Sometimes we stop and watch the birds when there ain't no birds, and look at the sunsets when it's raining. We have a swell time. And I always get a big tip.

— E. J. Lofgren (Wallace Ford)

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8 seconds sound clip from the Harvey (1950) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:37:57.080 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You could just as well have waited.

- Oh, no.

- Listen, lady, I've been driving this route for 15 years. I've brought them out here to get that stuff, and I've drove them home after they had it. It changes them.

- Well, I certainly hope so.

- You ain't kidding.

- On the way out here, they sit back and enjoy the ride, they talk to me. Sometimes we stop and watch the sunsets and look at the birds flying.

- Sometimes we stop and watch the birds when there ain't no birds, and look at the sunsets when it's raining. We have a swell time. And I always get a big tip.

- But afterwards, oh-oh.

- Afterwards, oh-oh? What do you mean, afterwards, oh-oh?

- They crab, crab, crab. They yell at me, Watch the lights! Watch the breaks! Watch the intersections! They scream at me to hurry. They got no faith in me and my buggy. Yet, it's the same cab, same driver, and we're going back over the very same road.

- It's no fun. And no tips.

- My brother would've tipped you anyway. He's very generous. He always has been.

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