The Invisible Woman (1940)

Charles Ruggles: George

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Quotes 

• Richard Russell : Stop breathing down my neck.

  George : It's the breath of pleasure, sir. And perhaps a touch of garlic.

• Richard Russell : Call the airport. We're leaving.

  George : Oh, airport!

  Richard Russell : No, on the phone.

• [Foghorn, now a falsetto, is at the door] 

  Richard Russell : Who is it?

  George : I don't know, sir, but it sounds like Jenny Lind.

• [George throws the contents of a goldfish bowl over Richard] 

  Richard Russell : George, did you have to throw the fish?

  George : It's Friday, sir.

• George : Invisible women! These days you can't believe your own eyes, even if you don't see anything.

• Prof. Gibbs : [pointing to stuffed head]  Did you shoot that elk?

  George : No, I think it was born there.

• George : Looking at a woman is only the first step to trouble. You look, she smiles. You soften, she sues.

• [first lines] 

  Attorney : Where is he? Where is he? Get up! Get up!

  George : I am up. I was up. And I've been up all night. I would have stayed up if you hadn't knocked me down.

• Richard Russell : Oh, George, new shoes?

  George : No, sir. It's a bomb-proof shelter for my tootsies, sir.

• George : These days you can't believe your own eyes, even if you don't see anything.

• Richard Russell : George, we better get the professor.

  George : What for, to clean up a bunch of bed clothes?

• Kitty Carroll : Help! Help!

  Richard Russell : It's Kitty. We've got to go to her.

  George : No, no. no. Let's try and make her come to us - here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty.

• Richard Russell : George, are you sick?

  George : Me, sir? No, sir.

  Richard Russell : Stick out your tongue.

  [George does, and Russell swipes the glue flap of an envelope across his tongue]