Don Hanmer: Patrick O'Neil

Quotes 

• Patrick : I guess you could call anything a marriage if you wanted to, but... well, I've always held out for a marriage that *is* a marriage.

• Patrick : All my life, every time I found some girl that I wanted tp marry, I lost her to somebody like you.

  Gambler : Fickle creatures, aren't they?

• Elizabeth : If somebody comes in while you're here, watch them. And then, after they're gone, let me know how long you think they'll be married.

  Patrick : They'll be married forever, won't they?

  Elizabeth : No, I'm afraid not...

• Patrick : I think I'd better go...

  Elizabeth : ...Well, why not?

  Patrick : I mean...

  Elizabeth : Yes?

  Patrick : Well... now that I know that... that you're not married... I don't know how to talk to you anymore.

• Patrick : I meet a girl I'm sure I'd like to marry; my personality changes - can't talk. Somebody comes along who can, and... I'm finished! Happens every time!

  Elizabeth : You got a job?

  Patrick : What's the use of working if you haven't got a wife, and a home, and a family?

• Elizabeth : What is the whole idea of marriage?

  Patrick : Well, to make a home - establish a family.

  Elizabeth : What about happiness? Personal happiness?

  Patrick : People who want to be happy every minute can never be happy. Happiness is something that you... well, you get when... when you begin to understand that there are more important things.