Thelma Ritter Quotes & Sayings

Stella: I got a nose for trouble. I can smell it ten miles away ... I can smell trouble right here in this apartment. First you smash your leg. Then you get to lookin' out the window. See things you shouldn't see. Trouble. I can see you in court now, surrounded by a bunch of lawyers in double-breasted suits. You're pleading: 'Judge, it was only a little bit of innocent fun. I love my neighbors like a father.' And the Judge says, 'Well, congratulations, you've just given birth to three years in ... ' — Thelma Ritter

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet. — Thelma Ritter

Do you know what I like about your program? Even when I'm running the vacuum, I can understand it. — Thelma Ritter

As a guest who doesn't eat, drink or smoke, you leave much to be desired, but as a writer, you're my girl. — Thelma Ritter

When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together - wham - like a couple of taxis on Broadway, not sit around analyzing each other like two specimens in a bottle. — Thelma Ritter

If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it. — Thelma Ritter