Since You Went Away Quotes
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: I know! Why don't we take somebody into the house? You know, a roomer!
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, well, if you're going to throw away aces, Jane, that's fine with me.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: But Mother, listen to me, why shouldn't we rent a room? There's such a terrible shortage.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Go away. Down with five.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: It's perfectly ridiculous, Brig. A stranger in our home. Where you get your ideas is beyond me.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Certainly it's ridiculous. It's communism, that's what it is!
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Oh, pooh! We could get an officer maybe. And it might be sort of like having Pop back.
Jane Deborah Hilton: An officer? You know, Mother, I think maybe she's right. I understand there's not a room to be had in town. It might be very patriotic of us to take an officer into our house.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Patriotism hasn't anything to do with it. You're just crazy about uniforms, that's all. Ha! Patriotic!
Jane Deborah Hilton: I think we should do everything we can for our soldiers. That's being patriotic, I -
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Brig, Jane, now that's enough. Do you want to finish this game, or don't you?
Jane Deborah Hilton: 102. It's a blitz.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Turn out the dining room lights, Brig.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Suppose Pop were looking for a room in some crowded city like this.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Hurry up, Jane, it can't be that hard to figure out.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: And suppose there were a nice family like ours that had three bedrooms
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, well, if you're going to throw away aces, Jane, that's fine with me.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: But Mother, listen to me, why shouldn't we rent a room? There's such a terrible shortage.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Go away. Down with five.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: It's perfectly ridiculous, Brig. A stranger in our home. Where you get your ideas is beyond me.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Certainly it's ridiculous. It's communism, that's what it is!
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Oh, pooh! We could get an officer maybe. And it might be sort of like having Pop back.
Jane Deborah Hilton: An officer? You know, Mother, I think maybe she's right. I understand there's not a room to be had in town. It might be very patriotic of us to take an officer into our house.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Patriotism hasn't anything to do with it. You're just crazy about uniforms, that's all. Ha! Patriotic!
Jane Deborah Hilton: I think we should do everything we can for our soldiers. That's being patriotic, I -
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Brig, Jane, now that's enough. Do you want to finish this game, or don't you?
Jane Deborah Hilton: 102. It's a blitz.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Turn out the dining room lights, Brig.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Suppose Pop were looking for a room in some crowded city like this.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Hurry up, Jane, it can't be that hard to figure out.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: And suppose there were a nice family like ours that had three bedrooms
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Jane Deborah Hilton: How are things out at the field?
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Oh, they're fine, thank you. How's everything with you?
Jane Deborah Hilton: Oh, just fine. I want to get a war job, but Mother won't let me.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Well, I think she's right. You ought to stay home -
Jane Deborah Hilton: No, it isn't that at all. Mother wants me to go to college.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Oh. Oh, gee. That would take four years, wouldn't it?
Jane Deborah Hilton: If I go.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: You don't want to go?
Jane Deborah Hilton: No, it's so silly. If I were three or four years older, I could be a Wave.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Or a Wac.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Or a nurse. That's what I'd rather be most. A nurse.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: That would be swell if I was wounded.
Jane Deborah Hilton: You shouldn't say such things.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Oh. I won't be wounded. I'll be killed.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Bill!
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Oh, Jane would you care?
Jane Deborah Hilton: Well, of course I'd care, silly.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Well, gee, that'd be fine.
Jane Deborah Hilton: What would be fine about it?
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Well, I thought that if - Well, what I mean is I would be glad if you were sorry
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Oh, they're fine, thank you. How's everything with you?
Jane Deborah Hilton: Oh, just fine. I want to get a war job, but Mother won't let me.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Well, I think she's right. You ought to stay home -
Jane Deborah Hilton: No, it isn't that at all. Mother wants me to go to college.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Oh. Oh, gee. That would take four years, wouldn't it?
Jane Deborah Hilton: If I go.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: You don't want to go?
Jane Deborah Hilton: No, it's so silly. If I were three or four years older, I could be a Wave.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Or a Wac.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Or a nurse. That's what I'd rather be most. A nurse.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: That would be swell if I was wounded.
Jane Deborah Hilton: You shouldn't say such things.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Oh. I won't be wounded. I'll be killed.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Bill!
