Judy Garland movie quotes

“Always be a 1st-rate version of yourself, instead of a 2nd-rate version of somebody else.”
Judy Garland

“The main thing is, Tootie, that we're all going to be together, just like we've always been. That's what really counts. We could be happy anywhere as long as we're together.”

Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.”
Judy Garland

“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.”
Judy Garland

“I never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.”
Judy Garland

“There's no place like home.”
Judy Garland - Dorothy

“You're the most deceitful, horrible, sinful creature I ever saw, and I don't ever want to have anything to do with you again.”

Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“- Rose Smith: Why are we eating early?
- Esther Smith: You certainly don't want the whole family sitting there drinking in every word while a man proposes to you long-distance.”

Lucille Bremer - Rose Smith
Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“You've just ruined Rose's chance to get married, that's all. That was Warren Sheffield calling long-distance to propose.”

Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“Meeting him across the lawn for the first time would be so ordinary. I don't want to be just introduced to him. I want it to be something strange and romantic and something I'll always remember.”

Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“New York is a wonderful town. Everybody dreams about going there, but we're luckier than lots of families because we're really going. Wait till you see the nice new home we're going to have, and the loads and loads of new friends we're going to make.”

Judy Garland - Esther Smith

- "Tootie" Smith: He tried to kill me...
- Esther Smith: It was the streetcar. I think it hit her.
- "Tootie" Smith: No, it wasn't a streetcar. It was John Truett. He tried to kill me.
Margaret O'Brien - "Tootie" Smith
Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of
someone else.”
Judy Garland

“- Dorothy: Weren't you frightened?
- The Wizard of Oz: Frightened? Child, you're talking to a man who's laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe... I was petrified.”
Judy Garland - Dorothy
Frank Morgan - The Wizard of Oz

“- Dorothy: How do you talk if you don't have a brain?
- The Scarecrow: Well, some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?”
Judy Garland - Dorothy
Ray Bolger - The Scarecrow

“- Rose Smith: Nice girls don't let men kiss them until after they're engaged. Men don't want the bloom rubbed off.
- Esther Smith: Personally, I think I have too much bloom. Maybe that's the trouble with me.”

Lucille Bremer - Rose Smith
Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“- Nellie Kelly: There's nothing like a darn good cry, is there?
- Michael Noonan: There's whiskey.”
Judy Garland - Nellie Kelly
Charles Winninger - Michael Noonan

“John Truett. I've come here to ask you something. What do you mean hitting a five-year-old child? The next time you want to hit somebody, pick on somebody your own size. If there's anything I hate, loathe, despise, and abominate, it's a bully.”

Judy Garland - Esther Smith

- "Tootie" Smith: And I'm taking all my dolls, even the dead ones. I'm taking everything.
- Esther Smith: Of course you are. I'll help you pack them myself. You won't have to leave anything behind.

Margaret O'Brien - "Tootie" Smith
Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“Well, Papa, if losing a case depresses you so, why don't you quit practicing law and go into another line of business?”

Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more.
[after a pause] We must be over the rainbow!”

Judy Garland - Dorothy

“- Angry Apple Tree: Well, how would you like to have someone come along and pick something off of you?
- Dorothy: Oh dear! I keep forgetting I'm not in Kansas!”

Candy Candido - Angry Apple Tree
Judy Garland - Dorothy