North by Northwest Quotes
Eve Kendall: While I'm calling, you can change your clothes.
Roger Thornhill: Where do you propose I do that? In Marshall Field's window?
Eve Kendall: I sort of had the men's room in mind.
Roger Thornhill: Did you, know? You're the smartest girl I ever spent the night with on a train.
Roger Thornhill: Where do you propose I do that? In Marshall Field's window?
Eve Kendall: I sort of had the men's room in mind.
Roger Thornhill: Did you, know? You're the smartest girl I ever spent the night with on a train.
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Leonard: You're not taking her on the plane with you?
Phillip Vandamm: Of course I am. Like our friends, I too believe in neatness, Leonard. This matter is best disposed of from a great height, over water.
Phillip Vandamm: Of course I am. Like our friends, I too believe in neatness, Leonard. This matter is best disposed of from a great height, over water.
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Man at Prairie Crossing: That's funny, that plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops.
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Phillip Vandamm: What possessed you to come blundering in here like this? Could it be an overpowering interest in art?
Roger Thornhill: Yes, the art of survival.
Eve Kendall: He followed me here from the hotel.
Leonard: He was in your room?
Roger Thornhill: Sure. Isn't everybody?
Roger Thornhill: Yes, the art of survival.
Eve Kendall: He followed me here from the hotel.
Leonard: He was in your room?
Roger Thornhill: Sure. Isn't everybody?
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Roger Thornhill: No. No, Mother, I have not been drinking. No. No. These two men, they poured a whole bottle of bourbon into me. No, they didn't give me a chaser.
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Eve Kendall : What happened with your first two marriages?
Roger Thornhill : My wives divorced me.
Eve Kendall : Why?
Roger Thornhill : They said I led a dull life.
Roger Thornhill : My wives divorced me.
Eve Kendall : Why?
Roger Thornhill : They said I led a dull life.
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Eve Kendall : I tipped the steward five dollars to seat you here if you should come in.
Roger Thornhill : Is that a proposition?
Eve Kendall : I never discuss love on an empty stomach.
Roger Thornhill : You've already eaten!
Eve Kendall : But you haven't.
Roger Thornhill : Is that a proposition?
Eve Kendall : I never discuss love on an empty stomach.
Roger Thornhill : You've already eaten!
Eve Kendall : But you haven't.
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Roger Thornhill : Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed.
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Roger Thornhill : And what the devil is all this about? Why was I brought here?
Phillip Vandamm : Games? Must we?
Roger Thornhill : Not that I mind a slight case of abduction now and then, but I have tickets for the theater this evening, to a show I was looking forward to and I get, well, kind of *unreasonable* about things like that.
Phillip Vandamm : With such expert playacting, you make this very room a theater.
Phillip Vandamm : Games? Must we?
Roger Thornhill : Not that I mind a slight case of abduction now and then, but I have tickets for the theater this evening, to a show I was looking forward to and I get, well, kind of *unreasonable* about things like that.
Phillip Vandamm : With such expert playacting, you make this very room a theater.
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Roger Thornhill : No. No, Mother, I have not been drinking. No. No. These two men, they poured a whole bottle of bourbon into me. No, they didn't give me a chaser.
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Phillip Vandamm : Has anyone ever told you that you overplay your various roles rather severely, Mr. Kaplan?
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Roger Thornhill : When I was a little boy, I wouldn't even let my mother undress me.
Eve Kendall : Well, you're a big boy now.
Eve Kendall : Well, you're a big boy now.
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Man at Prairie Crossing : That's funny, that plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops.
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Roger Thornhill : In the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie. There's only expedient exaggeration.
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Clara Thornhill : You gentlemen aren't REALLY trying to kill my son, are you?
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[ Thornhill is wearing sunglasses to hide his identity ]
Ticket Seller : Something wrong with your eyes?
Roger Thornhill : Yes, they're sensitive to questions.
Ticket Seller : Something wrong with your eyes?
Roger Thornhill : Yes, they're sensitive to questions.
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Roger Thornhill : The moment I meet an attractive woman, I have to start pretending I have no desire to make love to her.
Eve Kendall : What makes you think you have to conceal it?
Roger Thornhill : She might find the idea objectionable.
Eve Kendall : Then again, she might not.
Eve Kendall : What makes you think you have to conceal it?
Roger Thornhill : She might find the idea objectionable.
Eve Kendall : Then again, she might not.
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Eve Kendall : It's going to be a long night.
Roger Thornhill : True.
Eve Kendall : And I don't particularly like the book I've started.
Roger Thornhill : Ah.
Eve Kendall : You know what I mean?
