Roddy McDowall movie quotes
74 quotes from 8 movies
A Bug's Life (1998) as Mr. Soil
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Do not panic. Do not panic! We are trained professionals. Now, stay calm. We are going around the leaf.
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Oh, nonsense. This is nothing compared to the twig of '93.
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That's it. That's it. Good! You're doing great! There you go. There you go! Watch my eyes. Don't look away. And here's the line again.
The Black Hole (1979) as V.I.N.CENT
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A pint cannot hold a quart, Mr. Pizer. If it holds, the pint is doing the best it can.
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All sunshine makes a desert, so the Arabs say.
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I don't mean to sound superior, but I hate the company of robots.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) as Caesar
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And so, Mandemus, we must be patient...and wait.
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Caesar: Ah, if only my mother and father, whom I was too young to remember... If only they'd lived, perhaps they would have taught me if it was right to kill evil so that good shall prevail.
MacDonald: But you know, Caesar, history shows...
Caesar: Oh no, no, no. That is human history, not ape history. Ape, never kills ape.”
MacDonald: But you know, Caesar, history shows...
Caesar: Oh no, no, no. That is human history, not ape history. Ape, never kills ape.”
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) as Caesar
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Lousy human bastards!!
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All keepers and handlers, attention! Attention! All keepers and handlers. There is $50,000 worth of apes in jeopardy. Get them out of here...alive!
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The king is dead. Long live the king!
How Green Was My Valley (1941) as Huw Morgan
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Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still - real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever. How green was my Valley then.
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After dinner, when dishes had been washed, the box was brought to the table, for the spending money to be handed out. No one in our Valley had ever seen a bank. We kept our savings on the mantelpiece. My father used to say that money was made to be spent, just as men spend their strength and brains in earning it - and as willingly - but always with a purpose.
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Someone would strike up a song, and the valley would ring with the sound of many voices - for singing is in my people as sight is in the eye.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) as Cornelius
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Where we come from, apes talk. Humans are dumb.
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My name is Cornelius. This is my wife, Zira.
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Please, do not use the word "monkey"! It is offensive to us. As an archaeologist, I had access to history scrolls which were kept secret from the masses, and I suspect that the weapon which destroyed Earth was man's own invention! I do know this: one of the reasons for man's original downfall was your peculiar habit of murdering one another! Man destroys man. Apes do not destroy apes!
Cleopatra (1963) as Octavian
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Antony is dead? You say that as if it were an everyday occurrence. The soup is hot, the soup is cold. Antony is alive, Antony is dead.
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I am Caesar.
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Germanicus: [in the Roman Senate] Antony! Stay not too long in Alexandria!
[General laughter]
Octavian: Germanicus, stay not too long in Rome.
{More laughter]
[General laughter]
Octavian: Germanicus, stay not too long in Rome.
{More laughter]
Planet of the Apes (1968) as Cornelius
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Cornelius: Well Taylor, we're all fugitives now.
George: Do you have any weapons, any guns?
Cornelius: The best, but we won't need them.
George: I'm glad to hear it. I want one anyway.
George: Do you have any weapons, any guns?
Cornelius: The best, but we won't need them.
George: I'm glad to hear it. I want one anyway.
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Julius: You know the saying, "Human see, human do."
Ape Guard: Shut up, you freak.
Cornelius: [reading from the sacred scrolls of the apes] 'Beware the beast man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him, for he is the harbinger of death.'
Ape Guard: Shut up, you freak.
Cornelius: [reading from the sacred scrolls of the apes] 'Beware the beast man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him, for he is the harbinger of death.'
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George: There's your Minister of Science; honor bound to expand the frontiers of knowledge.
Dr. Zira: Taylor please!
George: Except that he's also Chief Defender of the Faith!
Dr. Zaius: There is no contradiction between faith and science... true science.
George: Are you willing to put that statement to the test?
Cornelius: Taylor I would much rather—
George: Take it easy, you saved me from this fanatic, maybe I can return the favor!
Dr. Zira: Taylor please!
George: Except that he's also Chief Defender of the Faith!
Dr. Zaius: There is no contradiction between faith and science... true science.
George: Are you willing to put that statement to the test?
Cornelius: Taylor I would much rather—
George: Take it easy, you saved me from this fanatic, maybe I can return the favor!