Primrose Path (1940)
Miles Mander: Homer
Quotes
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Ellie May Adams : Don't you think maybe you drink too much, Pa?
Homer : It's only a substitute, Ellie May. A substitute for some dreams I once had. But they've all gone, whistling down the wind.
Ellie May Adams : I don't know what you mean, Pa.
Homer : You keep your dreams, Ellie May. After they've done, you've got nothing left. 'Cause if you let those go, you've got to invent new ones, and they're never as good as the old ones.
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Mamie Adams : Here you are, Homer. Take it and have a good time.
Homer : I'll take it. And I hope you enjoy my degradation.
Grandma : It's all right with me, Toots.
Mamie Adams : Now, Homer, don't get tight and fall in a ditch like you done the last time.
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Homer : "We live not as we wish to, but as we can." So sayeth my old friend Menander here.
Ellie May Adams : Who was it that said it?
Homer : Menander, darling. One of those old greek philosophers.
Ellie May Adams : Hmm. I wish I knowed more than I know.
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Homer : Oh, run away, dear. Run away before you get like the rest of us.
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Mamie Adams : Oh, my poor Homer, eyes are all red and watery.
Homer : My eyes are red with shame.
Mamie Adams : Why, Homer, you ain't done nothin' to be ashamed of.
