Quotes from Edward Everett Horton movies and TV shows

Horace Hardwick: Mr. Travers is in trouble. He has practically put his foot right into a hornets' nest.
Bates: But hornets' nests grow on trees, sir.
Horace Hardwick: Never mind that. We have got to do something.
Bates: What about rubbing it with butter, sir?
Horace Hardwick: You blasted fool, you can't rub a girl with butter.
Bates: My sister got into a hornets' nest and we rubbed HER with butter, sir.
Horace Hardwick: That's the wrong treatment, you should've used mud - Never mind that.

Horace Hardwick: You mean to sit there and tell me that that girl slapped your face in front of all those people for nothing?
Jerry Travers: Well, what would you have done? Sold tickets?

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