- Members of the cabinet, we'll take up old business.
- I wish to discuss the tariff.
- Sit down, that's new business. No old business? Very well. Then we'll take up new business.
- About that tariff...
- Too late! That's old business already. Sit down.
— Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx)
13 seconds sound clip from the Duck Soup (1933) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:18:43.231 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Remember, this time I expect results. Goodbye and good luck.
- Goodbye.
- All right, the meeting's called to order.
- Your Excellency, here's the Treasury Department's report. I hope you'll find it clear.
- Members of the cabinet, we'll take up old business.
- I wish to discuss the tariff.
- Sit down, that's new business. No old business? Very well. Then we'll take up new business.
- Too late! That's old business already. Sit down.
- Gentlemen, as your Secretary of War, I...
- The Secretary of War is out of order! Which reminds me, so is the plumbing.
- Make a note of that. Never mind, I'll do it myself.
- The Department of Labor wishes to report that the workers of Freedonia are demanding shorter hours.
- Very well, we'll give them shorter hours. We'll start by cutting their lunch hour to 20 minutes.
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