The Best Man (1964)

Kevin McCarthy: Dick Jensen

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• William Russell : Anything more indecent than the human face when it smiles? All those predatory teeth reminding us of our animal descent.

  Dick Jensen : Steady. No mention of Darwin. Before the Garden of Eden was the Word.

• Dick Jensen : Bill, you may have to pull a Nixon.

  William Russell : What does pull a Nixon mean?

  Dick Jensen : Going on television. Weep on the nation's shoulder - with two cocker spaniels.

• William Russell : Those big words like "maniac" "mania" sound pretty scary to the average person.

  Dick Jensen : Anybody's case history sounds scary.

  William Russell : In the South, a candidate for sheriff once got elected by claiming his opponent's wife was a thespian.

• Dick Jensen : We've got a full schedule and are happy to announce we're only about an hour late for everything today.

• William Russell : This is a spontaneous demonstration.

  Dick Jensen : Carefully planned.

  William Russell : We expect about 22 minutes of spontaneity.

• Dick Jensen : [on the phone]  A little bird told you T.T. is going to be Vice President? We had sort of counted on you, Mrs. Gamadge. Why not? The hand that rocks the cradle and all that.

• William Russell : Well, well, there's our candidate.

  Dick Jensen : On the 50th ballot

  William Russell : Now, now, things don't look that black. T.T. come to see you?

  President Art Hockstader : Yes. We agreed that all colored people are highly musical with wonderful white teeth; but, are essentially children who never telephone when they are not coming to work.