The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV Series)
Surprise Party (1969)
Hope Lange: Carolyn Muir
Quotes
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Carolyn Muir : Claymore, you're the last of the big spenders.
Claymore Gregg : It shows, doesn't it?
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Capt. Daniel Gregg : I've been thinking about our arrangement.
Carolyn Muir : Mm.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : I'm willing to make a concession since you find it so difficult to abide by the rules.
Carolyn Muir : Uh, me?
Capt. Daniel Gregg : Yes.
Carolyn Muir : Well, I think we're just muddling through splendidly.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : No, I've been selfish. I have no wish to deprive you and the children of my company.
Carolyn Muir : Ah.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : I'm recinding the rules.
Carolyn Muir : Oh, but we like the rules. They're practical.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : Nonsense. They're harsh and unrealistic.
Carolyn Muir : Not at all.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : Yes, they are. This is a house, not a ship.
Carolyn Muir : Well, it has a captain and a crew.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : Bilge. It has a family.
Carolyn Muir : We needed rules. You were right.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : You did not! I was wrong!
Carolyn Muir : Wrong? Not you.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : Yes, me!
Carolyn Muir : You need your privacy.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : NO MAN IS AN ISLAND!
Carolyn Muir : Except you.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : Oh, the opposite sex - why do they have to be so... opposite?
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Carolyn Muir : What d'you give a man who has nothing and can't use anything?
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Capt. Daniel Gregg : [finding Carolyn surprisingly agreeable] Are you up to something?
Carolyn Muir : Captain, you do me a great injustice.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : [suspicious] I do, do I?
Carolyn Muir : Mm.
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[Martha and Carolyn discuss making a cake for the Captain's birthday until Scruffy indicates the Captain's presence]
Carolyn Muir : Uh, eh... asparagus would be fine.
Martha Grant : On a cake?
Carolyn Muir : With a hollandaise sauce.
[Carolyn exits]
Martha Grant : [to herself] Maybe I'll try some chocolate icing on the soup.
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Carolyn Muir : Were you really surprised, Captain?
Capt. Daniel Gregg : I was absolutely speechless, madam; however, I do not think this is the occasion for frivolity.
Carolyn Muir : Oh, what better occasion than your birthday?
Claymore Gregg : Mm-hm, and it's all because of me. I told them the date.
Capt. Daniel Gregg : I thought YOU might have, you clod. You are not celebrating the date on which I was born. You're celebrating the date on which I passed away.
Claymore Gregg : [alarmed] Well... nobody's perfect.