Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Quotes
Martha : Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don't worry about me.
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Honey : Oh, I don't know, a little brandy maybe. "Never mix, never worry!"
George : Martha? Rubbing alcohol for you?
Martha : Sure! "Never mix, never worry!"
George : Martha? Rubbing alcohol for you?
Martha : Sure! "Never mix, never worry!"
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[ Martha has changed into an embarrassingly tight and revealing outfit ]
George : Why Martha! Your Sunday chapel dress!
George : Why Martha! Your Sunday chapel dress!
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Martha : I hope that was an empty bottle, George! You can't afford to waste good liquor, not on YOUR salary!
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George : All I said was that our son, the apple of our three eyes, Martha being a cyclops, our son is a beanbag, and you get testy!
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Honey : They dance like they've danced before.
George : It's a familiar dance, monkey nipples, they both know it.
George : It's a familiar dance, monkey nipples, they both know it.
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Martha : You make me puke.
George : That wasn't a very nice thing to say, Martha.
George : That wasn't a very nice thing to say, Martha.
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George : Martha, in my mind you're buried in cement right up to the neck. No, up to the nose, it's much quieter.
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Nick : To you, everybody's a flop. Your husband's a flop, I'm a flop.
Martha : You're all flops. I am the Earth Mother, and you are all flops.
Martha : You're all flops. I am the Earth Mother, and you are all flops.
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Nick : I'm tired, I've been drinking since nine o'clock, my wife is vomiting, there's been a lot of screaming going on around here!
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George : So you get testy, naturally, don't worry about it! Anybody who comes here ends up getting testy, it's expected. Don't be upset.
Nick : I'm not upset.
George : You're testy.
Nick : Yes.
Nick : I'm not upset.
George : You're testy.
Nick : Yes.
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George : Martha is 108... years old. She weighs somewhat more than that.
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Nick : Who did the painting?
George : Some Greek with a moustache that Martha attacked one night.
George : Some Greek with a moustache that Martha attacked one night.
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George : Martha, will you show her where we keep the, uh, euphemism?
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Martha : I disgust me. You know, there's only been one man in my whole life who's ever made me happy. Do you know that? [ pause ]
Martha : George, my husband... George, who is out somewhere there in the dark, who is good to me - whom I revile, who can keep learning the games we play as quickly as I can change them. Who can make me happy and I do not wish to be happy. Yes, I do wish to be happy. George and Martha: Sad, sad, sad. Whom I will not forgive for having come to rest; for having seen me and having said: yes, this will do.
Martha : George, my husband... George, who is out somewhere there in the dark, who is good to me - whom I revile, who can keep learning the games we play as quickly as I can change them. Who can make me happy and I do not wish to be happy. Yes, I do wish to be happy. George and Martha: Sad, sad, sad. Whom I will not forgive for having come to rest; for having seen me and having said: yes, this will do.
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George : You take the trouble to construct a civilization, to build a society based on the principles of... of principle. You make government and art and realize that they are, must be, both the same. You bring things to the saddest of all points, to the point where there is something to lose. Then, all at once, through all the music, through all the sensible sounds of men building, attempting, comes the Dies Irae. And what is it? What does the trumpet sound? Up yours.
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George : I'm very impressed.
Martha : You're damn right.
George : I said I was impressed. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?
Martha : You're damn right.
George : I said I was impressed. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?
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Martha : [ derogatorily, to George ] Hey, swamp! Hey swampy!
George : Yes, Martha? Can I get you something?
Martha : Ah, well, sure. You can, um, light my cigarette, if you're of a mind to.
George : No. There are limits. I mean, a man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the old evolutionary ladder, which is up your line. Now, I will hold your hand when it's dark and you're afraid of the boogeyman and I will tote your gin bottles out after midnight so no one can see but I will not light your cigarette. And that, as they say, is that.
Martha : Jesus.
George : Yes, Martha? Can I get you something?
Martha : Ah, well, sure. You can, um, light my cigarette, if you're of a mind to.
