"Here, let me give you one of my cards. Now if you should want to call me, use this number. This other one is the old number." Elwood P. Dowd
Dr. Sanderson: "Think carefully, Dowd. Didn't you know somebody, sometime, someplace with the name of Harvey? Didn't you ever know anybody by that name?"
Dowd: "No, no, not one, Dr. Maybe that's
why I always had such hopes for it."
" Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it." Elwood P. Dowd
"My mother used to say to me, 'Elwood'---she always called me Elwood---'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant.' For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant---and you may quote meElwood P. Dowd ."