The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 9

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Memorable quotes from the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives, with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson), Fredric March (Al Stephenson), Dana Andrews (Fred Derry)

4 more actors, Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson), Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry), Cathy O'Donnell (Wilma Cameron), Harold Russell (Homer Parrish)

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81 I don't understand it. A guy like that with all his money lying around and he can't get into it. What's the matter with him? -Oh, I guess he just isn't very bright.

— Marie Derry (Virginia Mayo)

82 I finished the dishes. -Why do you have to do that? Is this the maid's night out?

— Al Stephenson (Fredric March), Peggy Stephenson (Teresa Wright)

83 I just don't like to be accepting handouts when we're broke. - Well, if that's it, you better get used to it, because I don't see how we're gonna get much fun on your 32.50 a week.

— Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), Marie Derry (Virginia Mayo)

84 I saw them being tested. Some of them stood up to it and some didn't. But you got so you could tell which ones you could count on.

— Al Stephenson (Fredric March)

85 I spent a lot of time on my knees up there. -Praying? -Heh, yeah, that too.

— Fred Derry (Dana Andrews)

86 Look at my pants. -What about them? -Too big. Gives you an idea of what the war did to my waistline.
87 Oh, that's where I'm going now. Take a piano lesson. -Uh-huh. Take one for me.

— Al Stephenson (Fredric March), Homer Parrish (Harold Russell)

88 Our maid took a night out three years ago, we haven't seen her since. But everything's all right because I took a course in domestic science. Even bought a cook book.

— Peggy Stephenson (Teresa Wright)

89 So you're gonna break this marriage up. Have you decided yet how you're gonna do it? You gonna do it with an ax?

— Al Stephenson (Fredric March)

90 That's a good idea. You'll get a good job someplace else. There are drugstores everywhere.

— Marie Derry (Virginia Mayo)

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