Life of Brian 1979 quotes, page 2

25 quotes · 8 characters
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Characters
Brian Graham Chapman · 10 quotes
Mandy Terry Jones · 5 quotes
Reg John Cleese · 4 quotes
PFJ Member 3 quotes
Prisoner 2 quotes
Blood and Thunder Prophet Terry Gilliam · 1 quote

Most scenes together: Brian & Mandy (2), Brian & PFJ Member (2)

Life of Brian quotes

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Crowd
[Brian, still naked, opens the window, only to find a huge crowd who followed him yesterday amassed at his house] [raising staves holding gourds and sandals]

LOOK! THERE HE IS! THE CHOSEN ONE HAS WOKEN!

[Brian quickly shuts the windows, followed by a loud knock on his door]

Brian!

[starts dressing his clothes]

Huuh. Hooh. Ooh! Mother. Ooh. Ha...

Brian!

Hang on, mother! [to Judith, who is also naked] Shhh. [a door knocked open, Mandy enters] Hello Mother.

Don't you 'hello mother' me! What are all those people doing out there?!

Oh. Well-Well, I, uh...

Come on! What have you been up to, my lad?!

Well, uh, I think they must have popped by for something.

Popped by?! Swarmed by is more like it! There's a multitude out there!

Mm, they...they started following me yesterday.

Well, they can stop following you right now. [opens the window to address his followers] Now, stop following my son! You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Crowd

The Messiah! The Messiah! The Messiah!

The who?!

Crowd

The Messiah!

Huh, there's no Messiah in here. There's a mess, all right, but no Messiah. Now, go away!

Crowd

BRIAN! BRIAN!

Deadly Dirk
[The People's Front of Judea are breaking into Caesar's palace. However, they become distracted by the Campaign for a Free Galilee, a rival organization with the same plan]

Campaign for Free Galilee!

Francis

Oh. Uh, People's Front of Judea (Officials).

Deadly Dirk

Oh.

Francis

What's your group doing here?

Deadly Dirk

We're going to kidnap Pilate's wife, take her back, issue demands.

Francis

So are we.

Deadly Dirk

What?

Francis

That's our plan!

Deadly Dirk

We were here first!

Francis

What do you mean?!

Deadly Dirk

We thought of it first!

Warris

Oh, yeah?

Deadly Dirk

Yes, a couple of years ago!

PFJ

Ha. Heh. Ha ha.

Deadly Dirk

We did!

Francis

Okay, c-co-come on. You got all your demands worked out, then?

Deadly Dirk

'Course we have.

Francis

What are they?

Deadly Dirk

Well, I'm not telling you.

PFJ

Aghhh...

Francis

Oh, come on. Pull the other one.

PFJ

Shh!

Deadly Dirk

That's not the point! We thought of it before you!

Warris

Did not.

Deadly Dirk

We did!

Francis

You didn't.

CFG

We bloody did!

Shhhh!

PFJ

Shhhhh! Shh.

Deadly Dirk

You bastards! We've been planning this for months.

Francis

Well, tough titty for you, Fish Face. [Deadly Dirk pokes him on the eye, a fight breaks out]

Brothers! Brothers! We should be struggling together.

[in a headlock]

We are!

We mustn't fight each other! Surely we should be united against the common enemy!

All

The Judean People's Front!

No, no, the Romans!

Everyone

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes.

Francis

Yeah. He's right

Random

Look out!

Deadly Dirk
[A Roman soldier walks on the corridor, causing everyone to hide, then disappears]

Right! Where were we?

Francis

Uhh, you were going to punch me.
[Fights broke out again, both parties suffered casualties except Brian. Two Roman soldiers appear, watching the fight with disapproval]

And there shall in that time be rumours of things going astray, and there will be a great confusion as to where things really are, and nobody will really know where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia work base, that has an attachment…at this time, a friend shall lose his friend’s hammer and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before around eight o’clock...

Cheer up, Brian. You know what they say:
Some things in life are bad.
They can really make you mad.
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle,
Don't grumble. Give a whistle.
And this'll help things turn out for the best. And...
[music]

Now, you listen here: 'e's not the Messiah, 'e's a very naughty boy! Now go away!

Oh, what I wouldn't give to be spat at in the face. I sometimes hang awake at night dreaming of being spat at in the face.

So, there you are! I might have known it would end up like this. To think of all the love and affection I've wasted on you. Well, if that's how you treat your poor old mother in the autumn years of her life, all I can say is, "Go ahead. Be crucified. See if I care." [storms off] I might have known it would end up like this. Sex, sex. That's all young people are interested in nowadays. I don't know what the world's coming to.

Reg

What Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem.