You know, I sometimes wonder if we're half the men our mothers hoped we'd be.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Milky Way (1936) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:34:46 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- My apologies and my regrets, Miss Sullivan.
- Uh, uh... Just one thing before I go.
- If you think of me at all, try to remember me as as honest Gabby Sloan.
- You know, I sometimes wonder if we're half the men our mothers hoped we'd be.
- I'll bet your mother's a sweet little woman.
- Yeah. She's been having a little trouble with her kidneys lately. Hasn't she, sis?
- You know, that's uncanny. If I didn't know, I'd swear that that was my mother.
- Maybe it is your mother. It was here when we moved in.
- Maybe that's your father. He was here, too.
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