Best comedy movie quotes of 1940

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The Philadelphia Story picture

George Kittredge: I'm going to build you an ivory tower with my own two hands.
Tracy Lord: Like fun you are.

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His Girl Friday picture

Hildy Johnson: Walter, you're wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way.

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Michael Shayne, Private Detective picture

Chief Painter: Well, it may be a case to you, but it's all goulash to me.

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The Great Dictator picture

Schultz: Strange, and I always thought of you as an Aryan.
A Jewish barber: I'm a vegetarian.

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Go West picture

S. Quentin Quale: There's only one law in the west: the law of blood and bullets. It's either shoot or be shot. What are we gonna do?
Joseph Panello: Sue 'em.

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The Mummy's Hand picture

Steve Banning: Those jackals are giving me goose pimples.
Babe Jenson: Aw they're giving me goose pimples on top of my goose pimples.

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The Shop Around the Corner picture

Alfred Kralik: There might be a lot we don't know about each other. You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Well I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik, because I know exactly what I'd find. Instead of a heart, a hand-bag. Instead of a soul, a suitcase. And instead of an intellect, a cigarette lighter... which doesn't work.

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Saps at Sea picture

Oliver Hardy: Where's the basement?
Desk Clerk: Downstairs.

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Busman's Honeymoon picture

Harriet Vane: May I ask what is your motive for liquidating this little animal?

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Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip picture

Pete: You know, I used to have a little cat once. And when it was left all alone, it'd cry... meeeeeeeeeoooooooowwwwwww.

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