“I suppose you think you're too superior for marriage and love and children - things that women were born for.”

George Brent - Jim Thorne

“That is the kind of woman that makes whole civilizations topple!”

Kathleen Howard - Miss Bragg

“She was a good wife, a good mother, and you're responsible for her death. She was falsely accused, she couldn't get work, her son was taken away from her - all because of this committee. In the name of ridding the world of Communism, you destroyed her life.”

Robert De Niro - David Merrill

“- Emily Webb: Am I pretty enough to get anybody?
- Mrs. Webb: You're pretty enough for all normal purposes.”
Martha Scott - Emily Webb
Beulah Bondi - Mrs. Webb

- Mrs. Van Hopper: Most girls would give their eyes for the chance to see Monte!
- "Maxim" de Winter: Wouldn't that rather defeat the purpose?
Florence Bates - Mrs. Van Hopper
Laurence Olivier - "Maxim" de Winter