Best movie quotes of 1951

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Hubie: Bert, an average mouse eats 12 pounds of cheese in a lifetime. I figure tonight we've lived 2000 years.

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Dr. Viet: White people shouldn't live too long in the jungle. Brings out their bad side, their jealousies and impatience.

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Iris Martin: I always treat men with respect so they do the same to me.
Slim Haskins: Let me know when that works.

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Charley: A salesman is somebody way up there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine.

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Bud Alexander: I'll have the lambchop luncheon.
Lou Francis: Um, I know what I want. Spaghetti.
Tommy Nelson: And a steak.
Waiter: [to Lou.] What do you want?
Lou Francis: Spaghetti.
Tommy Nelson: And a steak.
Waiter: [to Lou.] You said you knew what you wanted. Do you want spaghetti or steak.
Lou Francis: I'll have a spaghetti.
[Then Lou immediately raises his hand to signal Tommy not to speak.]
Lou Francis: [to the waiter.] And a steak.

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Monica Teasdale: I would have stopped working a long time ago if I could have figured out what to do with myself.

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Emperor Nero: Is it possible that human beings can produce such a sound?
Petronius: Yes, when they've been pushed too far.

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Bill Porter: Wives, dogs, and chestnut trees - the more you beat 'em the better they be.

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Neighbor: Ah, Holland, heh heh, the man of millions! What'd you get away with today? Got any spare ingots for an old pal? Ha ha, you'll be the death of me, Holland.
Henry Holland: I sincerely trust so.

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Field Marshal Keitel: Have you any better suggestions?
Field Marshal Gerd von Runstedt: Yes, one very much better. Make peace, you idiot.

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Dr. Emery Bronson: If our calculations prove to be correct, this will be the most frightening discovery of all time.

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