Newton:
I shot him through the heart.
Capt. Jennings: Winfield Lake was shot in the head.
Newton: Well, his heart was in his mouth.
--Robert Woolsey (as Newton) in The Nitwits
Capt. Jennings: Winfield Lake was shot in the head.
Newton: Well, his heart was in his mouth.
--Robert Woolsey (as Newton) in The Nitwits
Newton:
It's the greatest idea I've ever had. And, boy, you know I've had a lot of them.
Johnnie: Yeah, but none of them ever worked.
Newton: A mere coincidence.
--Robert Woolsey (as Newton) in The Nitwits
Johnnie: Yeah, but none of them ever worked.
Newton: A mere coincidence.
--Robert Woolsey (as Newton) in The Nitwits
Newton:
Sonny, you've got the brain of a six-year-old boy. And I'll bet even he was glad to get rid of it.
--Robert Woolsey (as Newton) in The Nitwits
--Robert Woolsey (as Newton) in The Nitwits
Professor Cunningham:
Do you know why I love you?
Fannie Furst: No...
Professor Cunningham: It's because you smell so sweet.
Fannie Furst: That's because I always have violets in my bath. You should, too.
Professor Cunningham: I would, but I don't know Violet!
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in The Cuckoos
Fannie Furst: No...
Professor Cunningham: It's because you smell so sweet.
Fannie Furst: That's because I always have violets in my bath. You should, too.
Professor Cunningham: I would, but I don't know Violet!
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in The Cuckoos
Roscoe Horne:
I could use a bright boy like you! You could be my assistant. Do you know anything about machinery?
Billy: I know all about plows and tractors and things...
Roscoe Horne: Good! Then I'll be your assistant.
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in The Rainmakers
Billy: I know all about plows and tractors and things...
Roscoe Horne: Good! Then I'll be your assistant.
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in The Rainmakers
Slick Foster:
You were elected 800 to 1.
Jimmy Deagan: How did that one get in there?
Slick Foster: I don't know, but I have demanded a recount.
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in Girl Crazy (1932)
Jimmy Deagan: How did that one get in there?
Slick Foster: I don't know, but I have demanded a recount.
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in Girl Crazy (1932)
Tommy Tanner:
Have you ever stopped to wonder what you'd do if you had Rockefeller's money?
Egbert G. Higginbothom: No, but I've stopped and wondered what he'd do if he had mine.
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in Caught Plastered
Egbert G. Higginbothom: No, but I've stopped and wondered what he'd do if he had mine.
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in Caught Plastered
William Hobbs:
C'mon, drink your milk. It'll make your hair curly.
Claude Horton: I hate curly hair. I don't even like rosy cheeks!
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in On Again-Off Again
Claude Horton: I hate curly hair. I don't even like rosy cheeks!
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in On Again-Off Again
William Hobbs:
How much would you charge me to call you a half-witted horse's neck?
Claude Horton: A half-witted horse's neck? Now let me see...that'll cost you a hundred.
William Hobbs: Make it $75!
Claude Horton: What do you think this is...a cut-rate drugstore? One hundred!
William Hobbs: One hundred for a little thing like that? Why you cheap, chiseling crook!
Claude Horton: That's the hundred.
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in On Again-Off Again
Claude Horton: A half-witted horse's neck? Now let me see...that'll cost you a hundred.
William Hobbs: Make it $75!
Claude Horton: What do you think this is...a cut-rate drugstore? One hundred!
William Hobbs: One hundred for a little thing like that? Why you cheap, chiseling crook!
Claude Horton: That's the hundred.
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in On Again-Off Again
William Hobbs:
I can't have Florence see me like this!
Claude Horton: Still thinkin' about Florence? I thought my wife was your big interest.
William Hobbs: Your wife?...why that frowsy-lookin' frump!
Claude Horton: Frowsy-lookin' frump, eh? That'll cost you ninety dollars.
William Hobbs: 90?
Claude Horton: I'm knocking off 10 percent because I agree with you!
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in On Again-Off Again
Claude Horton: Still thinkin' about Florence? I thought my wife was your big interest.
William Hobbs: Your wife?...why that frowsy-lookin' frump!
Claude Horton: Frowsy-lookin' frump, eh? That'll cost you ninety dollars.
William Hobbs: 90?
Claude Horton: I'm knocking off 10 percent because I agree with you!
--Robert Woolsey (as ) in On Again-Off Again
