Glenn Anders: Dick Donnelly

Nothing But the Truth

Dick Donnelly

Van: Why if a man set out to tell the truth for a whole day, before nightfall someone'd kill him.
Dick Donnelly: Sure. Why all the diplomats of Europe would have to quit if that were the case.
Steve Bennett: [puzzled] Is that bad?

Van: Did you ever steal anything?
Steve Bennett: Yes.
Dick Donnelly: What did you steal?
Steve Bennett: I stole some money.
T.T. Ralston: Where did you steal it?
Steve Bennett: From a bank.
Dick Donnelly: How much money was it?
Steve Bennett: A half a dollar.
T.T. Ralston: You stole a half a dollar from a bank?
Steve Bennett: Yes.
Van: What bank was it?
Steve Bennett: My little brother's piggy bank.
Dick Donnelly: So you stole a half a dollar from your little brother's piggy bank. Is that all?
Steve Bennett: That's all that was in it.

T.T. Ralston: Drop everything else today. After all, this is my baby.
Dick Donnelly: Well, of all the babies you've had in this office, this one's really got circles under its eyes.

Steve Bennett: Oh, the customers I have believe in me. I'm not kidding, they do. I can't sell 'em anything I don't believe in.
Dick Donnelly: Has Ripley heard about him?
["Ripley's Believe It or Not"]

Dick Donnelly: Oh, give in, Bennett. The truth hurts. An attractive lie sounds infinitely better.
Steve Bennett: Well, I'm entitled to my own opinion. I still think you can tell the truth.

Dick Donnelly: Steve Bennett is a much more interesting case than you imagine, doctor. I'd question him at every opportunity.
Dr. Zarak: It's sometimes the people that look the sanest who really are...
Dick Donnelly: [as he sees Linda Graham arrive in a boat] Yes, doctor. I mean, goodbye, doctor. So long.
[he hurries off]
Dr. Zarak: I think I'll do a big business in this place.

Gwen Saunders: Tea time. Tea Everybody. It's almost four o'clock. Time for tea. Tea for T.T.?
[utter chaos ensues]
T.T. Ralston: We don't want any tea.
Dick Donnelly: Take that stuff away from him
Gwen Saunders: I'll serve you myself, Mr. Bishop.
[she pours the tea on his pants leg]

T.T. Ralston: A lie is the same as the truth if the result is all right.
Steve Bennett: I'm afraid I disagree with you.
Dick Donnelly: Take a page form the old master. Profit's the only thing in business.
T.T. Ralston: And, in our business, profit is imagination. And imagination is seldom the truth. It's what you hope for.

Linda Graham: Bye-bye, Dickie, um, Mr. Donnelly.
Dick Donnelly: [to T.T.] These theatrical people - they certainly get familiar.

Dick Donnelly: [to Steve] If you tell a lie when you're away from us, you must confess.
Van: What do you mean away from us? I'm going to sleep with him.
Steve Bennett: That's not part of the agreement.