Mr. Grattan:
He's probably suffering untold tortures.
--Edward Everett Horton (as Mr. Grattan) in The Perfect Specimen
--Edward Everett Horton (as Mr. Grattan) in The Perfect Specimen
Mr. Witherspoon:
[to himself] Another Roosevelt? Oh, dear, dear.
--Edward Everett Horton (as Mr. Witherspoon) in Arsenic and Old Lace
--Edward Everett Horton (as Mr. Witherspoon) in Arsenic and Old Lace
Peyton Potter:
I am a businessman. I go in for no foolishness. I'm entirely business.
--Edward Everett Horton (as Peyton Potter) in The Gang's All Here
--Edward Everett Horton (as Peyton Potter) in The Gang's All Here
The Chief:
[to Bob Weston] Thank you from the heart for living down to my expectations.
--Edward Everett Horton (as ) in Sex and the Single Girl
--Edward Everett Horton (as ) in Sex and the Single Girl
Mrs. Peyton Potter:
Well old swoopy, swapping swoops at your age what have you got to say about that?
Peyton Potter: I told you darling we were simply discussing investments.
--Edward Everett Horton (as Peyton Potter) in The Gang's All Here
Peyton Potter: I told you darling we were simply discussing investments.
--Edward Everett Horton (as Peyton Potter) in The Gang's All Here
Jim 'Jimbo' Craig:
Why do so many marriages fail?
Fred Stonebraker: Because women are such lying, scheming, deceitful, mercenary hellcats?
--Edward Everett Horton (as ) in Weekend for Three
Fred Stonebraker: Because women are such lying, scheming, deceitful, mercenary hellcats?
--Edward Everett Horton (as ) in Weekend for Three
Mrs. Sally Ross:
[reading the label] Not more than 40 percent alcohol... um hmm... I thought so.
Billy Ross: Why the idea! 40. Well, that's probably to keep the iron from rusting.
--Edward Everett Horton (as ) in Smart Woman
Billy Ross: Why the idea! 40. Well, that's probably to keep the iron from rusting.
--Edward Everett Horton (as ) in Smart Woman
Jerry Travers:
[realising why Dale has been behaving so peculiarly] She's been mistaking me for you this whole time.
Madge Hardwick: Well, no wonder she said he was interesting.
Horace Hardwick: Yes, no wonder... I resent that!
--Edward Everett Horton (as Horace Hardwick) in Top Hat
Madge Hardwick: Well, no wonder she said he was interesting.
Horace Hardwick: Yes, no wonder... I resent that!
--Edward Everett Horton (as Horace Hardwick) in Top Hat
Cab Driver:
I knew this would end up in the nuthouse.
Mr. Witherspoon: [offended] We like to think of it as a rest home!
--Edward Everett Horton (as Mr. Witherspoon) in Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon: [offended] We like to think of it as a rest home!
--Edward Everett Horton (as Mr. Witherspoon) in Arsenic and Old Lace
Egbert Fitzgerald: It's no crime to be married. It just shows a weakness on the part of men that women take advantage of.
--Edward Everett Horton (as Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald) in The Gay Divorcee
--Edward Everett Horton (as Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald) in The Gay Divorcee
