Call Me Madam (1953)
Ethel Merman: Sally Adams
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Quotes
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Cosmo Constantine : You are the most American American I have ever met.
Sally Adams : That's the nicest thing anyone's ever told me.
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Sally Adams : Call Me Madam.
Pemberton Maxwell : Madam...
Sally Adams : When you call me madam, smile.
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Grand Duke : Tell me - How does this reception differ from your famous Washington parties?
Sally Adams : Well we have a good time!
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Sen. Charlie Gallagher : Uh, Sally, you wouldn't like me to make a little farewell speech tonight, would you?
Sally Adams : That's right, I wouldn't.
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August Tantinnin : And if I may be permitted an extremely unofficial remark, off the record, as you say, the American ambassador is very beautiful.
Prime Minister Sebastian : So beautiful.
Sally Adams : Well, thank you.
[aside]
Sally Adams : A good optometrist could clean up around here.
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Sally Adams : And just to make sure I haven't got a chance, they make me wear this.
[points to her skirt]
Sally Adams : I don't mind a "train," but they shouldn't have given me the Super Chief!
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General Cosmo Constantine : Oh, you are going to permit me to take you home?
Sally Adams : Sure, where do you live?
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Congressman : When will you arrive at your post?
Sally Adams : I'm not sure. Hey, boss, where the heck is Lichtenburg?
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Pemberton Maxwell : Anything else?
Sally Adams : Yes, Slither back to your desk and write "I will not be a tattletale" 500 times.
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Sally Adams : [On the phone with Pres. Truman] Hello?... Hello, Harry! How are ya?... How's Bess?... Good. And Margaret?... You mean to tell me that've got critics in Galesburg, Illinois?
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Sally Adams : I hear you were wonderful in the senate today, Charlie.
Sen. Charlie Gallagher : Why, I didn't speak today.
Sally Adams : Everybody loved it.
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Sally Adams : Look, with the possible exception of myself, nobody in this office is expected to act like a knucklehead.
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Sally Adams : And I want to tell you how happy I am to be in this Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg. I think one reason is it just so happens that one of my ancestors was Dutch. So you can understand how happy I am to be in the Grand Duchy and to meet all you grand Dutchmen.
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Cosmo Constantine : Borrowing money is not always difficult; but, uh, paying it back.
Sally Adams : Paying it back? Heh, heh, that is naïve.
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Cosmo Constantine : I would oppose an American loan.
Sally Adams : You're kidding.
Cosmo Constantine : No, excellency.
Sally Adams : Well, seems to me that's not a very friendly attitude.
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Sally Adams : A good optometrist could clean up around here.
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Sally Adams : You know what happened, Ken?
Kenneth Gibson : She's gonnna marry that guy.
Sally Adams : Me and my big mouth.
Kenneth Gibson : There's nothing I can do about it.