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Oh, Jane would you care?
Jane Deborah Hilton: Well, of course I'd care, silly.
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Well, gee, that'd be fine.
Jane Deborah Hilton: What would be fine about it?
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II: Well, I thought that if - Well, what I mean is I would be glad if you were sorry
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Lieutenant Tony Willett: [sirens wailing] Uh-oh. Yep. It's one of them all right.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: What have we been doing? You weren't speeding.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Have things changed around here? Do you have to be doing something now before you get a ticket?
Police Officer: Where do you think you're going?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: I wish I knew. What's your guess? Gibralter? New Guinea? Kiska?
Police Officer: You stationed around here?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Well, yes and no. Look officer, I don't want to be rude, but we're not in a particularly chatty frame of mind. So, would you mind filling out one of those pretty little slips and getting it over with?
Police Officer: You weren't doing anything.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: I wasn't?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, what's all this about?
Police Officer: Oh, it's just that it gets so lonely along this road since gas rationing. And say, ain't it a beautiful night?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, I hadn't noticed it before, but now that you mention it, officer.
Police Officer: Well, guess I'd better be checking in. Nice to met up with you folks.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Good night.
Police Officer: Get one of them Japs for me!
Lieutenant Tony Willett: If I lay my hands on one, I'll give him a ticket!
Mrs. Anne Hilton: What have we been doing? You weren't speeding.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Have things changed around here? Do you have to be doing something now before you get a ticket?
Police Officer: Where do you think you're going?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: I wish I knew. What's your guess? Gibralter? New Guinea? Kiska?
Police Officer: You stationed around here?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Well, yes and no. Look officer, I don't want to be rude, but we're not in a particularly chatty frame of mind. So, would you mind filling out one of those pretty little slips and getting it over with?
Police Officer: You weren't doing anything.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: I wasn't?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, what's all this about?
Police Officer: Oh, it's just that it gets so lonely along this road since gas rationing. And say, ain't it a beautiful night?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, I hadn't noticed it before, but now that you mention it, officer.
Police Officer: Well, guess I'd better be checking in. Nice to met up with you folks.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Good night.
Police Officer: Get one of them Japs for me!
Lieutenant Tony Willett: If I lay my hands on one, I'll give him a ticket!
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Lieutenant Solomon: It's a wonderful party, Mrs. Hilton.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: It's Tony. He brings life to any party.
Lieutenant Solomon: Tony's doomed to go through life as everybody's darling.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Even to his men?
Lieutenant Solomon: Well, they don't think of him as darling, exactly. Hero worship's more like it. I'll bet he didn't tell you he's been recommended for the Navy Cross.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, really?
Lieutenant Solomon: Uh-huh. Oh, he'll make jokes about it, but he's very proud of it.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, where did - [Tony enters]
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, I want to talk to you, John Paul Jones.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: What have I done now?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: The Navy Cross - that's what you've done. [Tony glares at Lt. Solomon]
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Yes, he told me. Do they give you a ribbon?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Uh-huh.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well what does it look like? What are the colors?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: [pointing at a ribbon on Lt. Solomon's chest] As a matter of fact, it looks just like that.
Lieutenant Solomon: Aw, stop it, Tony. This is an old one. It's last year's model.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Listen, Anne, he'll joke about it, but he's really very proud of it.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, he said the same thing about you.
Lieutenant Solomon: If you people will excuse me now.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Oh, he did, did he?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: It's Tony. He brings life to any party.
Lieutenant Solomon: Tony's doomed to go through life as everybody's darling.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Even to his men?
Lieutenant Solomon: Well, they don't think of him as darling, exactly. Hero worship's more like it. I'll bet he didn't tell you he's been recommended for the Navy Cross.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, really?
Lieutenant Solomon: Uh-huh. Oh, he'll make jokes about it, but he's very proud of it.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, where did - [Tony enters]
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, I want to talk to you, John Paul Jones.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: What have I done now?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: The Navy Cross - that's what you've done. [Tony glares at Lt. Solomon]
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Yes, he told me. Do they give you a ribbon?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Uh-huh.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well what does it look like? What are the colors?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: [pointing at a ribbon on Lt. Solomon's chest] As a matter of fact, it looks just like that.
Lieutenant Solomon: Aw, stop it, Tony. This is an old one. It's last year's model.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Listen, Anne, he'll joke about it, but he's really very proud of it.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, he said the same thing about you.
Lieutenant Solomon: If you people will excuse me now.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Oh, he did, did he?
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Mrs. Anne Hilton: Jane, dear, come into the living room. I'd like to talk to you.
Jane Deborah Hilton: What's the matter, Mom?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, mayn't I talk to you if I want to?
Jane Deborah Hilton: Of course, but you sound so strange.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Do I? I'm sorry, I don't mean to.
Jane Deborah Hilton: What is it? Why couldn't Brig hear? Is that why you sent her - ? Not about... Pop.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No. Sit down, darling. Jane, dear, I'm terribly proud of the way you've grown up. I'm sorry Pop missed it.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Oh, is that all? That's sweet of you, Mother.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, dear, it isn't -
Jane Deborah Hilton: It's so wonderful being at the hospital. I wish you could come and visit.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I will.
Jane Deborah Hilton: But some of it's so sad. If you could see those boys. And they're so cheerful, most of them.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I know. They have such courage. I like to think that you have that kind of courage, too, darling.
Jane Deborah Hilton: What are you trying to tell me?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: That when a man goes off to war, we have to be -
Jane Deborah Hilton: Bill!
Mrs. Anne Hilton: The telegram came just a few minutes ago. It was addressed to you, but I opened it.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Did it say he was missing, or what? I don't care if he's wounded, I don't care what's happened to him, if only -
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, dear, it said he... it said he died in action at Sa
Jane Deborah Hilton: What's the matter, Mom?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Well, mayn't I talk to you if I want to?
Jane Deborah Hilton: Of course, but you sound so strange.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Do I? I'm sorry, I don't mean to.
Jane Deborah Hilton: What is it? Why couldn't Brig hear? Is that why you sent her - ? Not about... Pop.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No. Sit down, darling. Jane, dear, I'm terribly proud of the way you've grown up. I'm sorry Pop missed it.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Oh, is that all? That's sweet of you, Mother.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, dear, it isn't -
Jane Deborah Hilton: It's so wonderful being at the hospital. I wish you could come and visit.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I will.
Jane Deborah Hilton: But some of it's so sad. If you could see those boys. And they're so cheerful, most of them.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I know. They have such courage. I like to think that you have that kind of courage, too, darling.
Jane Deborah Hilton: What are you trying to tell me?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: That when a man goes off to war, we have to be -
Jane Deborah Hilton: Bill!
Mrs. Anne Hilton: The telegram came just a few minutes ago. It was addressed to you, but I opened it.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Did it say he was missing, or what? I don't care if he's wounded, I don't care what's happened to him, if only -
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, dear, it said he... it said he died in action at Sa
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Mrs. Anne Hilton: By the way, how did you leave Jane?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: With the mumps, and with tears, I'm afraid. I haven't much tact, I guess. I didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I know. Poor dear. Then you are very attractive, Tony.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: A bone from Mrs. Hilton?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, I mean it. It won't be too easy for Jane, getting over it.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Nonsense. Older men. Every girl goes through it. Didn't you?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Still going through it.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Yeah. Older men named Hilton. Don't you ever worry about Jane.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I won't. As long as the older men are like you.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: You know something, Anne? I'm chump enough to go on living on your compliments for the next six months. Like a camel and water, you know? How long can they go?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I can't tell you. I never knew one.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: With the mumps, and with tears, I'm afraid. I haven't much tact, I guess. I didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I know. Poor dear. Then you are very attractive, Tony.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: A bone from Mrs. Hilton?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, I mean it. It won't be too easy for Jane, getting over it.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Nonsense. Older men. Every girl goes through it. Didn't you?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Still going through it.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Yeah. Older men named Hilton. Don't you ever worry about Jane.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I won't. As long as the older men are like you.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: You know something, Anne? I'm chump enough to go on living on your compliments for the next six months. Like a camel and water, you know? How long can they go?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I can't tell you. I never knew one.
Movie: Since You Went Away