Apartment for Peggy (1948)

William Holden: Jason Taylor

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Quotes 

• Prof. Collins : You were in the Navy, weren't you, Taylor?

  [Professor Collins is a college professor who Taylor thinks is too tough on the GIs returning to school after serving in World War II] 

  Jason Taylor : Yes, sir.

  Prof. Collins : What kind of duty?

  Jason Taylor : I was on the Vincennes

  [a U.S. Navy Cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island] 

  Jason Taylor : till she went down and then later...

  Prof. Collins : [interrupts]  Heard that was a little tough. I was on the Wasp.

  [an American aircraft carrier sunk by Japanese submarines] 

  Jason Taylor : [taken aback]  I heard that wasn't exactly a picnic, either.

  Prof. Collins : Nothing worthwhile ever is, Taylor.

  Jason Taylor : [long pause]  I'm just beginning to find that out.

  [they turn and smile at each other] 

• Peggy Taylor : Do you know that in a recent survey 64% of all used car salesmen said they wished they gone into some other field.

  Jason Taylor : You made that up! You're always making up statistics. Why?

  Peggy Taylor : Of course I made it up. Somebody's always making up statistics, it might as well be me. You'd be surprised how many arguments I win with my statistics. If I get in a spot, I just say, 36% or 400 million. Nobody ever bothers to check up. They just say, 'My, I never realized it was that much'. And when I walk away they think I'm very smart.

• Peggy Taylor : OK, give me a half dollar and I'll show you how Pop won more arguments than any guy in town.

  Jason Taylor : Well, what do you want a half...

  Peggy Taylor : Give me a half dollar!

  [he gives it to her] 

  Peggy Taylor : OK, close your left eye.

  [she holds the coin up to his right eye] 

  Peggy Taylor : What do you see?

  Jason Taylor : My half dollar.

  Peggy Taylor : Mm-hmm.

  [she walks a few steps away] 

  Peggy Taylor : Now what do you see?

  Jason Taylor : The same half dollar.

  Peggy Taylor : What else? What else?

  Jason Taylor : Well I see you and the professor and the books over there...

  Peggy Taylor : That's just what I mean. Never hold money so close you never see anything else. If you do you're a cooked goose.