A Countess from Hong Kong Quotes

Martha: You insult my intelligence by introducing that woman as Mrs Harvey Crothers... and then again as Mrs Hudson when she's sleeping here in your cabin. As Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, it is not exactly comme il faut... to include in your entourage, the mistress of a gangster. A prostitute.

Ogden: I wonder what your fate would have been in similar circumstances.

Natascha: Are we alone?

Ogden: I dunno, maybe there's somebody under the bed.

Ogden: Well, what're you gonna do about food?

Natascha: It's no hardship to miss a meal occasionally.

Ogden: You want me to break down and weep? .

Crawford: Harvey says not to wait for him for lunch. He's not feeling too well. I think he's got an upset stomach.

Ogden: I've got a little upset stomach myself.

Hudson: Excuse me sir - the kitchen will be closed in 10 minutes.

Ogden: [hands him the menu order card] Oh, well here it is.

Hudson: [reads the checked menu items] Chicken ala king, potato au gratin, string beans, cauliflower, glass of milk and caramelized ice cream... with hot chocolate sauce, huh?

Ogden: That's about it.

Crawford: Well, that's not bad for an upset stomach.

Ogden: What were y... , what were you hiding for?

Harvey: Me? I dunno.

Ogden: If you get off at Tokyo, I'll give you $25,000.

Natascha: You don't seem to understand - I don't want money.

Ogden: This is a trick, and you're not getting away with it.

Harvey: Ogden, you're dealing with an odd character.

Ogden: This is a hold-up - I'm going straight to the captain.

Harvey: Don't do anything rash, Ogden.

John Felix: I don't know you.

Harvey: Of course you do, you've been talking to my sister all night.

John Felix: That's not your sister.

Harvey: It's not my uncle.

Ogden: I think you should be married before lunch. Uh, you wanna have a brandy?

Hudson: Make it a double, if you please, sir.

Hudson: What happens this evening, that is tonight, after the marriage?

Ogden: Oh, nothing that concerns you, Hudson. You'll be sleeping in the same room, but in different beds of course.

Hudson: Madam, whatever your desire is, I am always at your service.

Ogden: Hudson, don't let the champagne go to your head.

Hudson: But the marriage has not yet been consummated.

Natascha: Yet? Hmph.

Ogden: Hudson, your mind is running in another channel.

Martha: Hudson, what have you done with the lady?

Hudson: Oh, nothing, madam. The marriage was never consummated.

Ogden: Hudson, you've got consummated on the brain.

Ogden: [on the phone with Harvey] Listen, where is everybody? You know who, your wife?

Hudson: Uh, pardon me, sir. I think you mean my wife.

Ogden: [on the phone with Harvey] Hudson's giving me an argument here.