The Happiest Millionaire Quotes

Angie Duke: Cordy, you and I are going to elope!
Mrs. Duke: Over my dead body!
Angie Duke: Only if absolutely necessary, Mother.

Movie: The Happiest Millionaire
John Lawless: [singing] The night before I sailed away, they come from far and near. All me friends, and all me kin, to share a partin' tear. We knew we'd never meet again, and yet 'twas clear to see, I'd always be a part o' them, and them a part of me! I'll always be Irish, 'cause that's 'ow I begun! I'll always be Irish, I'll say that to any man! And when I'm an American, I'll be a good one too... I'll be truly as American as Irish stew!

Movie: The Happiest Millionaire
Miss Cordelia Biddle: [a waltz starts] Oh, it's a waltz. The waltz is for old people.
Angie Duke: Oh is it? [he pulls Cordy into the dance; they sweep elegantly across the floor and end up on the balcony]
Angie Duke: I don't think the waltz is for old people.
Miss Cordelia Biddle: I was just saying something somebody told me.

Movie: The Happiest Millionaire
Mrs. Cordelia Biddle: [coming into the hall and seeing Anthony on the floor after he's been knocked over by a maid fleeing from the alligators] Anthony, what are you doing down there?
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle: The girl's crazy! The stuff she uses to color her hair, must have gone to her brain!

Movie: The Happiest Millionaire