Paul Scofield movie quotes

View Quote I am commanded by the king to be brief, and since I am the king's obedient subject, brief I will be. I die His Majesty's good servant, but God's first.

View Quote It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world ... but for Wales?

View Quote About his decision to not give away his daughter Meg to William Roper See here Will. Two years ago you were a loyal Churchman. Now you have fallen in with the Lutherans on account of being persuaded by their logic. I can only hope that when your head stops spinning it is affixed as God intended.

View Quote I... I can work harder.

View Quote I've no wish to take life. Not even human life.

View Quote Jessie: Oh!
Boxer: Oh, what is it?
Jessie: I think it's my time.
Boxer: You're dying?
Jessie: No, puppies.
Boxer: Puppies? Puppies! Quick, what do we do?
Snowball: Steady now, Boxer. Let's get Jessie back to the barn.

View Quote This is degenerate art, you know. As a loyal officer of the Third Reich, I should detest it. I've often wondered at the curious conceit that would attempt to determine tastes and ideas by decree.

View Quote Colonel von Waldheim: Do you think there will be sabotage attempts on this train?
Labiche: I'm a railroad man, not a prophet.
Colonel von Waldheim: Prophecy is not required, only determination. This train will get through to Germany.

View Quote [last words] Labiche! Here's your prize, Labiche. Some of the greatest paintings in the world. Does it please you, Labiche? You feel a sense of excitement at just being near them? A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape. You won by sheer luck. You stopped me without knowing what you were doing or why. You are nothing, Labiche. A lump of flesh. The paintings are mine. They always will be. Beauty belongs to the man who can appreciate it. They will always belong to me, or a man like me. Now, this minute, you couldn't tell me why you did what you did.