The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Ray Teal: Mr. Mollett

Quotes 

• Mr. Mollett : Say, uh, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?

  Homer Parrish : I know what it is. How did I get these hooks and how do they work? That's what everybody says when they start off, "Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" Well, I'll tell ya. I got sick and tired of that old pair of hands I had. You know, an awful lot of trouble washing them and manicuring my nails. So I traded them in for a pair of these latest models. They work by radar. Look.

  [He takes a scoop of his ice cream sundae with a spoon] 

  Homer Parrish : Pretty cute, hey?