Midnight Lace (1960)

Myrna Loy: Aunt Bea

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• Kit Preston : Don't ever change.

  Aunt Bea : I try not to, but the bills at the beauty parlor get bigger every year.

• Aunt Bea : I was once in Dublin for the horse show, and I got a call at the Sheldon Room from a man who wanted to dress me in black underwear. Personally, mind you! It was the most *stimulating* minute-and-a-half I spent in Ireland!

• Anthony Preston : [opening door]  Oh, it's you, Bea.

  Aunt Bea : It usually is when I've been invited.

• Inspector Byrnes : Now, Mrs. Covent. Do you recollect exactly what your niece said to you on the phone?

  Aunt Bea : Yes. She said, "Aunt Bea, help me, help me."

  Inspector Byrnes : And what did you assume she meant, Mrs. Covent?

  Aunt Bea : That she needed help, Inspector!

• Aunt Bea : "Swan Lake" makes me terribly thirsty.

  Charles Manning : Must have something to do with those long necks.

• Aunt Bea : If he cares enough, he'll find me.

• Aunt Bea : [telegram]  Weather beastly and so is my host.

• Aunt Bea : [speaking to Anthony about Kit]  She's being tormented by a sadistic fiend!

• Aunt Bea : Thank heavens there are no tigers in London.

• Aunt Bea : Ah, the jungle of finance. Men must work, and women must weep!