The Constant Gardener 2005 quotes

15 quotes · 7 characters
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Characters
Tim Donohue Donald Sumpter · 4 quotes
Arthur "Ham" Hammond Richard McCabe · 1 quote
Birgit Anneke Kim Sarnau · 1 quote

Most scenes together: Tessa Quayle & Justin Quayle (2), Justin Quayle & Tim Donohue (2)

The Constant Gardener quotes

[Tessa tells Justin to slow down, wanting to drive a woman, her baby, and her brother who are walking 40 kilometers back to his home]

We can't involve ourselves in their lives, Tessa.

Be reasonable. There are millions of people, they all need help. It's what the agencies are here for.

Yeah, but these are three people that we can help.

Well, ah, I can't speak for Sir Bernard...

Oh, I thought that was why you were here?

[lecture audience laughs]

Well, diplomats have to go where they're sent.

So do labradors.

[Smiling]

Ouch... Well, I think Mr. Bernard would argue that when peaceful means are exhausted...

Exhausted? Mr.Quayle, they're not exactly exhausted, they're just lying in the way of the tanks!

Sir Curtiss

You're what passes for James Bond around here. Get Her Majesty's secret service to pull a few things. It's what you spies do, isn't it?

Is it? Never really sure what it is we do.

[on drug trials]

Put $50,000 in the right hands and you can test battery acid as skin lotion.

Do you no good to go poking around under rocks, Justin. Some very nasty things live under rocks, especially in foreign gardens.
Arthur "Ham" Hammond

I only give the food to the women, Mr. Black. Women make the homes, men just make wars... and hooch. Adam was God's first draft – He got it right with Eve. Tell that to your readers, Mr. Black.

So who has got away with murder? Not, of course, the British government. They merely covered up, as one does, the offensive corpses. Though not literally. That was done by person or persons unknown. So who has committed murder? Not, of course, the highly respectable firm of KDH Pharmaceutical, which has enjoyed record profits this quarter, and has now licensed ZimbaMed of Harare, to continue testing Dypraxa in Africa. No, there are no murders in Africa. Only regrettable deaths. And from those deaths we derive the benefits of civilization, benefits we can afford so easily... because those lives were bought so cheaply.

Sorry, I've just got one question: Whose map is Britain using when it completely ignores the United Nations and decides to invade Iraq? Or do you think it's more diplomatic to bend to the will of a superpower and politely take part in Vietnam the Sequel?