On Borrowed Time (1939)

Lionel Barrymore: Julian Northrup - Gramps

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• Julian Northrup : I can't stand these holier-than-thou folks. If a man's a good Republican, or a mason or an elk, that's good enough for me. Live and let live, that's my motto.

  Mr. Brink : Yes. You can hardly expect me to second that.

• Julian Northrup : Say, who the devil are you?

  Mr. Brink : You may call me Mr. Brink.

  Julian Northrup : Well now, look here Mr. Brink, I don't like you and I wouldn't go with you to a rat fight!

• John 'Pud' Northrup : Aunt Demetria is a pismire! Aunt Demetria is a pismire! Aunt Demetria is a...

  Nellie - Granny : Julian!

  Julian Northrup : I never taught him that.

  Nellie - Granny : You're a liar.

  Julian Northrup : Maybe I am.

• Julian Northrup : [takes a drink out of a bottle]  Don't never touch this stuff, son.

  John 'Pud' Northrup : Give me some?

  Julian Northrup : No. No. Come on, let's get goin'.

  Nellie - Granny : [calling from the kitchen]  junior!

  John 'Pud' Northrup : Just a little taste.

  Julian Northrup : No you wouldn't like it.

  John 'Pud' Northrup : What do you drink it for Gramp?

• Nellie - Granny : That boy's beginning to be the limit. First thing you know, you'll be teaching him how to smoke, I suppose, and then drink and goodness knows what all.

  Julian Northrup : Well, there'll be plenty of time for the what all.

• Julian Northrup : Oh, to the devil with your loving comfort, you.

• Julian Northrup : Now, by Jupiter, that does it! Get out of here. Get out of this house! And if I ever find you here again, you squid-faced old bird-stuffer, I'll wring your blasted neck and dance on it.

• Julian Northrup : I'm going away... where the woodbine twineth.

• Julian Northrup : She's a narrow-minded, trouble-making, blue-nosed, old pismire. And you know it.

  Nellie - Granny : She's a decent, self-respecting woman.

• Nellie - Granny : Oh, I've got that gas again. Every time I get excited - it starts.

  Julian Northrup : Well then, don't get excited, then.

• Julian Northrup : Well I'll be dipped in gravy.

• Julian Northrup : Still mad at me, Nellie? Well, I like to see you best that way. Eyes all shinin'. That's when your prettiest.

  Nellie - Granny : Oh, fiddlesticks. Julian Northrup, don't you try to soft soap me. I was down right ashamed of you this morning - you and that boy. I don't know which is the dirtiest.

• Julian Northrup : Ah, now old lady, don't you go worryin' about Pud. I keep on teachin' him to cuss and you keep on teachin' him not to cuss. And you'll see. He'll turn out to be pretty good.

• Julian Northrup : If you listen to one word more this viper has to say, you're just a plain fool!

• Julian Northrup : How was you aimin' to teach him not to trespass?

  Demetria Riffle : I'd give him a good, sound whipping. That's what I'd do.

  Julian Northrup : Oh, you would, huh? Well, thanks for tellin' me. And seein' as how there's *two* trespassers here, I'll start on the one handy.

  [pulls out his cane] 

  Demetria Riffle : Don't be silly, Julian!

  John 'Pud' Northrup : Hit her Gramps! Hit her a whooper!

  Demetria Riffle : You little brat!

  Julian Northrup : Brat, huh? Get off of this property!

• Julian Northrup : I used to like to steal apples. They tasted better that way.

• Julian Northrup : Hey Marcia, slip into the bathroom for a piece of sticking plaster, like a good girl, will you?

• Julian Northrup : Hey, Marcia, what in blazes do you mean by kissin' men in the park?

  Marcia Giles : What?

  Julian Northrup : Don't you know its a sin to kiss men in the park? Next time, bring him up here and kiss him.

• Julian Northrup : It's time this house had some kissin' in it. How the heck's young Pud here gonna learn anything about kissin' if he don't ever see none of it?

• Julian Northrup : You're about as welcome as a fly on a currant bun. So now you know.

• Julian Northrup : Let's see, what the dickens is the matter with me, anyway? Am I goin' nuts?

• John 'Pud' Northrup : How long's eternity, Gramp?

  Julian Northrup : That's a right smart piece of time, boy.

• John 'Pud' Northrup : Grandfather, are you gonna die?

  Julian Northrup : Not yet awhile, son.

  John 'Pud' Northrup : Are you sure?

  Julian Northrup : Don't you fret, Pud. I'll be with you quite awhile yet. I feel spry as a cricket.