Nothing But the Truth (1941)

Edward Arnold: T. T. Ralston

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Quotes 

• T.T. Ralston : Steve, you're going to be here until you're old and grey.

  Dick Donnelly : Which may be tomorrow.

• T.T. Ralston : What did you say?

  Steve Bennett : I don't chew my cabbage twice!

• T.T. Ralston : If you meet Smith on the street and ask "did you sleep well?" That's a lie. You don't give a hang if he never sleeps.

  Steve Bennett : Well, I do. Smith's a nice guy!

• 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.

• T.T. Ralston : The world doesn't believe in the truth. It didn't believe that there was an America for Columbus to discover. It didn't believe that Bell had a telephone. Or that man could fly. Those fellas were all telling the truth and yet everybody considered them crazy. I'm telling you there are certain necessary lies.

• T.T. Ralston : All right, Los Lomas isn't any good at all. But there's quicksilver somewhere in New Mexico and somebody's liable to find it. I've told many a lie that I've had come true.

• T.T. Ralston : Oh yes, boys, I'm a great student of human nature.

• 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.

• T.T. Ralston : [on the phone]  Oh, by the way, Joe, uh, I've got to show my gratitude in some way. Ever hear of Los Lomas Quicksilver?... Hello... Joe... Joe.

• T.T. Ralston : [on the phone]  Hello, J.P., this is T.T.