From the movie Ace in the Hole (1951) by Billy Wilder, with Kirk Douglas.
Douglas plays Charles (Chuck) Tatum, an immoral New York reporter down and out in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
His reputation is in need of even greater repair as he ambles arrogantly into the publisher's office of the small-time Sun-Bulletin, trying to land a job.
"I've been fired from eleven papers with a total circulation of seven million," Tatum brags to editor Jacob Q. Boot (Porter Hall), offering the services of a "250-dollar-a-week reporter for 50 bucks. Make it 45."
"I can handle big news and little news. And if there's no news, I'll go out and bite a dog."
TATUM: Mr. Boot, I was passing through Albuquerque; had breakfast here. I read your paper and thought you might be interested in my reaction.
BOOT: Indeed I am.
TATUM: Well, to be honest, it made me throw up. I don't mean to tell you I was expecting the New York Times, but even for Albuquerque, this is pretty Albuquerque.
BOOT: Alright, here's your nickel back.
[...]
TATUM: I've done a lot of lying in my time. I've lied to men who wear belts. I've lied to men who wear suspenders. But I'd never be so stupid as to lie to a man who wears both belt and suspenders.
[...]
TATUM: Where's my desk?
BOOT: The one by the door. You may be out of here by Saturday.
TATUM: Sooner the better.
Stitched in needlepoint and framed above a desk, the Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin motto admonishes, "Tell the Truth."
"Wish I could coin 'em like that," Tatum quips to the secretary. "If I ever do, will you embroider it for me?"
