The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

Peter Lind Hayes: Lew Gibson

Quotes 

• Lew Gibson : [to the Indian chiefs]  Now, remember, you're Indians.

• Lew Gibson : [to Poppy]  You can't go around quoting politicians accurately! That's dirty journalism and you know it!

• Lew Gibson : Tell me, do you use a pipe of peace anywhere in this routine?

  Indian : Are you kidding?

  Lew Gibson : But for a hundred bucks?

  Indian : Did you ever smoke one of those things?

• Waiter : Vodka, I take, is not good enough for you?

  Senator Melvin G. Ashton : Is that fellow radical?

  Lew Gibson : No, no. He just likes vodka.

• Lew Gibson : Boss, I was in the advertising business once. So believe me, if you can sell the American public that one cigarette is different from another, that one toothpaste is better than another, you can sell them anything, even Mel Ashton.

• Lew Gibson : Don't tell me you're interested in senators.

  Valerie Shepherd : Well, he's from my home state.

  Lew Gibson : [Snaps his fingers]  Oops, forgot. Want me to shoot him for you?

  Valerie Shepherd : Aw, couldn't you sneak me in just for a few minutes to hear him?

  Lew Gibson : Oh sure, but I never thought I'd live to see the day someone would want to listen to old wooden shoes.

• Senator Melvin G. Ashton : Do Indians vote in this country?

  Lew Gibson : Yes

  Senator Melvin G. Ashton : Help yourselves, fellas. Take all you want.

  [Rodeo Indians help themselves to the fruit basket] 

• Lew Gibson : What enemies have you got?

  Senator Melvin G. Ashton : Well, that... that opens up quite a field.