Athena (1954)
Louis Calhern: Grandpa Ulysses
Quotes
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : According to the stars you're 15 minutes late!
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : You mind taking off your shirt?
Adam Calhorn Shaw : I most certainly do.
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Say, that's fine. The minute you walked in here I liked the look of your sartorius muscle, boy. It's a man's pinnings that count, boy.
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : We believe in the direct approach. Maybe that's why so people think we're nutty as fruit cakes. What's your opinion?
Adam Calhorn Shaw : Frankly, Mr. Mulvain, I'm on the side of the majority.
Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Good for you! No mealy mouth hypocrisy, you speak the truth.
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Adam Calhorn Shaw : I have made other plans.
Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Plan 'til you're blue in the face, the stars say different, boy.
Adam Calhorn Shaw : And stop calling me "boy"! I'm a full grown, mature man.
Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Well now, that's open to discussion.
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Let's have a rollickin' song, Honey. Something with a lot of zoom, zoom, zoom in it. I don't sing very well, but I great on the zoom, zoom, zoom.
Adam Calhorn Shaw : I can hardly wait.
The Sisters: Athena , The Sisters: Minerva , The Sisters: Niobe , The Sisters: Aphrodite , The Sisters: Calliope , The Sisters: Medea , The Sisters: Ceres , Johnny Nyle : [singing] Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah
Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Ah-ah-ah-ah
The Sisters: Athena : Life is fun if you harmonize
Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain , The Sisters: Athena , The Sisters: Minerva , The Sisters: Niobe , The Sisters: Aphrodite , The Sisters: Calliope , The Sisters: Medea , The Sisters: Ceres , Johnny Nyle : Full of sun if you harmonize, Re Do Ti Do, It's my credo...
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Look out, boy, your face is getting flushed. That comes from eating too much meat. If people would only eat sensible foods like nuts and berries, they'd behave more like plants and flowers than like animals.
Adam Calhorn Shaw : I admit that people behave like animals, but I doubt that it's a matter of diet. The plain truth is people *are* animals!
Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Watch out, boy. You're gonna explode like a firecracker.
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : If Mr. Shaw wants to commit suicide, that's his business. Only I prefer you don't do it in my house.
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : When I was twenty, they told me I was gonna die. But Grandma wouldn't hear of that. Oh, no, not Grandma. So, we went off to a cabin and we took off our clothes and we sat in the sun.
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Now look here, boy, I'm gonna have to ask you to sit down. You're making me nervous. I haven't been nervous for 58 years and I don't like it.
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Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain : Get it up there, boy. Get it up there.