Jack Lemmon: 47 Movie Quotes with Audio

Movie quotes delivered by Jack Lemmon, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 How many nurses do you see? -Two... Can we afford 'em?

As Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

2 You'll be careful, won't you, Doc? -I'd better be because I'm on parole.

As Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

3 Shouldn't handicapped have two p's? -Two p's? I typed it myself, trying to save a little money. After all, it's a nonprofit organization.

Walter Matthau as Whiplash Willie Gingrich; Jack Lemmon as Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

4 I'm calling the Sheriff a hyena. What do you like with it? Vile, corrupt, unscrupulous, depraved? -Yeah. And in that order.

Walter Matthau as Walter Burns; Jack Lemmon as Hildy Johnson in The Front Page (1974)

5 Look at that! I'm not even pretty. -They don't care, just so long as you're wearing a skirt. It's like waving a red flag in front of a bull.

Tony Curtis as Joe; Jack Lemmon as Jerry in Some Like It Hot

6 And where did you get that phony accent? Nobody talks like that.

As Jerry in Some Like It Hot

7 Of all the miserable broads. I don't know what I ever saw in her in the first place. Cooks like a pig and smokes in bed!

As Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

8 And what are you doin' walkin' around? -Trying to get some circulation in my legs. Do you mind?

Walter Matthau as Whiplash Willie Gingrich; Jack Lemmon as Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

9 Funny thing about marriage. It's like being in the army. Everybody knocks it, but you'd be surprised how many guys reenlist.

As Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

10 And now, for the most death-defying feat ever attempted by a man who just got out of a wheelchair.

As Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)