Nick: Hey look, mister. We serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint "atmosphere". Is that clear, or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer?
George Bailey: [intervening] Nick, hold on. Just give him the same as mine. He's no trouble.
Nick: Okay.
[Nick walks away to tend to the bar]
George Bailey: [to Clarence] What's the matter with him? I never saw Nick act like that before.
Clarence: You'll see a lot of strange things from now on.


--Henry Travers (as Clarence) in It's a Wonderful Life

Baron Cesarea: [Corrado is driving the car at full speed] Apparently, my reward for a misspent life is not to be a peaceful death in bed!


--Henry Travers (as Baron Cesarea) in Death Takes a Holiday

Baron Cesarea: I think you're all wrong to be afraid. I talked to him about dying, and he said "Has it ever occurred to you that Death may be simpler than Life and infinitely more kind?"
Duke Lambert: He said that?
Baron Cesarea: Yes... and when he spoke, I had a curious feeling that somehow he knew.


--Henry Travers (as Baron Cesarea) in Death Takes a Holiday

Clarence: [In book inscription] Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends.


--Henry Travers (as Clarence) in It's a Wonderful Life

Clarence: Clarence Oddbody, AS2.
George Bailey: Oddbody... Hey, what's an AS2?
Clarence: Angel, Second Class.
[the bridgekeeper, overhearing it, falls backwards in his chair]


--Henry Travers (as Clarence) in It's a Wonderful Life

Clarence: Ohh, there must be some easier way for me to get my wings.


--Henry Travers (as Clarence) in It's a Wonderful Life

Clarence: Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?


--Henry Travers (as Clarence) in It's a Wonderful Life

Clarence: You see George, you've really had a wonderful life. Don't you see what a mistake it would be to just throw it away?


--Henry Travers (as Clarence) in It's a Wonderful Life

Clarence: You've been given a great gift, George: A chance to see what the world would be like without you.


--Henry Travers (as Clarence) in It's a Wonderful Life

Gramp: The world would be a lot better off if there was no people in it.


--Henry Travers (as ) in Primrose Path