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 James Whitmore Quotation"I have no regrets, real regrets about any darn thing...I think second-guessing one's self and your life is the most futile thing in the world." "I certainly wasn't the idol of millions. I just happened to get good parts. And so I wasn't worried...because I could see these character parts stretching on into the, you know, dim days of the future." Movie Title: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Admiral William F. Halsey: [after seeing one of his pilots miss a practice bombing target] Admiral William F. Halsey : Well, you can tell Lt. Dickinson from me, he couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle. Movie Title: Them! (1954) as Ben Peterson: [Pat observes that the walls of the huge nest are lined with saliva.] Ben Peterson : Spit's all that's holding me together, too. Movie Title: Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975) as Harry S Truman: Harry S Truman : Say, Rose, there's a story going around about me these days. It says that some old party hen is supposed to have cornered Bess at some party, and said, "Mrs. Truman, isn't there anything you can do to get the President to stop using the word `manure'?" And Bess is supposed to have replied, "It took me forty years to get him to use that word!" Movie Title: A Ring of Endless Light (2002) as Grandfather: Grandfather : [reading from Vaughn] I saw eternity the other night like a great ring of pure and endless light' Grandfather : You wrote something that's very comforting Vicky : [reading] The universe is part of this one cry In this strange land where all are born to die, Each tree and leaf and star shall have, The universe as part of this one cry. That every life is noted and is cherished, And nothing loved is ever lost or perished.' Grandfather : You, you understand. Movie Title: Battleground (1949) as Sgt. Kinnie: Holley : What's going on? Sgt. Kinnie : Me and General McAulliffe decided to move I Company up on the line. That is if you agree. [Rodriguez is wounded and left under an American artillery barrage] Pvt. Donald Jarvess : That's great. Artillery, can't miss. They've got Rodriguez to use as an aiming stake. Sgt. Kinnie : Tell Walowicz to send out for Rodriguez as soon as the barrage lifts. Holley : With what, a sponge? Lt. Teiss : You sure they were enemy tanks? Pvt. Donald Jarvess : We saw them, Lieutenant. Lt. Teiss : You think we got enough anti-tank grenades to do any good? Sgt. Kinnie : We ain't got any. Mind if I make a suggestion, Lieutenant? Lt. Teiss : What? Sgt. Kinnie : Well, sir, our usual defense against tanks is to call for artillery, and then to run like a jackrabbit. Lt. Teiss : We got orders to hold these positions. Sgt. Kinnie : Well, sir, let's call for artillery and keep our heads down, then. Lt. Teiss : We could send out some bazooka men... if we had any bazookas. Movie Title: Oklahoma! (1955) as Carnes: Ado Annie Carnes : He called me his Persian kitten! Carnes : what'd you call her that for? Ali Hakim : Ohh - I don't remember... Ado Annie Carnes : I do! He said I's like a Persian kitten cause they is the cats with the soft round tails! Carnes : [cocking his gun] That's enough. In this country that better be a proposal of marriage. Ali Hakim : You'd hardly ever see your daughter no more! Carnes : That'd be all right. Just take care of her, son. Aunt Eller Murphy : I'd like to say a word for the cowboys: Carnes : Oh, you would, would you? Aunt Eller Murphy : The road he treads is dificult and stony. He rides for days on end with just a pony for a friend... Ado Annie : I sure am feelin' sorry for the pony! Movie Title: The Relic (1997) as Dr. Whitney Frock / Dr. Albert Frock: Margo Green : Using superstition to bring people to the museum is like hiring topless ushers for the Bolshoi Ballet. Dr. Whitney Frock : Well, I wish they would, I might start going to the Ballet. Dr. Whitney Frock : The Kai tribe believed that headaches were caused by sorcery. So, the headache victim's family would go out and kill the suspected sorcerer. At which, of course, the family of the sorcerer would go out and kill the headache victim. D'Agosta : So what happened? Dr. Whitney Frock : Well, a medical miracle: everyone stopped having headaches. Dr. Albert Frock : Well, how goes the gradual extinction of the human race, Lieutenant? Lt. Vincent D'Agosta : I'm doing what I can to keep it orderly. Movie Title: Chato's Land (1972) as Joshua Everette: Joshua Everette : If I don't get to a doctor, I'll die! Elias Hooker : It looks that way. Joshua Everette : I've seen Comanches in Texas. And boy, I'll never want to see one again... I can tell you that. Capt. Quincey Whitmore : Well, you don't see Apaches. You don't hear 'em and you don't see 'em. It's like an act of God. Joshua Everette : All we got here is a handful of nothing... dirt and dry mouths. Movie Title: Temperatures Rising (1972) as Dr. Vincent Campanelli: Dr. Vincent Campanelli : (to Dr. Noland) What's next, Doctor? A wheelchair slalom on the ambulance ramp? Movie Title: The Last Frontier (1955) as Gus: [A band of heretofore friendly Indians have just taken the trappers' rifles and furs.] Jed Cooper : We never fished nor killed any more than we could eat. And we're not Blue Coats. Why are they taking it out on us? Gus : Civilization. Jed Cooper : Civilization? Gus : Civilization is creepin' up on us, lads. The Blue Coats aren't satisfied with gobblin' up all the lands east of the 'Sippi. No, they won't stop till they've pushed us over the Rockies and into the Pacific Ocean. It's a drownin' fate that awaits us all. These are calamitous times, Jed, calamitous times. Movie Title: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) as Brooks: Brooks : Easy peasy japanesey. Brooks : [narrating] Dear fellas, I can't believe how fast things move on the outside. I saw an automobile once when I was a kid but now they're everywhere. The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry. The parole board got me into this halfway house called "The Brewer". And a job bagging groceries at the Foodway. It's hard work and I try to keep up but my hands hurt most of the time. I don't think the store manager likes me very much. Sometimes after work I go to the park and feed the birds. I keep thinking Jake might just show up and say hello. But he never does. I hope wherever he is he's ok and makin' new friends. I have trouble sleepin' at night. I have bad dreams like I'm falling. I wake up scared. Sometimes it takes me a while to remember where I am. Maybe I should get me a gun, an, an rob the Foodway so they'd send me home. I could shoot the manager while I was at it, sort of like a bonus. I guess I'm too old for that sort of nonsense anymore. I don't like it here. I'm tired of being afraid all the time. I've decided not to stay. I doubt they'll kick up any fuss. Not for an old crook like me. [carves "Brooks was here" into wood. Admires his work for a moment. Then kicks out the table beneath him and hangs himself] Brooks : Dear Fellas, I can't believe how fast things move on the outside. I saw an automobile once when I was a kid. But, now they're everywhere. The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry. The parole board got me into this halfway house called the Brewer, and a job bagging groceries at the Foodway. It's hard work, and I try to keep up, but my hands hurt most of the time. |
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