My Gal Sal (1942)

James Gleason: Pat Hawley

Quotes 

• Fred Haviland : Funny thing about geniuses. You always hear of them burning in an attic. But you always see them burning in the brightest places in town.

  Sally Elliott : No matter what you think, he's just as serious about his work as he ever was. Why, he has a wonderful melody, and he wants to put words to it. It's an idea about his home on the banks of the Wabash.

  Pat Hawley : [snorts]  "Banks of the Wabash." Farm stuff. Who cares anything about farms? Who ever heard of the Wabash? But if it's a good tune, we might change it to the Hudson.

• Pat Hawley : McGuiness, how many times have I told you never to drink when you're on the job?

  McGuiness : Oh, I'd say about - ten thousand.

• Pat Hawley : That "Wabash" number's gonna make us over a million. People love songs about rivers!

• Pat Hawley : You know, Fred, nice fellas like us never get any where with women. It's always the hounds that get the gravy.

• Paul Dresser : That's the lightest, gayest music number you ever heard.

  Pat Hawley : Light, huh? Gay? Maybe it does you good to have your heart broken. Maybe you ought to have it broken every week. We'd be rich.