Anthony Judson Lawrence:
This isn't very conducive to sensible thinking. I better go back before...
Joan Dickinson: I don't want sensible thinking!
Anthony Judson Lawrence: Neither do I.
--Paul Newman (as Anthony Judson Lawrence / Narrator) in The Young Philadelphians
Joan Dickinson: I don't want sensible thinking!
Anthony Judson Lawrence: Neither do I.
--Paul Newman (as Anthony Judson Lawrence / Narrator) in The Young Philadelphians
Ben Quick:
What happens if a federal man comes by?
1st Resident: Oh, they've been known to come by. Also been known to disappear.
2nd Resident: Well, not entirely.
1st Resident: No, not entirely. The missing man's shoes might show up, or his hat; maybe even his suspenders. Of course, somebody else is wearing them.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
1st Resident: Oh, they've been known to come by. Also been known to disappear.
2nd Resident: Well, not entirely.
1st Resident: No, not entirely. The missing man's shoes might show up, or his hat; maybe even his suspenders. Of course, somebody else is wearing them.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
Ben:
[a group of men approaching with hostile intentions] Story of my life. Why don't nobody ever wanna talk with me peacable?
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
Ben:
All right then, run, lady, and you keep on running. Buy yourself a bus ticket and disappear. Change your name, dye your hair, get lost - and then maybe, just maybe, you're gonna be safe from me.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
Ben:
Get out of character, lady. Come on, get way out.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
Ben:
I can see my white shirt and my black tie and my Sunday manners didn't fool you for a minute. Well, that's right, ma'am, I'm a menace to the countryside. All a man's gotta do is just look at me sideways and his house goes up in fire. And here I am, living right here in the middle of your peaceable little town, right in your back yard, you might say. Guess that ought to keep you awake at night.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
Ben:
I respect him. I admire his manners and I admire the speeches he makes and I admire the big house he lives in. But if you're saving it all for him honey, you've got your account in the wrong bank.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
Ben:
Life's very long and full of salesmanship, Miss Clara. You might buy something yet.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
