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Too bad you can't find time for a lot of nonsense like that. Maybe you'd stop being so desperate about making more money than you can use.

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10 seconds sound clip from the You Can't Take It with You (1939) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:42:20 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Stop worrying. What if all your deals fall through? Might be a lucky break for you.

- Are you crazy?

- Maybe I am. I was just like you once. But I quit because I wasn't having any fun.

- That was thirty-five years ago.

- Yeah. And you haven't done a thing since.

- Oh, yes, yes. I went to the zoo when I got the notion. Took up the harmonica again. Made a lot of friends. And even found time to notice when Spring came around.

- Yes, a fine country we'd have if we all spent our time at the zoo and played the harmonica. It's a lot of nonsense!

- Too bad you can't find time for a lot of nonsense like that. Maybe you'd stop being so desperate about making more money than you can use.

- You can't take it with you, so what good is it? From what I can see, there's only one thing you can take with you, and that's the love of your friends.

- Oh, why don't you go out and get a pulpit for yourself?

- I'm sorry.

- Which one of you is Vanderhof?

- Right here, sir.

- There he is, Mister. Five minutes.

- Thanks.

- Hello, Mr. Vanderhof. Remember me?

[...]

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Too bad you can't find time for a lot of nonsense like that. Maybe you'd stop being so desperate about making more money than you can use.
You Can't Take It with You (1939) Sound Clip

You Can't Take It with You (1939)Quotes from You Can't Take It with You (1939), Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1939, based on the Pulitzer Prize Play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

Actors: Fay Wray (Alice), Robert Cummings (Tony), Walter Connolly (Grandpa Vanderhof), Edward Arnold (Mr. Kirby), Lou Merrill (Kolenkhov), Sally Payne (Essie),

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