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 Fredric March Quotation"Keep interested in others; keep interested in the wide and wonderful world. Then in a spiritual sense you will always be young." "I liked the name Frederick Bickel and I wish now I had left it as it was. After all, Theodore Bikel, whose name was similar, though spelled differently, didn't change his, and he did all right." "Co-starring with Garbo hardly constituted an introduction." Movie Title: Seven Days in May (1964) as President Jordan Lyman: General James Mattoon Scott : And if you want to talk about your oath of office, I'm here to tell you face to face, President Lyman, that you violated that oath when you stripped this country of its muscles -- when you deliberately played upon the fear and fatigue of the people and told them they could remove that fear by the stroke of a pen. And then when this nation rejected you, lost faith in you, and began militantly to oppose you, you violated that oath by not resigning from office and turning the country over to someone who could represent the people of the United States! President Jordan Lyman : And that would be General James Mattoon Scott, would it? I don't know whether to laugh at that kind of megalomania, or simply cry. General James Mattoon Scott : James Mattoon Scott, as you put it, hasn't the slightest interest in his own glorification. But he does have an abiding interest in the survival of this country. President Jordan Lyman : Then, by God, run for office! You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country -- why in the name of God don't you have any faith in the system of government you're so hell-bent to protect? President Jordan Lyman : All right, Colonel. Let's sum it up, shall we? You're suggesting what? Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey : I'm not sure, Mr. President: just some possibilities, what we call, uh "capabilities" in military intelligence... President Jordan Lyman : You got something against the English language, Colonel? Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey : No, sir. President Jordan Lyman : Then speak it plainly, if you will. Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey : I'm suggesting, Mr. President, there's a military plot to take over the government. This may occur some time this coming Sunday. President Jordan Lyman : The next step should be to your liking, Chris. Esther, call the Pentagon. Tell General Scott I want to see him right away. Esther Townsend : [on intercom] Yes, sir. Christopher Todd : I think it's time we faced the enemy, Mr. President. President Jordan Lyman : He's not the enemy. Scott, the Joint Chiefs, even the very emotional, very illogical lunatic fringe: they're not the enemy. The enemy's an age -- a nuclear age. It happens to have killed man's faith in his ability to influence what happens to him. And out of this comes a sickness, and out of sickness a frustration, a feeling of impotence, helplessness, weakness. And from this, this desperation, we look for a champion in red, white, and blue. Every now and then a man on a white horse rides by, and we appoint him to be our personal god for the duration. For some men it was a Senator McCarthy, for others it was a General Walker, and now it's a General Scott. Senator Raymond Clark : Ah, don't get your nanny up; you knew there'd be some dislocations. You can't gear a country's economy for war for 20 years, then suddenly slam on the brakes and expect the whole transition to go like grease through a goose. Hmph. Doesn't work out like that. And think how the whole psychology of the thing's been screwed up from the outset. We've been hating the Russians for a quarter of a century. Suddenly we sign a treaty that says in two months they're to dismantle their bombs, we're to dismantle ours, and we all ride to a peaceful glory. This country will probably live as if peace were just as big a threat as war. President Jordan Lyman : Dammit, Ray, we could've had our paradise! Yes, by God, we could've had full employment, whopping Gross National Product, nice cushy feeling that we've got a bomb for every one of theirs. But just as sure as God made the state of Georgia, there'd've come one day when they'd've blown us up, or we'd've blown them up! My doctor worries about my blood pressure. You know who that gentleman is down there with the black box. There are five of them... you know that one of them sits outside my bedroom at night? You know what he carries in that box: the codes! The codes by which I, Jordan Lyman, can give the orders sending us into a nuclear war. Instead of my blood pressure, Horace should worry about my sanity. President Jordan Lyman : I know what Scott's attitude on the treaty is, what's yours? Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey : I agree with General Scott, sir. I think we're being played for suckers. I think it's really your business. Yours and the Senate. You did it, and they agreed so, well, I don't see how we in the military can question it. I mean we can question it, but we can't fight it. We shouldn't, anyway. President Jordan Lyman : Jiggs, isn't it? Isn't that what they call you? Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey : Yes sir. President Jordan Lyman : So you, ah, you stand by the Constitution Jake? Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey : I never thought of it just like that, Mr. President, but, well, that's what we got and I guess it's worked pretty well so far. I sure don't want to be the one to say we ought to change it. President Jordan Lyman : Neither do I. Movie Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde: Poole : You should go out, sir. London offers many amusements for a gentlemen like you, sir. Dr. Jekyll : Yes, but gentlemen like me daren't take advantage of them, Poole. Gentlemen like me have to be very careful of what we do or say. Dr. Lanyon : Perhaps you're forgetting, you're engaged to Muriel. Dr. Jekyll : Forgotten it? Can a man dying of thirst forget water? And do you know what would happen to that thirst if it were to be denied water? Dr. Lanyon : If I understand you correctly, you sound almost indecent. Dr. Jekyll : What names you give things! Mr. Hyde : Perhaps you prefer a gentleman. One of those fine-mannered