George : No. There are limits. I mean, a man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the old evolutionary ladder, which is up your line. Now, I will hold your hand when it's dark and you're afraid of the boogeyman and I will tote your gin bottles out after midnight so no one can see but I will not light your cigarette. And that, as they say, is that.
Martha : Jesus.
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Nick : [ to Honey ] We'll go in a little while.
George : Oh no. No, you mustn't. Martha is changing, and Martha is not changing for me, Martha hasn't changed for me in years. If Martha is changing, that means we're going to be here for days. You're being accorded an honor, and you mustn't forget that Martha is the daughter of our beloved boss. She is his right... arm. I was going to use another word, but we'll leave that sort of talk to Martha.
George : Oh no. No, you mustn't. Martha is changing, and Martha is not changing for me, Martha hasn't changed for me in years. If Martha is changing, that means we're going to be here for days. You're being accorded an honor, and you mustn't forget that Martha is the daughter of our beloved boss. She is his right... arm. I was going to use another word, but we'll leave that sort of talk to Martha.
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[ George takes a corner far too fast, tossing everyone in the car from side to side. Pause ]
Martha : Aren't you going to apologize?
George : Not my fault, the road should've been straight.
Martha : No, aren't you going to apologize for making Honey throw up?
George : I didn't make her throw up.
Martha : What, you think it was sexy back there? You think he made his own wife sick?
George : Well, you make me sick.
Martha : That's different.
Martha : Aren't you going to apologize?
George : Not my fault, the road should've been straight.
Martha : No, aren't you going to apologize for making Honey throw up?
George : I didn't make her throw up.
Martha : What, you think it was sexy back there? You think he made his own wife sick?
George : Well, you make me sick.
Martha : That's different.
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Martha : Hey!
George : Hark! Jungle sounds.
Martha : Hey!
George : Animal noises.
George : Hark! Jungle sounds.
Martha : Hey!
George : Animal noises.
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George : You're a monster - You are.
Martha : I'm loud and I'm vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody's got to, but I am not a monster. I'm not.
George : You're a spoiled, self-indulgent, willful, dirty-minded, liquor-ridden...
Martha : SNAP! It went SNAP! I'm not gonna try to get through to you any more. There was a second back there, yeah, there was a second, just a second when I could have gotten through to you, when maybe we could have cut through all this, this CRAP. But it's past, and I'm not gonna try.
Martha : I'm loud and I'm vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody's got to, but I am not a monster. I'm not.
George : You're a spoiled, self-indulgent, willful, dirty-minded, liquor-ridden...
Martha : SNAP! It went SNAP! I'm not gonna try to get through to you any more. There was a second back there, yeah, there was a second, just a second when I could have gotten through to you, when maybe we could have cut through all this, this CRAP. But it's past, and I'm not gonna try.
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Martha : I looked at you tonight and you weren't there... And I'm gonna howl it out, and I'm not gonna give a damn what I do and I'm gonna make the biggest god-damn explosion you've ever heard.
George : Try and I'll beat you at your own game.
Martha : Is that a threat George, huh?
George : It's a threat, Martha.
Martha : You're gonna get it, baby.
George : Be careful Martha. I'll rip you to pieces.
Martha : You're not man enough. You haven't the guts.
George : Total war.
Martha : Total.
George : Try and I'll beat you at your own game.
Martha : Is that a threat George, huh?
George : It's a threat, Martha.
Martha : You're gonna get it, baby.
George : Be careful Martha. I'll rip you to pieces.
Martha : You're not man enough. You haven't the guts.
George : Total war.
Martha : Total.
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George : I used to drink brandy.
Martha : You used to drink bergen, too.
Martha : You used to drink bergen, too.
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George : Did you really think I was going to kill you, Martha?
Martha : You, kill me? That's a laugh.
George : Well now, I might some day.
Martha : Fat chance.
Martha : You, kill me? That's a laugh.
George : Well now, I might some day.
Martha : Fat chance.
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