Quotes

Going Places

Ellen Parker: [running towards her horse's stall] There's Lady Ellen! Hello there, girl-how are you?
[to Peter]
Ellen Parker: She's my pet - was named after me.
Peter Mason: Oh, that's nice.
Ellen Parker: Isn't she lovely? Look at her coloring!
Peter Mason: [looking at Ellen] Lovely coloring...
Ellen Parker: And such soulful eyes.
Peter Mason: [still looking at Ellen] Beautiful hair...
Ellen Parker: Hair? Are you talking about the mane?
Peter Mason: Oh, oh, the mane! Oh, yes, I should remember the Maine.

Droopy: Say, Uncle Tom, in case you don't know it, your horse is running away.
Gabe: Yes, sah. I knows it.
Maxie: Then you better start jammin' and get after him.
Gabe: Just what I'm gonna do, mister. If there's anything that can stop that horse, it's this here trumpet.

Droopy: Why don't you stop thinkin' up snappy sayin's and start concentratin' on business?

Maxie: You wrote it for him?
Gabe: Yes, sah. And I calls it by his name: Jeepers Creepers.
Maxie: Jeepers Creepers.
[to Droopy]
Maxie: Uncle Tom is kidding us.
Gabe: Oh, no, sah, I ain't.
Droopy: Wait a minute. Maybe he ain't. Race horses is funny animals. They're just like prima donnas.

Sam: [singing] Oh, Jeepers Creepers, where'd you get those peepers? Jeepers Creepers, where'd you get those eyes? Oh, gosh all git-up, how'd you get so lit up? Gosh all git up, how'd it get that size? Golly gee...

Franklin Dexter: He's very nervous. He wants to have some rest. Sometime later, perhaps.
Maxie: Now, wait a minute, Gabby Puss, we'll give you a rest. A *permanent* one, if you don't keep out of this.

Maxie: I am Maxie Miller. This is Droopy.
Franklin Dexter: Droopy? One of the seven dwarfs? Oh, no-no. Of course, that was Doopey, wasn't it.
Maxie: That's him!
Droopy: Cut it out, fancy pants. We're here to talk business.

Maxie: Did you ever hear of Jeepers Creepers?
Peter Mason: Jeepers Creepers?
Droopy: Yeah, Jeepers Creepers. Son of Washer, out of Wellington's Duke and Lady Godiva, sired by King Henry the Fourth.
Franklin Dexter: My, very well connected, I should say.

Peter Mason, Droopy, Maxie, Franklin Dexter: [singing] Oh, what horse was Charley, Till he got a Charley horse...

Cora Withering: [on the phone] We're giving a cocktail party at my home and we'd *love* to have you join us.
Peter Mason: Oh, I'm terribly sorry, Mrs. Withering, but, I'm doing a little writing, right now.
Cora Withering: Riding? In your hotel room?
Peter Mason: Oh, no. No, I said writing.
Cora Withering: Yes, I know you said riding. But, you're joking, aren't you?
Peter Mason: Oh, no. No, Mrs. Withering, I'm not joking.

Peter Mason: [Posing as Randall] I understand he's a pretty vicious horse.
Ellen Parker: Oh, no. He's just a little temperamental, that's all. That's because he hasn't met his master, yet. Gabe, would you give Mr. Randall some sugar?
Gabe: Yes, ma'am.
Peter Mason: No thanks. I never use it.
Ellen Parker: Don't be silly! I meant it for the horse. I thought you might like to make friends.

Jack Withering: I'm glad to see ol' Jeepers Creepers has finally met his master.
Peter Mason: Well, I wish he'd meet his maker.

Droopy: You guys shouldn't have fibbed to us like that. It hurt me here. Just like finding out there ain't no Santi Claus.

Gabe: My, my, my, but this room looks very familiar to me. Yes, sah. I just remember. Jes a year ago today, to this very minute, in this very room, on that very bed, I gave Mr. Byrd his rub down.

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