Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Bill Edwards: Forrest Noble

Quotes 

• Libby : [mad at Mayor Noble for criticizing Woodrow]  That ass of a father of yours! Going around talking about people he doesn't know anything about.

  Forrest Noble : You're still talking about your children's grandfather.

  Libby : What are you trying to do? Depress me? If I thought they'd look anything like him...

  Forrest Noble : Well, I don't look anything like him.

  Libby : I've noticed that. I've pinned my hopes on it.

• Forrest Noble : If he waited a year longer, there might have been three of us to welcome him. If he waited two years, there might have been...

  Libby : Oh, shut up.

  Forrest Noble : Well, that's what marriage is for isn't it?

  Libby : Oh, I suppose so, if you look at it from a purely unromantic standpoint - like a breeding farm.

• Mayor Everett D. Noble : [dictating his acceptance speech to his son, Forrest]  I accept the responsibility with a sense of both humility, satisfaction and gratitude.

  Forrest Noble : You can't say "both humility, satisfaction and gratitude". "Both" means two, and you have "humility, satisfaction and gratitude". That's three.

  Mayor Everett D. Noble : I can't say it.

  Forrest Noble : You can not.

  Mayor Everett D. Noble : I've been saying it for years.

  Forrest Noble : Well, it isn't correct grammar.

  Mayor Everett D. Noble : I'm not running on a platform of correct grammar.