Welcome to IAWL.COM!It's a Wonderful LifeIt's a Wonderful Life (IAWL) QuotationsQuotes from "It's a Wonderful LifeIt's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American motion picture in which an angel-in-training gives a despondent and suicidally desparate man a look at what the world would be like if he had never been born. That man was George Bailey played by James Stewart. Screenplay of "It's a Wonderful Life" by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett and Frank Capra Directed by Frank Capra Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell and Lionel Barrymore.
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George Bailey QuotesJust remember this, Mister Potter, that this rabble you're talking about… they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that. I'm shakin' the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I'm gonna see the world. Italy, Greece, the Parthenon, the Colosseum. Then, I'm comin' back here to go to college and see what they know. And then I'm gonna build things. I'm gonna build airfields, I'm gonna build skyscrapers a hundred stories high, I'm gonna build bridges a mile long...... You sit around here and you spin your little webs and you think the whole world revolves around you and your money. Well, it doesn't, Mister Potter! In the — in the whole vast configuration of things, I'd say you were nothing but a scurvy little spider. Now you listen to me. I don't want any plastics and I don't want any ground floors. And I don't want to get married *ever* to anyone! You understand that? I want to do what I want to do. [to Uncle Billy] Where's that money, you silly, stupid old fool?! Where's that money?! D'you realize what this means? It means bankruptcy and scandal and prison! That's what it means. One of us is going to jail! Well, it's not gonna be me!
Mr. Potter Quotes[to George] Look at you. You used to be so cocky! You were going to go out and conquer the world! You once called me a warped, frustrated old man. What are you but a warped, frustrated young man, crawling in here on your hands and knees begging for help. No securities, no stocks, no bonds. Nothin' but a miserable little $500 equity in a life insurance policy. You're worth more dead than alive.
Clarence Oddbody QuotesEvery time you hear a bell ring, it means that some angel's just got his wings. Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he? You've been given a great gift, George: A chance to see what the world would be like without you. You see, George, you really had a wonderful life. Don't you see what a mistake it would be to throw it away? Remember, no man is a failure who has friends. Quotes from OthersTommy Bailey: Can you sing, Daddy? Nick the bartender: Hey look, mister - we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint "atmosphere". Is that clear, or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer? Nick the bartender: That does it. Out you two pixies go, through the door or out the window! Zuzu Bailey: Look, Daddy! Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings. Harry Bailey: A toast to my big brother George: The richest man in town. Violet Bick: Oh, this old thing?!? Why, I only wear it when I don't care how I look!
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George Bailey: What do you want, Mary? Do you want the moon? If you want it, I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down for you. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary.
George: Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get. Sort of a fallen angel, aren't you? What happened to your wings?
Clarence: Your brother, Harry Bailey, broke through the ice and died at the age of nine.
George: Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan! Hey! Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter!
Cast of It's a Wonderful Life
James Stewart - George Bailey Quote from Capra: "There are no rules in filmmaking, only sins. And the Cardinal's sin is dullness." This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. |