Diane Quote #171
Quote from Diane in Personal Business
Diane: No, you've shown me the light. I've been a cad. OK. I propose that you and I abstain from any sort of physical contact for a period of one month. Strictly business for one month. I think that's the only way that each of us can regain our self-respect.
Sam: I think that's a very good idea. It would help me out a lot.
Diane: Fine. One month it is. Mr. Malone.
Sam: Miss Chambers. Oh, there is- There is just one more thing. I think... Please, have a seat. I think that my self-respect bounces back just a little quicker than you expect. I think two weeks of strictly business, and I'll be back in peak shape. You know, maybe if I concentrate, one week.
Diane: Well, I believe that my recuperative powers are even greater than yours. A day would be fine with me.
Sam: You know, I think the important thing here is that we both know in our minds that we could stop. I think that an hour would certainly prove that.
Diane: Well, from that argument it follows that 15 minutes would be adequate.
Sam: You know, I believe that's just enough time to get to my place.
Diane: Let's hurry.
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‘Personal Business’ Quotes
Quote from Diane
Sam: "Dear Sam. Although my tenure here has been one of value and enlightenment, still..."
Diane: Il faut cultiver notre jardin.
Sam: Come on! First of all, nobody resigns from a bar. And second of all, nobody resigns in Latin.
Cliff: It's French, Sammy.
Coach: What does it mean, Cliff?
Cliff: Well, because of the idiomatic peculiarities, it can't really be translated into English.
Diane: "One must cultivate one's own garden."
Cliff: Oh, oh, oh. Well, Diane, you took some liberties with the derogatory tense there, but I think we'll let it slide this time, huh?
Quote from Carla
Cliff: Carla, what's the matter, sweetheart? Are you all right?
Carla: Don't you see? My life hasn't exactly been a bag of roses, you know. My old man used to beat me. I spent half my childhood in reform school. My husband was a rat who left me with four hungry mouths to feed. But this... makes up for all that. I am the happiest woman alive.
Quote from Sam
Diane: Now, how can I come back knowing you think of me as nothing but your handmaiden?
Sam: You know, Diane it gets me the way you women are always talking about sex on the job. I mean, as if you were the only victims. What about me?
Diane: What about you?
Sam: You telling me you took this job because you wanted to be a waitress?
Diane: Absolutely not. I- I had a burning desire to discover and explore this vein of American culture.
Sam: Bull! You had a burning desire to discover and explore Mount Sammy here.
Diane: What are you saying?
Sam: I'm saying you took this job because I'm here. You had sex on your mind, too.
Diane: That's not true! Not entirely true!
Sam: Yeah? Well, how do you think it makes me feel to know that the first time you saw me you undressed me with your eyes. You had no regard for my dignity as a man, as an employer. I was just a challenge to you. Another notch on your belt. Well, let me tell you something, Miss Chambers. I am a person. I have dignity too, you know. I know you have no regard for this job. And you continually tell me that I have the brain of a cucumber. So what's left? The only thing that's left is that you want your physical lust satisfied. And that's where I come in. [Diane chuckles as Sam buries his face in his arm]
Diane: Well, there's only one thing to do.
Sam: I know, I know. I'll undress and do my duty.