Sharon Bailey: Of course, it's only gossip... rumor. My mother said that nobody really knows.
Mary Hagen: Knows what?
Sharon Bailey: Who you are.
Mary Hagen: Who I am? I'm me, of course. Mary Hagen.
Sharon Bailey: That's just it. Are you Mary Hagen, or are you...?
Mary Hagen: What are you talking about?


--Shirley Temple (as ) in That Hagen Girl

Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer: Now, Maggie, hold your horses!
Margaret O'Hara: Don't ever mention horses to me again!
Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer: If you'll only listen, I'll explain. An emergency call. Woolf signed with another stable. Ted was obligated to save the situation.
Margaret O'Hara: Why Ted? There are jockeys to be had for the asking.
Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer: None of them who know the Biscuit as well as Ted. And Maggie, darling, I had the devil's own time convincing him. But I finally persuaded him that you would see things in the proper light.
Margaret O'Hara: Oh, I should never have trusted him alone with you. You're a deceitful old man. And tell me this, Shawn O'Hara: Why should I see it in what you're pleased to call the "proper light"?
Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer: Because as promised, it would have led to the lad's ruination. He was losing respect for himself. And before long, he would have lost respect for you as well. Now, go to him and tell him that you're as happy as a lark that he's riding the Biscuit in the handicap.
Margaret O'Hara: I can't do that. You ought to understand. You know how I feel.
Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer: I understand this, Margaret, that you're lacking in courage.
Margaret O'Hara: That's not fair.
Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer: Margaret, you've been running and running away from your problem instead of turning around and facing it squarely. Ted's going to ride in the big race. And I want you to want him to ride. It's the only thing that'll cure you.
Margaret O'Hara: Since when did your great knowledge of horseflesh extend itself to women? You-you two-faced old meddler!


--Shirley Temple (as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles) in The Story of Seabiscuit

Jimmy Dolan: My goodness, she sneezed! Get a doctor, quick! Maybe we should put her to bed. Maybe we should...
Barbara Barry: Why don't you just say saluti?
Jimmy Dolan: Huh?
Jerry Dolan: How about gesundheit?
Barbara Barry: Danke schön!


--Shirley Temple (as Barbara Barry) in Poor Little Rich Girl

Jimmy Dolan: Now, listen, sweetheart, remember, you're Bonnie Dolan, the radio star. Don't use your real name around here. Don't even think about it. Just forget that you're Betsy Weir.
Barbara Barry: Are we playing a game?
Jimmy Dolan: That's right. Will you play along with us?
Barbara Barry: I like games.
Jerry Dolan: Now, don't forget, Betsy.
Barbara Barry: The name's Bonnie Dolan.


--Shirley Temple (as Barbara Barry) in Poor Little Rich Girl

Felix Evans: Hello, my boy. Where are you staying?
Jerry Day: Oh, uh, I hadn't decided yet. I'll look you up at the bank tomorrow.
Felix Evans: At the bank. Well, goodbye, Penny.
Penelope Day: Goodbye, Uncle Felix.
Toni Carstairs Day: And who's Uncle Felix?
Penelope Day: He's a good friend of ours. We like him. He bought one of Daddy's goldmines.


--Shirley Temple (as Penelope 'Penny' Day) in Now and Forever

Rolfe Brent: Hello, Molly.
Molly Middleton: Hello.
[Rolfe reaches to down to pick up Molly, but she backs away from him]
Rolfe Brent: Well, what's wrong?
Molly Middleton: I don't like to be picked up. Except by my daddy.
Rolfe Brent: Well, he's not here just now, Molly. Won't you let me do it?
Molly Middleton: You don't know how a daddy does.
Rolfe Brent: I could learn.
Molly Middleton: It's very hard to learn, sir.
Rolfe Brent: Let's have a trial. Let's pretend I'm the daddy and you're the little girl.
Molly Middleton: But I *am* the little girl!


--Shirley Temple (as ) in Our Little Girl

Rolfe Brent: Look here, why don't the two of you come and go riding with me sometime?
Dr. Donald Middleton: Thanks, Brent. Mrs. Middleton might. The only thing I ride is that old bus of mine. It bounces just as much, but it doesn't bite.
Rolfe Brent: How about you, Mrs. Middleton?
Elsa Middleton: Oh, I haven't ridden in years. I don't know if I could.
Rolfe Brent: Oh, of course you could. You used to be great.
Molly Middleton: Of course you could, Mommy. You just get on them and go.
Dr. Donald Middleton: But don't you let her take any of those jumps until she's all set.
Rolfe Brent: You can trust me, Doctor. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning, Mrs. Middleton, around ten o'clock?
Dr. Donald Middleton: She'll get a big kick out of it.
Molly Middleton: She doesn't want to get kicked, Daddy.


--Shirley Temple (as ) in Our Little Girl

Mrs. Denham: Do you know why you are here this time?
Elizabeth: Yes, Ma'am.
Mrs. Denham: Then tell me why.
Elizabeth: Don't *you* know?


--Shirley Temple (as Elizabeth Blair) in Curly Top

Mrs. Higgins: Child, you're absolutely uncontrollable.
Elizabeth: Yes, Ma'am!


--Shirley Temple (as Elizabeth Blair) in Curly Top

Mrs. Higgins: Under the circumstances, I have made every allowance for you, but when you bring animals into the dormitory, I must act.
Elizabeth: That's what my daddy and mommy used to do!
Mrs. Higgins: What?
Elizabeth: Act!


--Shirley Temple (as Elizabeth Blair) in Curly Top