No, me. I quit. I'm resigning. Effective immediately.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Front Page (1974) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:10:51 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You and me both, we're in this together.

- Now, what I want is about 1,200 words. You know, lots of atmosphere.

- With the cold, gray dawn, and a voice from the death house singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and the body twisting slowly, slowly in the wind. I don't have to tell you.

- Anything else?

- Yeah. We'll need some last words from Williams as he walks up those 13 steps. Something with a punch to it. If necessary make 'em up yourself.

- Last words? You want some last words? I'll give you some last words. I quit.

- A guy about to be hung? No. He wouldn't say that.

- No, me. I quit. I'm resigning. Effective immediately.

- Those bozos on the Tribune, right? They've been trying to steal you away from me for years. How much are they paying you?

- I'm not gonna work for the Tribune.

- Damn right. Nobody walks out on Walter Burns.

- Or any newspaper. I'm getting married.

- Getting married? What the hell for? You've already been married.

- Some marriage that was. I never even got to Niagara Falls 'cause you made me get off the train to cover the torch murder.

[...]

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