norma Shearer (as Mrs. Stephen Haines) in The Women

Mrs. Spencer's friend: Ooh, look at Sidney's miniatures.
Mrs. Spencer: Hmmm. Sure sign of a petty mind!
Receptionist: They've been waiting half and hour, Mrs. Spencer. Would you mind seeing the art exhibit later?
Mrs. Spencer: All right.
[to her friend]
Mrs. Spencer: Art exhibit my foot!


--Norma Shearer (as Mrs. Stephen Haines) in The Women

Count Axel de Fersen: I must let you go. Goodbye.
Marie: Good night. Or, if you wish good morning. I shall never say goodbye.


--Norma Shearer (as Marie Antoinette) in Marie Antoinette

Marie: Perhaps the great loves come with tears.


--Norma Shearer (as Marie Antoinette) in Marie Antoinette

Mme. du Barry: I presume I shall not have the honor of meeting his Royal Highness?
Marie: My husband does not care for dancing, madame.
Mme. du Barry: Quite the family man, isn't he? The fireside, the nursing room and all that? To the duc Orleans: Well, here is my old friend and how well he takes the husband's place!
Marie: I'm sorry you feel your triumph incomplete, madame. My husband has better sense than I. He knows where to draw the line.
King Louis XV: (to du Barry) Will you dance, Madame?
Mme. du Barry: (ignoring the King's request) So that's it? I'm dirt, ah? Not good enough for your high and mightiness?
Marie: But, nooo, madame! Royalty loves an occasional roll in the gutter, don't they Grand-pappa?


--Norma Shearer (as Marie Antoinette) in Marie Antoinette

Marie: Take me in your arms again. Let me have that memory. When I loose heart to go on I shall close my eyes, feel your arms about me. I shall know that I'm in your thoughts, that your loving me...
Count Axel de Fersen: Always, my dear... always.
Marie: ...giving me strength to live... goodbye, my love. (they kiss)


--Norma Shearer (as Marie Antoinette) in Marie Antoinette