Joseph Newton: Don't put the hat on the bed.
Uncle Charlie: Superstitious, Joe?
Joseph Newton: No, but I don't believe in inviting trouble.


--Henry Travers (as Joseph Newton) in Shadow of a Doubt

Joseph Newton: We're not talking about killing people. Herb's talking about killing me and I'm talking about killing him.


--Henry Travers (as Joseph Newton) in Shadow of a Doubt

Mr. Ballard: What goes to make a rose, ma'am, is breeding... and budding... and horse-manure, if you'll pardon the expression.
Mr. Ballard: And that's where you come in, ma'am.


--Henry Travers (as Mr. Ballard) in Mrs. Miniver

Ned Elliott: Unhappiness ain't so bad. It makes happiness all the keener.


--Henry Travers (as Ned Elliott) in The Sisters

[George has discovered his brother Harry's tombstone]
Clarence: [explaining] Your brother, Harry Bailey, broke through the ice and was drowned at the age of nine.
George Bailey: That's a lie! Harry Bailey went to war! He got the Congressional Medal of Honor! He saved the lives of every man on that transport!
Clarence: Every man on that transport died! Harry wasn't there to save them, because you weren't there to save Harry.


--Henry Travers (as Clarence) in It's a Wonderful Life

Dr. Irving: I tell you, Ellen, we're the public disgrace of America. You know what the New York newspapers are saying? There's no law west of Chicago... and west of Dodge City, no God!


--Henry Travers (as Dr. Irving) in Dodge City