From the Terrace (1960)

Joanne Woodward: Mary St. John

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Quotes 

• Mary St. John : Why didn't you bestow this honor on some other girl out there?

  Alfred Eaton : Because I rather liked the view from the terrace. Then I saw you and I liked the view even more.

  Mary St. John : You've touched me deeply.

  Alfred Eaton : But not in the right places.

• Mary St. John : Yes. She has something I haven't got - niceness. But then I have something she hasn't got.

  Alfred Eaton : Me?

  Mary St. John : No. Honesty and guts. She has no guts.

• Mary St. John : Well... and what does she call you?

  Alfred Eaton : Huh?

  Mary St. John : Miss, um... Benziger. She calls me Mrs. Eaton and you call her Natalie, but she doesn't call you anything. Aren't you Mr. Eaton or Alfred?

  Alfred Eaton : As a matter of fact, I'm Calvin Coolidge but she doesn't know that.

• Alfred Eaton : Incidentally, just where did you wear that little number until 2:00 this morning?

  Mary St. John : I wore this little number to the Mona Lisa.

  [She takes his champagne glass that he had been drinking from] 

  Mary St. John : Would you unzip me in the back, please?

  Alfred Eaton : I thought Sage didn't like that place anymore.

  Mary St. John : Oh, Sage wasn't along. She stayed home with a bad tooth or something.

  Alfred Eaton : What, just you and her husband?

  Mary St. John : Just little old us.

  Alfred Eaton : Can't you do any better than that?

  Mary St. John : As a matter of fact, I could have, but unfortunately he had another date, with the Dingham Report.

  Alfred Eaton : Dunham.

  Mary St. John : Oh, so sorry, Dunham

• Mary St. John : If you're trying to annoy me, Mr. Eaton, you're succeeding.

  Alfred Eaton : Would you like to go and cry or something?

  Mary St. John : No, but I wouldn't mind if you faded into the sunset.

• Mary St. John : The trouble with this company is it's run by a lot of old men.

• Alfred Eaton : I know you've come to congratulate me. Thank you very much my...

  Mary St. John : You're making a fool of yourself.

  Alfred Eaton : Oh, that was terribly considerate of you last night when you were telling me about the quote "beautiful relationship we could have" end quote, but you never bothered mentioning anything about the partnership, because maybe I would've thought the partnership had something to do with your new found if somewhat unwholesome interest in our marriage.

  Mary St. John : [while Alfred is walking briskly away]  Alfred. Alfred, I want to talk to you.

  Alfred Eaton : Any further communication between you and me will be through legal channels.

  Mary St. John : All right, go to her, but it won't do you any good.

  Alfred Eaton : If she's foolish enough to still have me, nothing will stop me from spending the rest of my life with her.

  Mary St. John : Well I'm going to stop you, because I'll never give you a divorce.

  Alfred Eaton : Wait till you see the the little collection of photographs our friend Creighton Duffy will release for public consumption.

  Mary St. John : What photographs?

  Alfred Eaton : You won't be able to show your face in this entire city if you don't give me a divorce. How do you like them apples?

• Mary St. John : You're not going to want anyone else as long as you live!

• Sage Rimmington : Oh, I'm curious. What does success look like when you turn off the lights?

  Mary St. John : Oh, you're so impossible, Sage! You know that?

  Sage Rimmington : I say if work is a man's mistress, then there's only one answer for the wife - another man!

• Mary St. John : I knew you were going to kiss me today but I didn't know I was going to kiss you back, and it isn't going to happen again, so don't try to get me off alone somewhere.

  Alfred Eaton : I think you'd like that.

• Alfred Eaton : I know you've come to congratulate me. Thank you very much my...

  Mary St. John : You're making a fool of yourself.

  Alfred Eaton : Oh, that was terribly considerate of you last night when you were telling me about the quote "beautiful relationship we could have" end quote, but you never bothered mentioning anything about the partnership, because maybe I would've thought the partnership had something to do with your new found if somewhat unwholesome interest in our marriage.

  Mary St. John : [while Alfred is walking briskly away]  Alfred. Alfred, I want to talk to you.

  Alfred Eaton : Any further communicatoin between you and me will be through legal channels.

  Mary St. John : All right, go to her, but it won't do you any good.

  Alfred Eaton : If she's foolish enough to still have me, nothing will stop me from spending the rest of my life with her.

  Mary St. John : Well I'm going to stop you, because I'll never give you a divorce.

  Alfred Eaton : Wait till you see the the little collection of photographs our friend Creighton Duffy will release for public consumption.

  Mary St. John : What photographs?

  Alfred Eaton : You won't be able to show your face in this entire city if you don't give me a divorce. How do you like them apples?