Memorable Quotes from
Arthur (1981)
Susan: A real woman could stop you from drinking.
Arthur: It\'d have to be a real BIG woman.
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Arthur: You\'re a hooker? Jesus, I forgot! I just thought I was doing GREAT with you!
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Arthur: Bitterman! Do you want to double your salary?
Bitterman: Yes sir!
Arthur: Then open that door!
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Susan: Arthur, take my hand.
Arthur: But that would only leave you with one!
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Arthur Bach: Girls, girls, girls! I love girls!
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Arthur Bach: I\'m so rich, I wish I had a dime for every dime I had.
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Hobson: Normally, someone would have to go to a bowling alley to meet someone of your stature.
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Arthur: Do you know what I\'m going to do? I\'m going to take a bath.
Hobson: I\'ll alert the media.
Arthur: Do you want to run my bath for me?
Hobson: It\'s what I live for. [Arthur exits] Perhaps you would like me to wash your **** for you... you little ****.
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[While Arthur Bach is taking a bath]
Arthur Bach: God, Hobson, isn\'t life wonderful?
Hobson: Yes it is, Arthur, do your armpits.
Arthur Bach: A hot bath is Wonderful... Girls are WONDERFUL!
Hobson: Yes, imagine how wonderful a girl who bathes would be... Get dressed.
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Arthur Bach: I race cars, play tennis, and fondle women, BUT! I have weekends off, and I am my own boss.
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Hobson: Good afternoon. If you and your undershirt will take two paces backwards, I could enter this dwelling.
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[After Linda Marolla stole a necktie from a store]
Hobson: Arthur, I see no reason for prolonging this conversation, unless you plan on knocking over a fruit-stand later this afternoon.
Hobson: [to Linda Marolla] Good luck in prison.
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[In Burt Johnson\'s den, looking at a moosehead mounted on the wall]
Arthur Bach: Where is the rest of this moose?
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Arthur Bach: It\'s so small, they recently had the whole country carpeted.
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Arthur: I\'ve never taken care of anyone. But if you got sick, I\'d take care of you.
Linda: Then I\'ll get sick.
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[Waiting at Arthur\'s father\'s office]
Arthur Bach: I hate it here!
Hobson: Of course you hate it. People work here.
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[Of a mounted moosehead in Burt\'s den]
Arthur Bach: You must have hated this moose.
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[To the mounted moosehead in Burt\'s den]
Arthur Bach: This must be awfully embarrassing for you.
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Arthur Bach: Not all of us who drink are poets. Some of us drink because we\'re not poets.