My Man Godfrey (1957)

Jeff Donnell: Molly

Quotes 

• Molly : Our turnover in butlers, dear, is so fast, why, I've known 'em to come through that door, pick up a tray, go through *that* door, get fired, and keep going right throught the front door. Time lapse two-and-a-half minutes.

  Godfrey : On one's first day, a word of encouragement is always welcome.

• Godfrey : I'm the new, uh...

  Molly : New butler, what else?

  Godfrey : Well, I could be the tax collector, or the milkman, or...

  Molly : Not in this house at this hour.

• Molly : He says an hour away from home is an hour added to his life.

• Godfrey : I got the impression last night that he was comparatively sane.

  Molly : He is. But they're gettin' him.

• Molly : Did you catch that? When you said, 'the one with the monkey?' Any normal person would have screamed and said, 'Monkey! What monkey!' Me, after fifteen years, I just nod and say yeah. Believe me, it frightens ya.

• Molly : The old one will get you groggy. The young ones always deliver the knockout blow.

• Molly : You're about to embark on somethin' you'll spend the rest of your life tryin' to forget.

• Molly : If you'd like to scream, go right ahead.

• Godfrey : Molly, I don't know any of them very well, but I do think that at least Miss Irene has what I would call a big heart.

  Molly : She's got a stray cat complex. No offense meant.

  Godfrey : Oh, that's all right. But have you ever thought how many stray cats there are in the world these days? And how impossible their lives would be if it weren't for a few stray cat collectors like this girl?

• Godfrey : Any, ah, any hints on how to handle her?

  Molly : There's nothing to it. If you can understand that girlie Aztec language she speaks.

• Molly : You don't feel as if your brain's been eaten away a little?

  Godfrey : So far I haven't noticed.

• Molly : That just goes to prove that old saying - If you can't get affection at home, you may have to go shopping for it.

• Godfrey : How much money have you put in the bank since you started with the Bullocks?

  Molly : Not one red cent.

  Godfrey : How, Molly?

  Molly : I don't trust banks.

  [laughs] 

• Godfrey : One day, I'm going to have to make an honest woman out of you.

  Molly : Well, by that I hope you don't only mean you'll cure my stealing.

• Molly : I see Cinderella's stepsister's up and prowling.

• Godfrey : You and I could live for about three months on what a silly little thing like this would cost.

  Molly : Together?

  Godfrey : Oh, I couldn't afford you, Molly.

• Irene : What does the man want out of life?

  Molly : He told me once.

  Irene : What?

  Molly : Peace, and quiet.

• Molly : Upstairs, he's yours. Downstairs, he's mine.

• Godfrey : [drunk]  I should be diluted. Deleted.

  Molly : You should be de-loaded.

• Angelica : No need to suspect Molly. She's been with us forever.

  Molly : No, ma'am. It just seems that way sometimes.