Dames (1934)
Hugh Herbert: Ezra
Quotes
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Ezra Ounce : Are you a moral man, Mr. Hemingway?
Horace P. Hemingway : Well, I like to think so.
Ezra Ounce : Well, don't you know?
Horace P. Hemingway : Oh, yes, yes, I'm a moral man.
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Horace P. Hemingway : Mathilda and Barbara send their love to you.
Ezra Ounce : Barbara sends her love to me?
Horace P. Hemingway : Yes, Ezra.
Ezra Ounce : Why should she send her love to me? She's never seen me.
Horace P. Hemingway : Well, she's seen your picture.
Ezra Ounce : Well, then, maybe she's sending her love to my picture.
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Ezra Ounce : He told me the tire would run 10,000 miles. What happened? It only ran 9,998 miles. It's dishonest! False representation, that's what it is. I don't want a new tire. Sounds eccentric but I can afford to be eccentric. I've got $35 million. You haven't got $35 million. You can't afford to be eccentric. What are you shaking your head for?
Horace P. Hemingway : Because, I can't afford to be eccentric, Ezra
Ezra Ounce : That's what I said.
Horace P. Hemingway : Well, that's what I mean.
Ezra Ounce : Well, why didn't you say so?
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Ezra Ounce : New York City reeks with sin, especially the hotels. I wouldn't go near any of them.
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Ezra Ounce : If I find your moral life is nothing more than a snare and a delusion, I'll cut you off like a ripe banana.
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Ezra Ounce : Have you ever purposely sinned?
Horace P. Hemingway : No, not much, on purpose.
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Jimmy Higgens : I've got a musical show that's a honey. It's called "Sweet and Hot".
Ezra Ounce : Get out.
Jimmy Higgens : I got the show, you the dough.
Ezra Ounce : Get out!
Jimmy Higgens : Now wait a minute. You don't know me, I don't know you. You don't like me, I don't like you. But, this is strictly a business proposition - and you stand to make at least $25,000.
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Ezra Ounce : I shall take a second 10 million to form the O.F. for the E. of A.M.
Horace P. Hemingway : The what?
Ezra Ounce : The Ounce Foundation for the Elevation of American Morals.
Horace P. Hemingway : You can elevate a lot of morals for $10 million, Ezra.
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Ezra Ounce : Good night, Horace. Sleep well so your loins may be girded for the battle.
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Ezra Ounce : We all know what a task lies before us. You know what a task lies before you. You know, you know, and - you know.
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Ezra Ounce : The nut I refer to is going to be a hard nut to crack.
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Ezra Ounce : I've heard many a wind in many a pipe, but never a sound like that.
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Ezra Ounce : Bulger? Are your loins girded for the battle?
Bulger - Ounce's Bodyguard : The loins is ready to roar.
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[everyone has been hitting the Dr. Silver's Golden Elixir]
Ezra Ounce : Very beautiful.
Mathilda : Very, very beautiful.
Horace P. Hemingway : Oh, very, very, *very* beautiful.