Operation Petticoat * Quotes

Sherman: "Where is Lt. Holden?"
Watson: "When the air raid started they took off. All he said was 'in confusion there is profit'."

"Sir, in Las Vegas, the boys would say you're trying to make your point the hard way."

"When a girl is under 21, she's protected by law. When she's over 65, she's protected by nature. Anywhere in between, she's fair game. Look out."

Serman: "Sir, Sea Tiger was built to fight. She deserves a better epitaph than 'commissioned 1940, sunk 1941, engagements none, shots fired none.' Now, you can't let it go that way. That's like a beautiful woman dying an old maid, if you know what I mean by old maid."
Henderson: "Did you ever sell used cars?"
Sherman: "No, Sir."
Henderson: "I've got a hunch you missed your calling."

"When I was a kid, I was the victim of the most vicious propaganda. People told me that money wasn't everything and I believed it. Then I found out that the people that were telling me that money wasn't everything were the people who had a lot of money. Now there are two ways you can get money. You can steal it, or you can marry it."

"I don't want to bore you with the problems of command, Mr. Holden, because I doubt you'll ever have one. It's inconsistent with that philosophy of yours - every man for himself."

Sherman: "My responsibility is this boat, and to get her out of here I'd even make a pact with the devil."
Holden: "That's where I come in."
Sherman: "That's right."