1. “I’m not sleepy. I want to look at my flower.” – Zuzu Bailey
2. “Peter Bailey was not a businessman. That’s what killed him. Oh, I don’t mean any disrespect to him, rest his soul. He was a man of high ideals. So-called. But ideals without common sense can ruin this town.” – Mr. Potter
3. “There is no George Bailey. You have no papers, no cards, no driver’s license, no 4F card, no insurance policy.” – Clarence
4. “A man down on Earth needs our help.” – Senior Angel
5. “I know what I’m gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that.” – George Bailey
6. “I know, I know. But you just go to sleep, and then you can dream about it, and it’ll be a whole garden.” – George Bailey
7. “You sit around here, and you spin your little webs, and you think the whole world revolves around you and your money. Well, it doesn’t, Mr. Potter. In the whole vast configuration of things, I’d say you were nothing but a scurvy little spider!” – George Bailey
8. “Dear Father in Heaven, I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me, show me the way. Show me the way.” – George Bailey
9. “You’ve been given a great gift, George—a chance to see what the world would be like without you.” – Clarence
10. “Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” – Zuzu Bailey
11. “No, worse. He’s discouraged. At exactly 10:45PM Earth time, that man will be thinking seriously about throwing away God’s greatest gift.” – Senior Angel
12. “You know, George, I feel that in a small way we are doing something important. It’s deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace, and we’re helping him get those things in our shabby little office.” – Pa Bailey
13. “I couldn’t face being cooped up for the rest of my life in a shabby little office—spending all your life trying to figure out how to save three cents on a length of pipe. I’d go crazy. I want to do something big and something important.” – George Bailey
14. “What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That’s a pretty good idea. I’ll give you the moon, Mary.” – George Bailey
15. “Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” – Clarence
16. “All you can take with you is that which you’ve given away.” – Pa Bailey
17. “You see, George, you’ve really had a wonderful life. Don’t you see what a mistake it would be to throw it away?” – Clarence
18. “Remember, George—no man is a failure who has friends.” – Clarence
19. “You call this a ? Why do we have to have all these kids?” – George Bailey
20. “You’re right when you say my father was no businessman. I know that. Why he ever started this cheap, penny-ante Building and Loan, I’ll never know. But neither you nor anyone else can say anything against his character.” – George Bailey
21. “You know what we’re gonna do? We’re gonna shoot the works. A whole week in New York. A whole week in Bermuda. The highest hotels. The oldest champagne. The richest caviar and and the prettiest wife.” – George Bailey
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22. “Sure, I had it, but I got rid of it.” – Ernie Bishop
23. “A toast to my big brother George—the richest man in town.” – Harry Bailey
24. “Isn’t there any romance in you?” – Bert
25. “Why, she lights up like a firefly whenever you are around.” – Ma Bailey
26. “Help me, Clarence! Get me back! Get me back, I don’t care what happens to me! Get me back to my and kids! Help me Clarence, please! Please! I wanna live again. I wanna live again. Please, God, let me live again.” – George Bailey
27. “And all’s fair in love and war, right?” – George Bailey
28. “Is this the ear you can’t hear in? George Bailey, I’ll love you ‘til the day I die.” – Little Mary
29. “Why don’t you kiss her instead of talking her to death?” – House Owner
30. “Oh, youth is wasted on the wrong people!” – House Owner
31. “Do you know how long it takes a working man to save $5,000? Just remember this, Mr. Potter—that this rabble you’re talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn’t think so. People were human beings to him. But to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they’re cattle. Well in my book, my father died a much richer man than you’ll ever be!” – George Bailey
32. “You’re all businessmen here. Doesn’t it make them better citizens? Doesn’t it make them better customers?” – George Bailey
33. “Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!” – George Bailey
34. “What do you think I am, a dictionary?” – George Bailey
35. “I’m a rich tourist today. How about driving me home in style?” – George Bailey
36. “Isn’t it wonderful? I’m going to jail!” – George Bailey
37. “I wouldn’t live in it as a ghost.” – George Bailey
38. “Hey, you’re wonderful!” – George Bailey
39. “If it wasn’t me talking, I’d say you were the prettiest girl in town.” – George Bailey
40. “This is a very interesting situation!” – George Bailey
41. “A man doesn’t get in a situation like this every day.” – George Bailey
42. “But George Bailey is not a common, ordinary yokel. A young man—the smartest one in the crowd, mind you. A young man who has to sit by and watch his friends go places because he’s trapped. Do I paint the correct picture or do I exaggerate?” – Mr. Potter
43. “What’s a pretty girl like you marrying this two-headed brother of mine?” – George Bailey
44. “No, we don’t use money in Heaven.” – Clarence
45. “You’re not paid to be a canary!” – Mr. Emil Gower
46. “They’re putting us out of business. So what? I can get another job, I’m only 55.” – Uncle Billy
47. “I don’t want Mrs. Bailey, I want my wife. Mrs Bailey? Oh, that’s my wife.” – George Bailey
48. “George, I am an old man, and most people hate me. But I don’t like them either so that makes it all even.” – Mr. Potter
49. “I know one way you can help me. You don’t happen to have 8,000 bucks on you?” – George Bailey
50. “I’ve been saving this money for a divorce, if ever I got a .” – Annie
With everything that’s going on, it’s easy to take life for granted. Time moves on at an incredibly fast pace, and sometimes, we feel like we just can’t keep up.
