Spring Byington: Lily Ruskin

Quotes 

• Hilda Crocker : Oooh! Lily! What a catch! A real life millionaire!

  Lily Ruskin : Oh Hilda, you know I'm not interested in marrying for money.

  Hilda Crocker : You don't have to marry him for money, dear. Marry him for love. And if he happens to have money, well, that's just one of the chances we girls have to take.

• Lily Ruskin : [Reading from the newspaper]  There's Bill's picture. William Jeffries, president of the Gold Star Petroleum Corporation, today announced the discovery of a new oil field.

  [Pointing at the newspaper] 

  Lily Ruskin : And look! There's a picture of the well!

  Ruth Henshaw : Oh Mother! This is just wonderful. You see, you were right about Mr. Jeffries after all.

  Lily Ruskin : [Reading from the newspaper]  It says he's calling the well The Lily Ruskin

  Hilda Crocker : How romantic! Of course, my boyfriend has to be an exterminator. The only thing I'll ever get named after me is a gopher hole.