On an Island with You (1948)

Jimmy Durante: Buckley

Quotes 

• Buckley : [after finding the bandleader's missing chihuahua under his restaurant table]  You'd better get back to Mr. Cugat. You know, you could be mistaken for an hors d'ouvre!

• Buckley : If you want to dance with someone, why don't you ask Yvonne?

  Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : Because I want to dance with Miss Reynolds.

  Buckley : Why not, Yvonne? She's a wonderful Terpsichora and, besides, she's a wonderful dancer.

• Buckley : [singing]  Now I know darn well, I could do without Broadway, But can Broadway do without me?

  Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra : No! No!

  Buckley : Harold Square, Times Square, Columbus Circle, 96th - what happened? I must have passed my station!

• Buckley : Drink is the greatest recommence since women was invented.

• Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : Come now, Buckley, what have you got against women?

  Buckley : Their feminine sex. You can't trust 'em.

• Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : A toast to you cousin Buckley.

  Buckley : One for all!

  Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : All for one!

  Buckley : You for me!

  Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : Me for you!

  Buckley , Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : In-seperable!

  Buckley : Like ham and eggs.

  Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : Like brandy and soda.

• Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : Buckley, you and I've got a lot in common.

  Buckley : Yeah! We even look alike.

  Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee : Oh, now, wait a minute!

  Buckley : We both got classic profiles. Of course, your's is a little classier.

• Buckley : In show business you work whether you feel like it or not. Nobody cares about your personal troubles. Sure, there are times when you feel like cryin', you gotta laugh, and when you feel like laughin', you gotta cry. That's show business.

• Penelope Peabody : Dogs are much smarter than people. They sense things. They're more loyal too. You see, dogs love you when no one else loves you. They don't care if your rich or smart or pretty or anything.

  Buckley : Looks like I was designed for dogs.

• Buckley : A bow wow just for you.

  Penelope Peabody : Oh, he's beautiful. So diminutive..

  Buckley : He's small too.

• Buckley : Did you ever stop to think it puts 10 lines in your face when you frown, but, only 2 when you smile? Honey, when you run into trouble, there's only one thing you gotta do.

  [sings] 

  Buckley : You've got to start off each day with a song, Even when things go wrong...

• Buckley : Men are funny people, honey. Sometimes they want somethin' till they get it, then they don't want it anymore. The big heels!

• Buckley : [singing]  Now isn't better to go through life with a smile and a song, Than walkin' around with a face 11 miles long, Now you know that you can't go wrong, If you start off each day with a song. That's right, smile.

• Buckley : Life's too short for tease.