Wise Girls (1929)

Elliott Nugent: Kempy

Quotes 

• Kempy : Not since...

  Ruth Bence : Since?

  Kempy : Well, since you polished my wrench and everything.

  Ruth Bence : Oh, Kempy.

• Kempy : You father didn't want to pay for the time for the plumbing and still he's left me standing here without showing me the work and I have to charge him for my time.

  Ruth Bence : How much?

  Kempy : Four dollars an hour.

  Ruth Bence : Oh! You make a lot, don't you.

• Kempy : I don't like the idea of my wife going on the stage and me doing her escort work.

  Kate Bence : It isn't necessary for you to like it.

• Dad : Why did you marry my daughter?

  Kempy : Well, sir, because I wanted her, ever since I read her book. And it says in it a girl always admires a man that gets what he wants. And I always try to make an effort to be that way.

• Kempy : Gee, she takes after her father.

• Kempy : I'll be back for my wife in the morning, Mr. Bonce. Or, whatever your name is.

  Dad : It's Bence! Doggone it, Bence!

• Ruth Bence : Now, I'll leave this door unlatched. And you come in *easy*, won't you?

  Kempy : Sure. Say, you're awfully good to me.

• Ruth Bence : You always get what you want.

  Kempy : Yeah. I'm beginning to wonder if that's a good thing?

• Kempy : If they think that she married the Duke, how will it prevent scandal for me to sleep with the dog?

• Kempy : You keep quiet. Now, I'm gonna take a husband's place here and you got to help me run this house and do a wife's work and get some sense!

• Kempy : I always thought a person would feel different after he was married.

  Ruth Bence : Well, don't you?

  Kempy : No. Only worse.

• Kempy : Oh my gosh, you want me?

  Kate Bence : Why not? A woman wants her husband.

• Kempy : Ruth, did you...?

  Ruth Bence : You don't mind do you?

  Kempy : Mind? Oh, say, that's wonderful! Nobody ever did anything like that for me before.

  Ruth Bence : Of course, I didn't know at the time that you were getting married to my sister.

  Kempy : Oh, yeah. Well, you see, I didn't know at the time that you felt that toward my wrench.

• Ruth Bence : It is kind of sad. Just think, here we all are suddenly finding ourselves mixed up with life.

  Kempy : Well, I'm mixed up, all right.

• Ruth Bence : Poor boy, you're so unhappy.

  Kempy : Oh, well, you're unhappy too, aren't you?

  Ruth Bence : Yes. Isn't is thrilling?

• Kempy : Oh, I'm afraid I'll have to use it, Ruth. I'll try not to get it dirty.