The Misfits (1961)

Thelma Ritter: Isabelle Steers

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• Isabelle Steers : The Leave It state. Ya got money you want to gamble? Leave it here. You got a wife you want to get ride of? Get rid of her here. Extra atom bomb you don't need? Blow it up here. Nobody's gonna mind in the slightest.

• Isabelle Steers : The slogan of Nevada is: Anything goes, but don't complain if it went.

• Isabelle Steers : I love Nevada. You know, they don't have regular meal times here. Never met so many people didn't own a watch! Might have two wives at the same time, but, no watch. Bless them all.

• Isabelle Steers : One thing about this town, it's always full of interesting strangers.

• Roslyn : Why can't I just say he wasn't there. He - I mean you could touch him, but he wasn't there.

  Isabelle Steers : Darling, girl, if that was grounds for divorce, there'd only be about 11 marriages left in the United States.

• Roslyn : You're a mechanic too?

  Isabelle Steers : Him? He's a cowboy!

  Gay : How'd you know?

  Isabelle Steers : I can smell, can't I.

  Gay : Hey, you can't smell cows on me.

  Isabelle Steers : I can smell the look on your face, cowboy. But, I love every miserable one of you. Of course, you're all good for nothin' as you well know.

• Roslyn : I can't memorize this. It's not the way it was.

  Isabelle Steers : Just say it. It doesn't have to be true. This isn't a quiz show, it's only a court.

• Isabelle Steers : Look, here girl, I think I better tell you somethin' about cowboys.

  Roslyn : You really worry about me, don't you.

  Isabelle Steers : Well, you're too believin'! Cowboys are the last real men left in the world and they're about as reliable as jackrabbits.

• [first lines] 

  Isabelle Steers : Young man, do you have the time? I got six clocks in the house and none of them work.

  Guido : Twenty after nine.

  Isabelle Steers : After? It's twenty after, dear. Dahlin'. Five minutes.

  Roslyn : What about you?

  Isabelle Steers : I'm all set, I just tyin' my sling. The lawyer said nine thirty sharp, dahlin'.

  Roslyn : Okay.

• Isabelle Steers : No, you're just a cowboy, darlin'. You fellas won't move unless its rainin' down your neck.

• Isabelle Steers : This'll be my 77th time I've witnessed for a divorce. Two 7s! That's lucky, darling!

  Roslyn : Oh, Is, I hope.

• Guido : Listen, now, if you're not going back East right away, I'd be glad to take you out and show you the country. Beautiful country around here, you know.

  Roslyn : Well, I don't know were I'll be, but, okay. Thanks, again.

  Isabelle Steers : My name is Isabelle Steers.

  Guido : Isabelle. Well, okay, you come along too.

  Isabelle Steers : That's a sweet afterthought. You Reno men!

• Roslyn : Who was he? Maybe they know him.

  Isabelle Steers : Darling, you can't go around lookin' for a man

  Gay : What'd - he take off?

  Isabelle Steers : No. Not exactly.

  [laughs] 

  Isabelle Steers : He just never came back.

• Isabelle Steers : Well, here's to Nevada - the 'leave it' state.