Dick Powell: 13 Movie Quotes with Audio

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1 How many contests have you lost? -Never mind. But every time I've lost one, I've doubled my chances on the next. It's what you call the law of averages.

Linda Darnell as Betty; Dick Powell as Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

2 Well it's as clear as crystal. It isn't the coffee, it's the bunk. If you don't sleep at night it isn't the coffee that keeps you awake, it's the bunk.

As Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

3 That Viennese doctor in the Sunday paper, he said that old idea's just a superstition. Instead of keeping you awake, coffee makes you sleep.

As Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

4 Now that's simple enough, isn't it? Coffee makes you sleep! -It doesn't make me sleep. -Well, he says it makes you sleep. He's a Viennese doctor.

As Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

5 I tell you it's a new scientific theory. People only think coffee keeps them awake. Those kind of people are nervous wreck and couldn't sleep anyway.

As Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

6 The dream of her life is a davenport that turns into a double bed at night with a crank.

As Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

7 Boys and girls, there comes a time in everybody's life when you just gotta' climb up on your desk and let her rip. Yippee!

As Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

8 But here's a ring of more practical dimensions. Fiery little devil isn't it? -Does a magnifying glass come with it?

As Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

9 Well, happy New Year. -Oh, it will be a happy New Year too darling, from now on. Everything new and clean and different.

Linda Darnell as Betty; Dick Powell as Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

10 If my ideas were good this afternoon, then they're still good, aren't they? I mean they'd have to be, they're still the same ideas. -Well, of course they are -Of course they are.

As Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)