Personal Property (1937)

Billy Bevan: Frank the Waiter

Quotes 

• Frank the Waiter : What shall it be sir, a dry martini?

  Raymond Dabney : No, I think I'll have some whiskey, Frank. I'm a little depressed.

  Frank the Waiter : Depressed? Well, don't drink whiskey, Mr. Raymond. Allow me to suggest a Champagne Cocktail. Drinks are like lifts, Mr. Raymond. Whiskey sends you down into the cellar and champagne up to the roof.

  Raymond Dabney : Are you an old fool or an old philosopher, Frank?

  Frank the Waiter : You have to be both, sir, to be a waiter.

• Frank the Waiter : I have a little philosophy, sir. I borrowed it from the poet Browning. But, I improved it, sir, developed it a bit: Zest in quest. Keep going. Get somewhere.

  Raymond Dabney : Going where? What's the quest?

  Frank the Waiter : The quest is of no importance, sir. It's the zest that matters.