Betty Field: Thelma
Quotes
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Thelma : The only nice thing you can say about men is they're all the same.
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Mr. Slotkin : It's strange. I was on the East Side this morning. I weighed myself and the card said, "Today you will meet a nice Jewish girl."
Thelma : My name is O'Monaghan.
Mr. Slotkin : In a delicatessen on Hester Street, if a card said, "Today you'll meet a nice Irish girl," how long do you think that scale would stay in business?
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Carol Corman : Oh! He gave me till sundown!
Thelma : Well, it's time to saddle up.
Carol Corman : "Get out by sundown!" Like I'm a cattle rustler!
Thelma : It's the range, honey. When they say, "Git!" you start ridin'.
Carol Corman : Just like that, huh?
Thelma : It's frontier justice.
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Muriel Laszlo : I'm up very late and it's nice to have company when you cry.
Thelma : Miss Laszlo watches all the old pictures and a lot of the actors have passed away.
Muriel Laszlo : I saw a marvelous comedy last night. The entire cast was dead.
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Muriel Laszlo : He's a lot like Harry. I can tell by that hurt look in his eyes. He must have tried with his wife - really tried.
Thelma : And now he's going to try with this Miss Corman. And if Miss Corman puts on a little too much weight, he'll take that hurt look to a more slender girl.
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Carol Corman : Last night, on that couch, I shed tears of pity.
Muriel Laszlo : I just don't understand? You slept on the couch and he...
Thelma : Jungle cunning.
Carol Corman : Right! He sacrificed one night. After that, would I ever dare *breathe* the word: marriage?
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Mr. Slotkin : Does it hurt there.
Thelma : Don't touch me. I know you men with the quick hands.
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Thelma : This is a revolution! They didn't say to King Louis the XVIth, "Sire, with your permission, we'd like to lop off your 'ead." No! It was woom!
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David Sloane : There are some skills you can't organize. You're not electricians or plumbers!
Thelma : Does a plumber get thrown out when he loses his figure?
David Sloane : Well, next time I see a plumber in Schrafft's having tea in a mink coat, I'll ask him.
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Thelma : When was the last time you saw a man walk into a nightclub with a mistress who was wearing surgical stockings?
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Thelma : You like to dance with us; but, once our ankles start to swell, it's change partners!
