Extended Reading

Funny Face quotes

  • Maggie Prescott: The Quality Woman must have grace, elegance and pizazz.

    Dick Avery: Every girl on every page of Quality has grace, elegance, and pizazz. Now, what's wrong with bringing out a girl who has character, spirit, and intelligence?

    Dovitch: That certainly would be novel in a fashion magazine.

  • Dick Avery: Let me show you something.

    [Serving wine and speaking in a friendly tone]

    Dick Avery: Gentlemen: may I take this opportunity to tell you that you look like a mess of worms? And that you not only look like a mess of worms, but you ARE a mess of worms. And I'll bet you've been sitting at this table all these years because if you ever left it you'd be picked up on a vagrancy charge.

    Old French men: [Nod and smile in enthusiastic agreement]

    Dick Avery: Your defense rests.