Sitting Pretty (1948)

Clifton Webb: Lynn Belvedere

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• Lynn Belvedere : Mrs. King, as I told you last night, I dislike children intensely and yours, if I may say so, have peculiarly repulsive habits and manners.

• Tacey King : Mr. Belvedere, is there anything you haven't been?

  Lynn Belvedere : Yes, Mrs. King - I've never been an idler or a parasite.

• Lynn Belvedere : Mrs. King, I happen to dislike all children intensely. But I can assure you that I can readily attend to their necessary though unpleasant wants.

• Lynn Belvedere : I am, in my way, a philosopher.

  Harry King : Oh, I see, you just sit and think.

  Lynn Belvedere : Mr. King, if more people just sat and thought, the world might not be in the stinking mess that it is.

• Lynn Belvedere : Intoxication is a form of escape often sought by the mentally immature.

• Tacey King : [Showing Mr. Belvedere his room]  We, uh, tried to fix it up as nicely as we could. I hope you like it.

  Lynn Belvedere : [recoiling at particularly ugly sculptured bust]  After the obvious eliminations have been made, I believe it will be entirely satisfactory. For my work I require an atmosphere of spartan simplicity.

  Tacey King : And may I ask what your profession is?

  Lynn Belvedere : Certainly. I am a genius.