The Tunnel of Love (1958)

Doris Day: Isolde Poole

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Quotes 

• Isolde Poole : I bought a dress at Bonwits. A lovely watermelon shantung.

  August 'Augie' Poole : Fine. Now you've got something fit to wear into Saks.

• August 'Augie' Poole : Maybe I'd better get a regular job, and forget about art.

  Isolde Poole : Never! Never to my dying day will I let you settle for anything less than you want to be.

  Isolde Poole : If Van Gogh had been married to a woman like you, he'd still have both his ears.

• Isolde Poole : [the Peppers have thrown a small anniversary party for Augie and Isolde]  Darling, isn't it nice having neighbors like the Peppers?

  August 'Augie' Poole : Oh, yeah, they bring such *useful* presents...

  August 'Augie' Poole : [Holding up a bottle of cheap Champagne the Peppers have brought over]  "Piper-Heidsieck: the Miller High Life of Champagne!"

• August 'Augie' Poole : [Spotting Dick dancing with Gladys - a shapely young actress - at the party]  I've seen that girl on television. She opens all those refrigerators.

  Isolde Poole : [With a bit of sarcasm]  She sure is defrosting tonight.

• August 'Augie' Poole : [Isolde has confronted him on the mysterious imbalance of 1000 dollars in their bank account]  "Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Who was it said that?

  Isolde Poole : The cashier at the Westport Bank.

• August 'Augie' Poole : What happened to that free spirit I married?

  Isolde Poole : *You* happened to it!

• Isolde Poole : Another agency? But that wouldn't be fair to Rock-a-Bye!

  August 'Augie' Poole : Now, Isolde, don't go getting maternal feelings towards an agency - we'll take the first baby that pops up!

• Alice Pepper : [When Isolde suspects Augie may be their adopted baby's biological father]  But you're not being fair - You're not giving Augie a chance!

  Isolde Poole : He had his chance - and he took it!