The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife (1947)

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Henry Brougham: Are you expecting a letter?
Dudley: Well, you never know. If I did get one, the stamp would certainly be worth saving.

Prof. Wutheridge: For some time now, every time I pass the cemetery, I feel as though I'm apartment hunting.

Dudley: Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

Dudley: I don't want to leave.
Julia Brougham: Why?
Dudley: There are few people who know the secret of making a heaven here on earth. You are one of those rare people.

Dudley: Supposing I told you I came from another planet. Would you believe me?
Prof. Wutheridge: I don't know.
Julia Brougham: I'd believe you, Dudley.
Dudley: And you'd be right, Julia, as always. We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.

Prof. Wutheridge: When you want to know about a woman, ask the old men. They know.

Sylvester: The main trouble is there are too many people who don't know where they're going and they want to get there too fast.

Continuity mistake: When Dudley drafts the sermon he says "you give me a tie, I give you a book." When the bishop reads the sermon he says "you give me a book, I give you a tie."

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