Diane Quote #85
Quote from Diane in The Spy Who Came In for a Cold One
Eric Finch: Look, I just came back to try and explain to you why I did what I did.
All: No.
Coach: Mr. Finch, come on, will you? Everybody in the bar exaggerates a little.
Norm: Sure. For example, I'm not really this good-looking.
Sam: Come on, everybody in bars tells stories. You just got a little carried away. That's all.
Diane: That's right.
Eric Finch: I'm afraid I'm the victim of an overactive imagination. You see, when you spend 12 hours a day in a room alone writing, writing, writing... Sometimes you just lose touch with reality. So I'm awfully sorry and I beg your pardon and good night.
Diane: No, no, no. You write?
Eric Finch: Yes. Mostly verse. Farewell.
Diane: Wait. You write poetry? I'd love to hear some. We all would.
‘The Spy Who Came In for a Cold One’ Quotes
Quote from Cliff
Cliff: All right, here's a little-known fact. The smartest animal...
Norm: Yeah?
Cliff: ...is the pig.
Norm: What? They look pretty stupid.
Cliff: Yeah, your average oinker. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Scientists say if a pig had thumbs and a language, he could be trained to do manual labor.
Norm: You mean they'd be part of the workforce?
Cliff: Yeah, yeah. They'd give you 30 years of loyal service, then at the retirement dinner, you could eat 'em.
Quote from Diane
Diane: This is a night I will never forget. It so happens that I am on speaking terms with one of the poetry editors at The Atlantic Monthly. Yes, he spoke at my college once. I'm going to call him and tell him about you.
Sam: Wait. Hey, aren't you getting a little carried away here?
Diane: May I have the phone? Yes, and loving it.
Sam: Humoring the guy is one thing. I mean, he can have all the fantasies he wants in my bar. But don't you think you're going too far to make him feel good.
Diane: Sam, the poem he wrote is excellent. Scratch a liar, find a poet.
Sam: So he memorized one. What's that prove?
Diane: Sam, we are now in my area of expertise. When we want to talk about poetry, we come to me. When we want to talk about jock itch, we come to you.
Quote from Sam
Diane: You bellowed?
Sam: Yeah. Yeah, I did. What are you trying to do?
Diane: I don't believe that guy's a spy for one minute. I think he's lying.
Sam: What? A customer in a bar is telling tall tales just to impress a waitress? Call 60 Minutes.
Diane: All right, when you put it that way. The thing is...
Sam: Look. Look, listen, why do you suppose people come to bars in the first place?
Diane: Oh, let me take a wild stab at that one. Perchance to drink?
Sam: Wrong. Wrong. They could do that at home. They come here to shoot off their mouths and get away with it. Listen, in this bar everybody gets to be a hero. Now, what's the harm?