and honorable gentlemen. Those panting hypocrites who like your legs but talk about your garters. Dr. Lanyon : You're a rebel, and see what it has done for you. You're in the power of this monster that you have created. Dr. Jekyll : I'll never take that drug again! Dr. Lanyon : Yes, but you told me you became that monster tonight not of your own accord. It will happen again. Dr. Jekyll : It never will. I'm sure of it. I'll conquer it! Dr. Lanyon : Too late. You cannot conquer it. It has conquered you! Dr. Jekyll : Oh, God. This I did not intend. I saw a light but did not know where it was headed. I have tresspassed on your domain. I've gone further than man should go. Forgive me. Help me! Dr. Jekyll : I have no soul. I'm beyond the pale. I'm one of the living dead! Movie Title: Death Takes a Holiday (1934) as Death: Death : I am - how shall I pursue it - a sort of vagabond of space. I am the point of contact between time and eternity. Death : My holiday is just caprice--a mad joke that has scarcely begun. But what a monstrous, what a sublime joke! I, Death, take on the World, the Flesh, and the Devil! Death : Now suddenly I know for the first time that men bear a dream within them, a dream that lifts them above their dust... and their little days. Death : I wish that we may never meet when you are less beautiful, and I must be less kind. Movie Title: Bedtime Story (1941) as Luke Drake: [last lines, at the end of the play's premiere] Luke Drake : It's a smash hit, Eddie -- it'll run five years! Jane Drake : Ladies and gentlemen! This will have the shortest run of any of Mr. Drake's plays... [gasps from audience] Luke Drake : No, no, no. Five years! Jane Drake : It will be closed in the early spring by an act of God. And I'm sure Mr. Drake hopes it will be... a boy. [Luke faints] Movie Title: Nothing Sacred (1937) as Wally Cook: Wally Cook : For good clean fun, there's nothing like a wake. Hazel Flagg : Oh please, let's not talk shop. Movie Title: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Al Stephenson: Al Stephenson : I've seen nothing, I should have stayed at home and found out what was really going on. Peggy Stephenson : I've made up my mind. Al Stephenson : Good girl. Milly Stephenson : To do what? Peggy Stephenson : I'm going to break that marriage up! Movie Title: Another Part of the Forest (1948) as Marcus Hubbard: Marcus Hubbard : Stop cryin' over your food, Lavinia...if you want it to remain unsalted. Marcus Hubbard : Try to remember that though ignorance becomes a Southern gentleman, cowardice does not. Movie Title: Design for Living (1933) as Tom Chambers: George Curtis : I haven't got a clean shirt to my name. Tom Chambers : Why a clean shirt? What's up? A romance? George Curtis : I'm not talking pajamas, just a clean shirt. Tom Chambers : It's amazing how a few insults can bring people together in three hours. Gilda Farrell : It was certainly good to hear all the names you called me. I haven't heard them since I left father and mother. Tom Chambers : George betrayed me for you. Without wishing to flatter you, I understood that. I can still understand it. But you betrayed me for George. An incredible choice! Tom Chambers : That's one way of meeting the situation. Shipping clerk comes home, finds missus with boarder. He breaks dishes. It's pure burlesque. Then there's another way. Intelligent artist returns unexpectedly, finds treacherous friends, both discuss the pros and cons of the situation in grownup dialogue. High-class comedy, enjoyed by everybody. George Curtis : There's a third way. I'll kick your teeth out and tear your head off and beat some decency into you! Tom Chambers : Cheap melodrama. Very dull. Movie Title: Inherit the Wind (1960) as Matthew Harrison Brady: Matthew Harrison Brady : We must not abandon faith! Faith is the most important thing! Henry Drummond : Then why did God plague us with the capacity to think? Mr. Brady, why do you deny the one thing that sets above the other animals? What other merit have we? The elephant is larger, the horse stronger and swifter, the butterfly more beautiful, the mosquito more prolific, even the sponge is more durable. Or does a sponge think? Matthew Harrison Brady : I don't know. I'm a man, not a sponge! Henry Drummond : Do you think a sponge thinks? Matthew Harrison Brady : If the Lord wishes a sponge to think, it thinks! Henry Drummond : Does a man have the same privilege as a sponge? Matthew Harrison Brady : Of course! Henry Drummond : Then this man wishes to have the same privilege of a sponge, he wishes to think! Matthew Harrison Brady : Remember the wisdom of Solomon in the book of Proverbs. "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind." Matthew Harrison Brady : But your client is wrong. He is deluded. He has lost his way. Henry Drummond : It's a shame we don't all possess your positive knowledge of what is right and what is wrong, Mr. Brady. Matthew Harrison Brady : I do not think about things I do not think about. Henry Drummond : Do you ever think about things that you do think about? Henry Drummond : Is that the way of things? God tells Brady what is good; to be against Brady is to be against God! Matthew Harrison Brady : No! Every man is a free agent! Henry Drummond : Then what is Bertram Cates doing in the Hillsboro Jail? Movie Title: The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) as Mark Twain: Mark Twain : Ladies and gentlemen, William Shakespeare, the greatest author in the English language is dead.....and I feel far from well myself. Movie Title: A Star Is Born (1937) as Norman Maine: Norman Maine : Do you think I'm slipping? Oliver Niles : Can you take it? Norman Maine : Yeah, go ahead. Oliver Niles : The tense is wrong. You're not slipping - you've slipped. Norman Maine : What do they do with the actors while you're away? Matt Libby : Oh, they cut 'em into slices and fry 'em with eggs. Movie Title: Susan and God (1940) as Barrie Trexel: Barrie Trexel : If Susan's lying in a ditch, you can be sure it's a perfectly good ditch, with hot and cold running water. Movie Title: I Married a Witch (1942) as Wallace Wooley: Wallace Wooley : I'm afraid you've got a hangover. Daniel : Don't tell me what I've got! I invented the hangover. 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