The Happiest Millionaire Quotes

The Happiest Millionaire is a television show that debuted in 1970 . The Happiest Millionaire ended its run in 1970.

It features Walt Disney as producer, Songs: in charge of musical score, and Edward Colman (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

The Happiest Millionaire is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Happiest Millionaire is 164 minutes long. The Happiest Millionaire is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

The cast includes: Tommy Steele as John Lawless, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Worth, and Geraldine Page as Mrs. Duke.

The Happiest Millionaire Quotes

Tommy Steele as John Lawless

• (Tommy Steele) "Well now, ain't this an elegant neighborhood, all the residents dressed so fine. One day off the boat am I, with a job that's nearly mine. 'Tis a job with an elegant millionaire, and his elegant family. Today I move from immigrant; to high society."

• (Tommy Steele) "Well well well, let's 'ave a drink on it, as me father used to say. When the truth is nobly spoken, it's respect ye've got to pay. So fill yer cup an' lift it up and clink, here's how. No shilly-shallyin', no dilly-dallyin', let's 'ave a drink on it now."

• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "JOHN. My alligators. Look at my alligators. JOHN."
• (Tommy Steele) "Yes, sir, you yelled, sir?"
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "Why are these windows open?"
• (Tommy Steele) "Must've been the new maid, sir."
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "WHAT new maid?"
• (Mrs. Cordelia Biddle) "Her name is Florence, dear, she started this afternoon."
• (Tommy Steele) "She was complaining about the smell."
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "What smell?"
• (Tommy Steele) "Well, the alligators, they do have a certain --"
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "WHAT?"
• (Mrs. Cordelia Biddle) "We're accustomed to it, dear."
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "Oh."
• (Tommy Steele) "She probably decided to give the room an airing, and forgot to close up again."
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "Well, of all the stupid, idiotic -- Get an axe."
• (Mrs. Cordelia Biddle) "Anthony."
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "Not for Florence, for the alligators. Maybe they're still alive in there, we'll chop 'em out."

• (Tommy Steele) "To have your alligators thaw out and your daughter forgive you all in the same bright morning, that's fortuosity."
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "John?"
• (Tommy Steele) "Sir?"
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "Who are you talking to?"
• (Tommy Steele) "No one, sir."
• (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle) "Well you know what they say about people who talk to themselves."

• (Tommy Steele) "Now there's a gorgeous sight. Are you getting ready for a party, Mrs. Worth?"
• (Hermione Baddeley) "No, Mr. Biddle's on a chocolate cake diet."
• (Tommy Steele) "I beg your pardon?"
• (Hermione Baddeley) "He says it's the perfect food, containing "every essential element.""

• (Tommy Steele) "Every bit of life is lit by fortuosity."

Geraldine Page as Mrs. Duke

• (Geraldine Page) "There are those whose social standing is constantly demanding. Every single thing we do, the public knows -- Then there is a lower strata, where propriety doesn't matter. I suppose, there are those, there are those."
• (Aunt Mary Drexel) "There are those to whom position is a natural born condition, to be worn with ease like comfortable old clothes. Though the nouveau riche deny it, all their money cannot buy it. Class will out. Goodness knows, but there are those."
• (Geraldine Page) "There are those who grace the pages of the blue book."
• (Aunt Mary Drexel) "Never heard of it. Is it a new book?"
• (Geraldine Page) "Simply anybody who is anybody is listed."
• (Aunt Mary Drexel) "Oh, you mean the New York telephone directory."

Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Worth

• (Hermione Baddeley) "Big ugly beast. You'd be a handbag if I had my way."

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