Guys and Dolls
28 quotes
Biography
"No doll can take the place of aces back to back."
"Daddy! I got cider in my ear."
"Is it wrong to gamble or only to lose? I'd better come back for help when I'm broke."
"Among my people, being considered a chump is like losing your citizenship."
"You have wished yourself a Scarsdale Gallahad, a breakfast-eating, Brooks Brothers type. - "I'll Know""
"A one-woman mission for the personal salvation of me?"
"Luck be a lady tonight. Luck be a lady tonight. Luck, if you've ever been a lady to begin with, Luck be a lady tonight! - "Luck Be a Lady""
"A lady wouldn't leave her escort. It isn't fair, it isn't nice. A lady wouldn't wander all over the room and blow on some other guy's dice! - "Luck be a Lady Tonight""
"Obediah, that's my real name. I've never told that to anyone before."
"It's just so unusual for a successful sinner to be unhappy about sin."
"You must think I'm an awful prude, don't you?"
"If I were a bell I'd be ringing!"
"A guy without a doll? Well, if a guy does not have a doll, who would holler on him? A doll is a necessity!"
"Gettin' married ain't something you can just jump into like it was a kettle of fish! We ain't ready!"
"What do you mean? A marker isn't just a piece of paper that says, 'I.O.U. 1000 dollars signed Nathan Detroit.' It's like a pledge that a guy can't welch on it. It's like not saluting the flag! My marker's as good as gold, only Joey Biltmore don't think so!"
"I hope you get stabbed by a Studebaker!"
"Oh, I don't mind, Nathan, if you don't give me a present. It makes me feel like we were married."
"See? I told you reading don't make people go blind."
"In other words, just for waiting around for that plain little band of gold, a person can develop a cold. -"Adelaide's Lament""
"Wait until you fall in love with somebody you shouldn't! Wait till it happens to you!"
"Nicely-nicely, thank you. (whenever asked how he is)"
"I've got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere, and here's a guy that says that if the weathers' clear, can do...can do...this guy says the horse can do. If he says the horse can do...can do...can do. -Fugue for Tinhorns"
"When a bum buys wine like a bum can't afford, you can bet that that bum is under the thumb of some little broad - "The Guy's Only Doing It for Some Doll""
"I dreamed last night, I got on the boat to heaven, and by some chance I had brought my dice along. And there I stood and I hollered 'Someone fade me', but the passengers, they knew right from wrong. For the people all said: 'sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat. People all said sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat. And the devil will drag you under, by the sharp lapel of your checkered coat... Sit down, sit down, sit down,sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat. - "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat""
"When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky, you can bet that he's doing it for some doll.. -"Guys and Dolls""