Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
Barry Sullivan: Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott
Quotes
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : I hoped you wouldn't do it again just as I knew you hadn't done it belore.
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : By the way, what's your name?
Whitney Young : Smith. Mary Smith.
Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : Isn't that funny? My name is Smith too. John Smith.
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : Why don't we go somewhere else, somewhere quiet and cosy where we can *really* relax, huh? Of course, you don't have to if you don't want to; but, after all, you are a sailor, aren't you?
Whitney Young : Well, yes, but...
Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : Of course, if you're nervous...
Whitney Young : Who's nervous?
Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : I'm not.
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : I suppose you have all sorts of ways of getting around things.
Whitney Young : Oh, nothing. It just takes a little talent.
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : [looking at Whitney] I can't say you strike me as a woman's woman.
Whitney Young : I've never struck myself that way either.
Una Yancy : It's funny. Why is it that there are lots of men's men; but, hardly any women's women? And if there were, would this be good thing or not?
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : When I sent for you Young, I was going to talk to you about last night. I was going to tell you that while I understood it was just an impulse and lots of fun, it was also little silly and very reckless.
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Una Yancy : It isn't everyday you get to met a guy who looks so bright and ain't so bright.
Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : Yancy, are you trying to apple polish me?
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : I just like to do my own hunting, that's all.
Whitney Young : But, wouldn't a hunter be pleased if a rabbit walked right up to him and said here I am?
Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : Shows you don't know anything about hunting. Half of the fun is staking out something for yourself!
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : Up to now I've lived a reasonably pleasant life. The pleasantest part of which has been choosing the women *I* want and chasing them. I like it that way. I'm going to keep it that way. Can't you get that through your silly, spoiled head?
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Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott : Have you ever dug a hole and found yourself at the bottom of it?