Here are a few of our favorite movie quotes from The Philadelphia Story.
Tracy Lord (
Katharine Hepburn
):
"I'm going crazy. I'm standing here, solidly on my own two hands and going crazy."
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Tracy Lord (
Katharine Hepburn
):
"What's the matter with everyone all at once anyhow?"
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Tracy Lord (
Katharine Hepburn
):
"The time to make up your mind about people is … never."
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C.K. Dexter-Haven (
Cary Grant
):
"That's the old redhead. No bitterness, no recriminations. Just a good swift left to the jaw."
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Maccauley Connor (
James Stewart
):
"You are the darnedest girl."
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C.K. Dexter-Haven (
Cary Grant
):
"There are more of you than people realize. A special class of the American female … the married maiden."
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Maccauley Connor (
James Stewart
):
"C.K. Dexter Haven. C.K. Dexter Haven. C.K. Dexter Haven!"
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Seth Lord (
John Halliday
):
"You have everything it takes to make a lovely woman except for one essential. An understanding heart. And without that you might just as well be made of bronze."
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Maccauley Connor (
James Stewart
):
"With the rich and mighty always a little patience."
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C.K. Dexter-Haven (
Cary Grant
):
"You'll never be a first class human being or even a first class woman until you learn to have some regard for human frailty."
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