A String of Blue Beads (1953 TV Movie)

Louis Jourdan: Peter

Quotes 

• Barbara's Sister : But I just wouldn't feel right taking...

  Peter : ...a present from a little sister? Why don't you put it on.

• [Barbara's sister tries to return the expensive necklace her sister bought from Peter] 

  Barbara's Sister : But I know they cost much more than the nine cents she paid.

  Peter : But I wanted to make her happy, and she wanted to make you happy. It's a good time of year for happiness.

  Barbara's Sister : Still I couldn't possibly expect it...

  Peter : Besides, she gave all she had.

• [Peter hands Marilyn the string of blue beads] 

  Peter : Put them on.

  Marilyn : Why?

  Peter : You'll see.

  Marilyn : They're so clear, so blue...

• Peter : There's such a thing as being too practical.

  Marilyn : All right, I'm going to be too practical.

  Peter : And you can say that standing close to a romantic type?

  Marilyn : You don't even belong in the Twentieth Century.

  Peter : That's what's wrong with the Twentieth Century; it needs a little more of the Fourteenth.

• Peter : These blue beads belong on you, Marilyn

  Marilyn : Peter, you're in business to stay in business.

  Peter : But I'm also engaged to be married.

  Marilyn : Well, we'll never pay the bills this way.