Santosh Patel Spectacle. Don't let the stories and pretty lights fool you. Boys, religion is darkness.
Played by Adil Hussain 
Life of Pi (2012) · 31 quotes
Life of Pi (2012) · 31 quotes
Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in Life of Pi (2012): in 8 of its 31 quotes
Most scenes with: Pi Patel (2)
Animals do not think like we do. People who forget that get themselves killed. That tiger … is not your friend. When you look into his eyes you are seeing your own emotions reflected back at you. Nothing else!
More lines from Santosh Patel
4 quotes Santosh Patel Santosh Patel You only need to convert to three more religions Piscine, and you'll spend your life on holiday.
Santosh Patel I don't expect us all to agree about everything, but I'd much rather have you believe in something I don't agree with rather than have you accept everything blindly. And that begins with thinking rationally. Do you understand?
Santosh Patel Believing in everything at the same time, is the same as not believing in anything at all.
Scenes with Santosh Patel
3 scenes Santosh Patel You only need to convert to three more religions, Piscine, and you will spend your life on holiday.
Ravi Patel
[laughing]
Are you going to Mecca this year, Swami Jesus? Or to Rome for your coronation as Pope Pius?
Gita Patel
You stay out of this, Ravi. Just as you like cricket, Pi has his own interests.
Santosh Patel No, Gita, Ravi has a point. You cannot follow three different religions at the same time, Piscine.
Why not?
Santosh Patel Because, believing in everything at the same time, is the same as not believing in anything at all.
Gita Patel
He's young, Santosh. He's still finding his way.
Santosh Patel And how can he find his way if he does not choose a path? Listen, instead of leaping from one religion to the next, why not start with reason? In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe than religion has in 10,000.
Gita Patel
That is true. Your father is right. Science can teach us more about what is out there, but not what is in here. [touches chest]
Santosh Patel Some eat meat, some eat vegetable. I do not expect us to all agree about everything, but I would much rather have you believe in something I don't agree with than to accept everything blindly. And that begins with thinking rationally. You understand? [Pi nods] Good.
I would like to be baptized.
Santosh Patel You think that tiger is a friend? He is an animal, not a playmate!
Animals have souls. I have seen it in their eyes.
Gita Patel
My sons and I are vegetarians. Do you have anything…? No, no, no. Not more gravy.
Cook
You don't want gravy?
Gita Patel
No, I want something vegetarian.
Cook
Oh. No problem.
Santosh Patel She asked if you have something vegetarian.
Cook
The cow that produced this liver was vegetarian, the pigs that went into these sausages were vegetarian.
Santosh Patel Very funny. But my wife doesn't eat liver.
Cook
Then she can eat the sausage, the rice, and the gravy. Or you can cook your own food.
Santosh Patel How dare you talk to my wife like that?
Cook
Here's your rice. I cook for sailors, not curry-eaters.
Santosh Patel [strangles him]
What did you say?!
Cook
Let go of me! Who do you think you are? You're nothing but a servant! I feed people! You feed monkeys!
