I was gonna take a PhD, but I ran out of money.
4 seconds sound clip from the Desk Set (1957) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:28:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I was beginning to think I'd misunderstood you.
- Come on.
- Uh, tell me, what training have you had for your job?
- Well, a college education, and after that a library course at Columbia.
- I was gonna take a PhD, but I ran out of money.
- Is this an interview? I mean, I would've had my hair done or something.
- No, no, no. Just getting the vital statistics.
- Down?
- Well, my parents were both teachers in the public school system, so we didn't have much money.
[...]
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Actors: Spencer Tracy (Richard Sumner), Katharine Hepburn (Bunny Watson), Gig Young (Mike Cutler), Joan Blondell (Peg Costello)
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