Design for Living

Max Plunkett:
Immorality may be fun, but it isn't fun enough to take the place of one hundred percent virtue and three square meals a day.

George Curtis:
I haven't got a clean shirt to my name.

Tom Chambers:
Why a clean shirt? What's up? A romance?

George Curtis:
I'm not talking pajamas, just a clean shirt.

Gilda Farrell:
A thing happened to me that usually happens to men. You see, a man can meet two, three or four women and fall in love with all of them, and then, by a process of interesting elimination, he is able to decide which he prefers. But a woman must decide purely on instinct, guesswork, if she wants to be considered nice.

Gilda Farrell:
Boys, it's the only thing we can do. Let's forget sex.

Gilda Farrell:
It's true we had a gentleman's agreement, but unfortunately, I am no gentleman.

Max Plunkett:
Do you love me?

Gilda Farrell:
Oh, Max, people should not ask that question on their wedding night. It's either too late or too early.

Tom Chambers:
It's amazing how a few insults can bring people together in three hours.

Gilda Farrell:
It was certainly good to hear all the names you called me. I haven't heard them since I left father and mother.

Gilda Farrell:
You see, George, you're sort of like a ragged straw hat with a very soft lining. A little bit out of shape, very dashing to look at, and very comfortable to wear. And you, Tom, piquant, perched over one eye, and has to be watched on windy days. And both so becoming.

Tom Chambers:
George betrayed me for you. Without wishing to flatter you, I understood that. I can still understand it. But you betrayed me for George. An incredible choice!

Tom Chambers:
That's one way of meeting the situation. Shipping clerk comes home, finds missus with boarder. He breaks dishes. It's pure burlesque. Then there's another way. Intelligent artist returns unexpectedly, finds treacherous friends, both discuss the pros and cons of the situation in grownup dialogue. High-class comedy, enjoyed by everybody.

George Curtis:
There's a third way. I'll kick your teeth out and tear your head off and beat some decency into you!

Tom Chambers:
Cheap melodrama. Very dull.

Gilda Farrell:
I'm sick of being a trademark married to a slogan.