Roger Thornhill : Ah, let me think. Yes, I know exactly what you mean.
Roger Thornhill : True.
Eve Kendall : And I don't particularly like the book I've started.
Roger Thornhill : Ah.
Eve Kendall : You know what I mean?
Roger Thornhill : Ah, let me think. Yes, I know exactly what you mean.
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Eve Kendall : Roger O. Thornhill. What does the O stand for?
Roger Thornhill : Nothing.
Roger Thornhill : Nothing.
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Eve Kendall : I'm a big girl.
Roger Thornhill : Yeah, and in all the right places, too.
Roger Thornhill : Yeah, and in all the right places, too.
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Eve Kendall : How do I know you aren't a murderer?
Roger Thornhill : You don't.
Eve Kendall : Maybe you're planning to murder me right here, tonight.
Roger Thornhill : Shall I?
Eve Kendall : Please do.
Roger Thornhill : You don't.
Eve Kendall : Maybe you're planning to murder me right here, tonight.
Roger Thornhill : Shall I?
Eve Kendall : Please do.
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Eve Kendall : I want you to do a favor for me. A big, big favor.
Roger Thornhill : Name it.
Eve Kendall : I want you to leave right now, stay far away from me, and don't come near me again. We're not going to get involved. Last night was last night, and it's all there was, and it's all there is. There isn't going to be anything more between us. So please. Goodbye, good luck, no conversation, just leave.
Roger Thornhill : Name it.
Eve Kendall : I want you to leave right now, stay far away from me, and don't come near me again. We're not going to get involved. Last night was last night, and it's all there was, and it's all there is. There isn't going to be anything more between us. So please. Goodbye, good luck, no conversation, just leave.
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Phillip Vandamm : What possessed you to come blundering in here like this? Could it be an overpowering interest in art?
Roger Thornhill : Yes, the art of survival.
Eve Kendall : He followed me here from the hotel.
Leonard : He was in your room?
Roger Thornhill : Sure. Isn't everybody?
Roger Thornhill : Yes, the art of survival.
Eve Kendall : He followed me here from the hotel.
Leonard : He was in your room?
Roger Thornhill : Sure. Isn't everybody?
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Roger Thornhill : What's wrong with men like me?
Eve Kendall : They don't believe in marriage.
Roger Thornhill : I've been married twice.
Eve Kendall : See what I mean?
Eve Kendall : They don't believe in marriage.
Roger Thornhill : I've been married twice.
Eve Kendall : See what I mean?
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Roger Thornhill : I don't like the games you play, Professor.
The Professor : War is hell, Mr. Thornhill. Even when it's a cold one.
Roger Thornhill : If you fellows can't lick the VanDamm's of this world without asking girls like her to bed down with them and fly away with them and probably never come back, perhaps you ought to start learning how to lose a few cold wars.
The Professor : I'm afraid we're already doing that.
The Professor : War is hell, Mr. Thornhill. Even when it's a cold one.
Roger Thornhill : If you fellows can't lick the VanDamm's of this world without asking girls like her to bed down with them and fly away with them and probably never come back, perhaps you ought to start learning how to lose a few cold wars.
The Professor : I'm afraid we're already doing that.
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Leonard : You must have had some doubts about her yourself. You still do.
Phillip Vandamm : Rubbish.
Leonard : Why else would you have decided not to tell her that our little treasure here has a belly full of microfilm?
Phillip Vandamm : You seem to be trying to fill mine with rotten apples.
Leonard : Sometimes the truth does taste like a mouthful of worms.
Phillip Vandamm : The truth? I've heard nothing but innuendos.
Leonard : Call it my woman's intuition, if you will. But I've never trusted neatness. Neatness is always the result of deliberate planning.
Phillip Vandamm : Rubbish.
Leonard : Why else would you have decided not to tell her that our little treasure here has a belly full of microfilm?
Phillip Vandamm : You seem to be trying to fill mine with rotten apples.
Leonard : Sometimes the truth does taste like a mouthful of worms.
Phillip Vandamm : The truth? I've heard nothing but innuendos.
Leonard : Call it my woman's intuition, if you will. But I've never trusted neatness. Neatness is always the result of deliberate planning.
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Leonard : You're not taking her on the plane with you?
Phillip Vandamm : Of course I am. Like our friends, I too believe in neatness, Leonard. This matter is best disposed of from a great height, over water.
Phillip Vandamm : Of course I am. Like our friends, I too believe in neatness, Leonard. This matter is best disposed of from a great height, over water.
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Roger Thornhill : How does a girl like you get to be a girl like you?
Eve Kendall : Lucky, I guess.
Eve Kendall : Lucky, I guess.
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