Jellon Lamb I was, in days gone by, a believer. But, alas, I came to this beleaguered land and the God in me just... evaporated. Let us change our toast, then, to the God that has forgotten us.
Played by John Hurt 
The Proposition (2005) · 53 quotes
The Proposition (2005) · 53 quotes
4th most-quoted character in The Proposition (2005): in 11 of its 53 quotes
Most scenes with: Charlie Burns (2), Arthur Burns (2)
Mr. Murphy, Russia, China, the Congo. Oh, I have traveled among unknown people in lands beyond the sea. But nothing, nothing could've prepared me for this godforsaken hole.
More lines from Jellon Lamb
6 quotes Jellon Lamb Jellon Lamb You see, Mr. Murphy, I am something of a fortune hunter.
Jellon Lamb [motions for Charlie to put his gun away]
No, no need for that. No need for that. We are white men, you and I!
Jellon Lamb Permit me to introduce myself. My name is Jellon Lamb. Citizen of the world, you might say, an adventurer, and, if I may be so bold, a man of no little education.
Jellon Lamb Charles, eh? Perhaps you've read On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin? Oh, don't be thrown by the title, he had some most fascinating things to say. Chilling things! Mr. Darwin spent time studying Aboriginals. He claims we are, at bottom... one and the same! [laughs] He infers, Mr. Murphy, that we a share a common ancestry with monkeys! Monkeys!
Jellon Lamb You see, My Dude, I am something of a fortune hunter.
Scenes with Jellon Lamb
4 scenes Jellon Lamb [Capturing Charlie Burns]
Good boy! Nice and tight, eh? Right. Up we get. [Charlie struggles] Oh, no, I wouldn't try that if I were you. Ligatures and knots are one of my many talents. Right. And it appears that you are singularly bereft of any talents whatsoever, Mr. Burns. To be speared by a savage? How extraordinarily quaint. Easy, Mr. Burns. I was drunk. You only got me because I was drunk. Well, I'm not drunk now. I'm on the job now. Not a bad days' work, either. For what is an Irishman, but a **** turned inside out. Now, we're gonna sit down on this log. Nice and easy, Mr. Burns. There. [Jellon is shot in the back]
Jellon Lamb Forgive me, sir, but I've been stuck here with no one but this sorry sack of Hibernian pig shit for conversation. Poor, poor Dan O'Reilly. Sit, sir. Drink with me.
[Charlie **** his gun and points it to Lamb]
One more crack about the Irish, Mr. Lamb, and I'll shoot you. Am I clear?
Jellon Lamb Oh, as the waters of Ennis, sir. Let us drink, then, to the Irish. No finer race of men have ever... peeled a potato.
Jellon Lamb Good Lord, son. No, I do not.
Jellon Lamb [speaking about Arthur Burns]
We are white men, Sir, not beasts. Oh, he sits up there in those melancholy hills; some say he sleeps in caves like a beast, slumbers deep like the Kraken. The blacks say that he is a spirit. The troopers will never catch him. Common force is meaningless, Mr. Murphy, as he squats up there on his impregnable perch. So I wait, Mr. Murphy. I wait.
Jellon Lamb "There's night and day, brother. Both sweet things. Sun, moon and stars, all sweet things. Very quiet now. There's a wind on the heath. Life is very... sweet, brother."
"Life is very sweet, brother. Who would wish to die?" George Borrow, I believe. A worthy writer and a beautiful sentiment, sir. But you're not my brother.
