Room for One More (1952)

Cary Grant: George Rose

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Quotes 

• George 'Poppy' Rose : [talking to summer school teacher]  Sister, if it had been me, I'd have bitten *both* your ankles!

• Anna Perrott Rose : What's that supposed to be?

  George 'Poppy' Rose : A woman.

  Anna Perrott Rose : Not a very good likeness...

  George 'Poppy' Rose : I had to draw it from memory.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : [after Teeny says a short prayer]  Why don't you just say "On your mark, get set, go?"

• George 'Poppy' Rose : [Trying to get past a boy and Jane eating donuts on a crowded staircase]  I hate to come between you and the donuts, but that's life.

• Anna Perrott Rose : Sir, are you married?

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Sometimes I wonder.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : [to the dog after the kids give an anonymous vote]  It was anonymous eh? Who did you vote for?

• George 'Poppy' Rose : [after Jimmy-John asks if he can ask the other kids if he can stay]  I hope you've got a good lawyer.

• Anna Perrott Rose : This child has been through a lot. She's a disturbed adolescent.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : I'm a disturbed adult.

• [repeated line] 

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Bon soir!

• George 'Poppy' Rose : [as raft self inflates under his desk and he's trying to hold it down]  I'm holding down more than I can handle as it is.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : [going after Jimmy John on his pre-dawn merit badge hike]  I've never got a badge for anything in my life in the middle of the night!

• Jimmy : Can I get my bike before he breaks my chain? OWWAH!

  [Dad drops Jimmy John's leg brace on Jimmy shins & feet] 

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Heavy, Isn't It. Give it to your mother.

  [when his parents asked who was taking Jimmy for a ride with his family and friends, Timmy canceled the ride. Dad dropped the brace in a most passive-aggressive way] 

• Mr. Taylor : Mr. Rose, is there anything wrong with your wife?

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Naturally.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : You'll have to control these generous impulses of your's.

  [Anna kisses Poppy on the cheek] 

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Well, not all of them.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : Well, dinner's over. The brandy and cigars come later. All right, everybody in the kitchen. Help the butler with the dishes.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : Remember, Harry, the women of this world are always trusting, noble and unselfish. Here's to not being one of them.

• Anna Perrott Rose : Will you please go to bed. Go on. This is woman's work.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : In this house, woman's work is never done - not even started.

• George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie : [singing]  Row, Row, Row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Life is but a dream

  George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie , Anna Perrott Rose : Row, Row, Row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Life is but a dream

  George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie , Anna Perrott Rose , Jane Miller : Come, Come, Come along, Join us in the boat, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Down the stream we float

  George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie , Anna Perrott Rose , Jane Miller , Tim : Come, Come, Come along, Join us in the boat, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Down the stream we float

  George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie , Anna Perrott Rose , Jane Miller , Tim , Trot : Fun, Fun, Fun for all, When we sing a song, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, As we row along...

• George 'Poppy' Rose : No fuss no muss. If Jane can keep that up and handles the kids like that on the beach, you and I can have a second honeymoon.

• Anna Perrott Rose : You're a good kid, Poppy.

  [kiss] 

  Anna Perrott Rose : I think I'll adopt you.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Let's keep this on a husband and wife level.

  [squeezes Anna] 

  Anna Perrott Rose : Please, I've got to do the dishes.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Always got to do something. Do the dishes. Feed the cat. Feed the dog. Feed the children. Did it ever occur to you that I might need...

  [Anna sticks the sponge in George's mouth, he removes it] 

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Man does not live by bread alone.

  [kiss] 

  Anna Perrott Rose : Oh! I think I better go and see what the children are doing.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : How did we ever have 'em in the first place?

• George 'Poppy' Rose : There might be something wrong with that what's-his-name? Jimmy-John.

  Anna Perrott Rose : I've got a hunch the boy's all right.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : You had a hunch our old cat was a male.

• Jimmy : What I've been trying to find out is how babies get born.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Oh, this is an advanced class, huh? Well, you know how chickens and birds lay eggs?

  Jimmy : No.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Well, they lay them in a nest and they keep them warm with their feathers until the babies peck open the eggshells and hop out.

  Jimmy : I didn't hop out of no eggshell.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Well, of course not. It wouldn't work with people. Now, what would happen if people sat down on their eggs and tried to keep them warm enough to hatch?

  Jimmy : They'd bust.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Certainly.

  Jimmy : And besides, who's got feathers?

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Well, no one in our set. So, instead, women keep a nest inside of them where the eggs are warm and safe. Then when the babies old enough, he's born readymade.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : Didn't you break Tim's bicycle? Didn't you hit Trot in the eye? Didn't they catch you playing peeping Tom?

• George 'Poppy' Rose : That's a pretty dress you've got on.

  Anna Perrott Rose : Oh, shut up.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : That's what I say.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : Alone at last. The last Boy Scout and the last donut have vanished into the night.

• Anna Perrott Rose : Wasn't it nice of the Roberts to invite the children to spend the night. It will seem so lonely without them. I won't know what to do with myself.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : I will.