Virginia Weidler
(as Dinah Lord)
George Kittredge:
[to horse] What's the matter, Bessie? You seem worried.
Dinah Lord: Maybe that's because his name is Jack.
Dinah Lord: Maybe that's because his name is Jack.
Katharine Hepburn
(as Tracy Lord)
George Kittredge:
I'm going to build you an ivory tower with my own two hands.
Tracy Lord: Like fun you are.
Tracy Lord: Like fun you are.
Katharine Hepburn
(as Tracy Lord)
George Kittredge:
You're like some marvelous, distant, well, queen, I guess. You're so cool and fine and always so much your own. There's a kind of beautiful purity about you, Tracy, like, like a statue.
Tracy Lord: George...
George Kittredge: Oh, it's grand, Tracy. It's what everybody feels about you. It's what I first worshipped you for from afar.
Tracy Lord: I don't want to be worshipped. I want to be loved.
Tracy Lord: George...
George Kittredge: Oh, it's grand, Tracy. It's what everybody feels about you. It's what I first worshipped you for from afar.
Tracy Lord: I don't want to be worshipped. I want to be loved.
James Stewart
(as Macaulay Connor)
Librarian:
What is thee wish?
Macaulay Connor: I'm looking for some local b - what'd you say?
Librarian: What is thee wish?
Macaulay Connor: Um, local biography or history.
Librarian: If thee will consult with my colleague in there.
Macaulay Connor: Mm-hm. Dost thou have a washroom?
[the librarian points]
Macaulay Connor: Thank thee.
Macaulay Connor: I'm looking for some local b - what'd you say?
Librarian: What is thee wish?
Macaulay Connor: Um, local biography or history.
Librarian: If thee will consult with my colleague in there.
Macaulay Connor: Mm-hm. Dost thou have a washroom?
[the librarian points]
Macaulay Connor: Thank thee.
Mary Nash
(as Margaret Lord)
Margaret Lord:
Are you one of the musicians?
Macaulay Connor: No!
Margaret Lord: Oh of course, you're Junius's friend. Only you're not. Do you have any violin strings?
Macaulay Connor: [digs in his pocket] I have an aspirin. Will that work?
Margaret Lord: I don't think so! It's for a violin. Oh well, no matter!
Macaulay Connor: No!
Margaret Lord: Oh of course, you're Junius's friend. Only you're not. Do you have any violin strings?
Macaulay Connor: [digs in his pocket] I have an aspirin. Will that work?
Margaret Lord: I don't think so! It's for a violin. Oh well, no matter!
Virginia Weidler
(as Dinah Lord)
Katharine Hepburn
(as Tracy Lord)
Margaret Lord:
Oh, dear. Is there no such thing as privacy any more?
Tracy Lord: Only in bed, mother, and not always there.
Tracy Lord: Only in bed, mother, and not always there.
James Stewart
(as Macaulay Connor)
Katharine Hepburn
(as Tracy Lord)
Margaret Lord:
We both might face the facts that neither of us has proved to be a very great success as a wife.
Tracy Lord: We just picked the wrong first husband.
Tracy Lord: We just picked the wrong first husband.
Ruth Hussey
(as Elizabeth Imbrie)
Macaulay Connor:
[after Tracy has declined his last-minute marriage proposal] But they're in there! They're waiting!
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: Don't get too conventional all at once, will you? There'll be a reaction.
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: Don't get too conventional all at once, will you? There'll be a reaction.
