Wise Girl (1937)

Henry Stephenson: Mr. Fletcher

Quotes 

• Mr. Simon Fletcher : You know my mental mastodons of the law: Barton, Barton, and a son of a Barton.

• Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : I'm going down to Greenwich Village and get those children somehow.

  Mr. Simon Fletcher : But you can't handle this man! Why, he's an artist; he's lived abroad, in Paris, on the Left Bank. You know the kind of thing that goes on on the Left Bank! You haven't had enough experience!

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : You forget I was a senior at Vassar.

• Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Maybe you've all given up; but, I haven't.

  Mr. Simon Fletcher : And what do you suggest?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : A woman. Someone who's clever enough and attractive enough.

  Mr. Simon Fletcher : Where are you going to find someone like that?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Aren't you overlooking me?

• Mr. Simon Fletcher : Susan, what are you going to do?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Well, I don't know until I get down there and see what it's all about.

  Mr. Simon Fletcher : Well, whatever you're going to do, I forbid it.

• Mr. Simon Fletcher : And what do you suggest?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : A woman. Someone who is clever enough and attractive.

  Mr. Simon Fletcher : Where are you gonna find someone like that?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Aren't you overlooking me?

  Detective : You know, I think she's got something there.

  Detective : Yes, I noticed you noticing it.