Not as a Stranger (1955)
Charles Bickford: Dr. David Runkleman
Quotes
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Dr. Dave W. Runkleman : [Meeting Al for the first time] I was told you'd have a Cadillac.
Alfred Boone : [Wryly] It's just a front. The Cadillac has me.
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Dr. Dave W. Runkleman : Naked ye come into the world, and naked ye shall leave it. You're a country doctor now.
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Dr. Dave W. Runkleman : Look, when they come in and they've got a pain, treat it. When they come in and they only think they've got a pain, treat the pain they think they've got. You can't practice medicine; you have to treat people.
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Dr. Dave W. Runkleman : Your patients buy "Reader's Digest" and the first thing you know they have diseases you never heard of.
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Ed - 67 Year Old Patient : Dave, have l got what l think l have? Now don't kid me!
Dr. Dave W. Runkleman : Yes, Ed.
Ed - 67 Year Old Patient : Will it hurt?
Lucas Marsh : We can take care of that.
Ed - 67 Year Old Patient : Just like that, eh?
Dr. Dave W. Runkleman : You're sixty-seven years old, Ed. You've lived it up like an international playboy.
Ed - 67 Year Old Patient : Takes one to know one, Dave. No regrets!
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Lucas Marsh : Well, you're gonna have to quit.
Dr. Dave W. Runkleman : Look, l've already got old man's kidneys and trouble in the prostate. lt's not going to be so much fun from now on, anyway.
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Kristina Hedvigson : l wish she didn' t look so beautiful in that dress.
Dr. Dave W. Runkleman : lf l spent that much time and money, l'd look beautiful myself.