Heroes for Sale (1933)

Charley Grapewin: Pa Dennis

Quotes 

• Pa Dennis : You're trying to tell me the world ain't getting any better.

  Max Brinker : It's getting worse.

  Pa Dennis : But why is it getting worse?

  Max Brinker : Oh, the burden of proof is on you, my friend. Why is it getting better?

  Pa Dennis : Look how much longer people live.

  Max Brinker : I admit that, but that only prolongs their suffering.

  Pa Dennis : Well, if you think life is so awful, why don't you cut your throat?

  Max Brinker : Because I can't afford to buy a knife.

  [Pa hands Max a knife] 

  Max Brinker : Oh, you are stupid, my friend. That's why you can't accept the doctrines of Communism, why you endure class servitude. You are a fish, a timid little rabbit, a slinking mouse afraid to fight. And what have you to lose, I ask you?

  Max Brinker , Pa Dennis : Nothing but your chains.

• Pa Dennis : Primpin' for Tom again, eh? Trying to look pretty.

  Mary Dennis : No, just trying to look less like the family.