Come Live with Me (1941)

Donald Meek: Joe Darsie

Quotes 

• Joe Darsie : Did you ever go on the bum?

  Bill Smith : Once I did it.

  Joe Darsie : Yeah? How'd you do?

  Bill Smith : [looking at a cigarette in his hand]  Well, I got a cigarette.

  Joe Darsie : You could do it if you wanted to. You could be a swell bum.

  Bill Smith : I'm the type?

  Joe Darsie : It's like everything else. All you got to do is make up your mind and stick to it. Then you're it. Whatever you pick out, you can't miss.

  Bill Smith : To be a bum, you got to have willpower.

  Joe Darsie : [pointing to wealthy man in a limousine]  Oh, I ain't kidding, mister. Thirty years ago, I made up my mind and I done all right, too. Look. What has he got on me?

  Bill Smith : A limousine.

  Joe Darsie : Mmhmm, and stomach ulcers.

  Bill Smith : There may be something in what you say. Well, good luck.

  Joe Darsie : [pulling out roll of bills and hands one out]  Wait a minute, brother. Could you use a buck?

  Bill Smith : You save your money, mister. Times ain't that tough.

  Joe Darsie : No? Well, they could be.

  Bill Smith : [turning to leave]  Looks as though they will be. So long.

  Joe Darsie : [watching Joe go]  It's too bad. He could be a swell bum if he only had the willpower.

• Joe Darsie : What's your racket, buddy?

  Bill Smith : I'm a genius.

  Joe Darsie : Who?

  Bill Smith : A genius - unknown.

  Joe Darsie : No kidding? Do you draw pictures: swell dames?

  Bill Smith : Nah. I play tunes - on the typewriter. Nobody listens.