Macaulay Connor: [to the butler] The Queen will have bread and honey at the usual time.


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: C.K. Dexter Haven, what kind of a name is that?
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: Macaulay Connor is no homespun tag, my pet.
Macaulay Connor: Yeah, well you just try calling him Macaulay.


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whiskey. Whiskey is a slap on the back, and champagne's heavy mist before my eyes.


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: I don't think you're being fair to me, Mr. Kidd.
Sidney Kidd: No?
Macaulay Connor: No. You're treating me like you treat all your other writers.


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: I would sell my grandmother for a drink - and you know how I love my grandmother.


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: I'm testing the air. I like it but it doesn't like me.


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: Look, who's doing the interviewing here?
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: Do you think she caught on somehow?
Macaulay Connor: No, she was born like that, don't let her throw you.
Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: Do you want to take over?
Macaulay Connor: I want to go home!


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: Tell four footmen to call me in time for lunch will you?


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: The prettiest sight in this fine pretty world is the privileged class enjoying its privileges.


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story

Macaulay Connor: You've got all the arrogance of your class, haven't you?
Tracy Lord: What have classes to do with it? What do they matter except for the people in them? George comes from the so-called lower class, Dexter, the upper. Well?
Macaulay Connor: Well...
Tracy Lord: Mac the night watchman is a prince among men, Uncle Willie is a... pincher. Upper and lower my eye. I'll take the lower, thanks.
Macaulay Connor: If you can't get a drawing room.
Tracy Lord: What does that mean?
Macaulay Connor: My mistake.
Tracy Lord: Decidedly. You're insulting!
Macaulay Connor: Sorry.
Tracy Lord: Oh, don't apologize!
Macaulay Connor: Well, who's apologizing?
Tracy Lord: I never knew such a man.
Macaulay Connor: You wouldn't be likely to, from where you sit!
Tracy Lord: Talk about arrogance.
Macaulay Connor: Tracy.
Tracy Lord: What do you want?
Macaulay Connor: [pause] You're wonderful.


--James Stewart (as Macaulay Connor) in The Philadelphia Story