I'll pay ya, never.
That breaks all bargains. You can take your sister back. It's your custom, not mine. No fortune, no marriage. We call it quits.
Sean Thornton
John Wayne · 15 quotes
Father Peter Lonergan
Ward Bond · 9 quotes
Mary Kate Danahar
9 quotes
Will
Victor McLaglen · 5 quotes
Michaeleen
4 quotes
Michaleen Oge Flynn
Barry Fitzgerald · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Sean Thornton & Mary Kate Danahar (7), Sean Thornton & Will (3), Sean Thornton & Michaeleen (3)
The Quiet Man quotes
Page 2 of 2[in response to Sean's request for Mary Kate's hand in marriage]
Get out! Why if he was the last man on the face of this earth, and my sister the last woman, I'd still say no. Hey Yank! I'll count three. And if you're not out of the house by then, I'll loose the dogs on ya.
If you say three, mister, you'll never hear the man count ten.
What sort of a scoundrel is this Yank? One minute, he's at me sister, and the next it's herself.
Well, blame no one but yourself. If you had saved me as your matchmaker, you and the widow would have been married long since.
True, Will, true.
Mind you, I'm not saying it's too late yet.
What do you mean?
Why do you suppose the Widow Tillane has stood you off so long, huh? You're a fine looking man.
I am.
A rich propertied man!
And well she knows it.
What woman would come into the house with another woman in it? If you got rid of Mary Kate, the widow would have been in like a shot.
No!
Yes. You had your chance and you flubbed it. You refused Seanin Thornton and he reneged on ya. Now I doubt if he'd take your sister if you put a thousand pounds on her.
Father Lonergan?
I can´t say it´s true, and I won´t say it´s not. But there's been talk.
Oh, a lot of talk.
A lot of talk, eh?
Two women in the house and one of them a redhead.
You know, Yank, I've taken quite a likins to yas.
I'm getting real fond of you too.
Yer widow, me sister, she coulda done a lot worse.
[After surprising her in his cottage, Sean grabs her and kisses her]
It's a bold one you are. And who gave you leave to be kissin' me?
So you can talk!
Yes I can. I will, and I do. And it's more than talk you'll be gettin' if you step a step closer to me.
Don't worry. You've got a wallop!
You'll get over it, I'm thinkin'.
Well, some things a man doesn't get over so easy.
Like what supposin'?
Like the sight of a girl comin' through the fields with the sun on her hair. Kneeling in church with a face like a saint.
Saint indeed!
And now comin' to a man's house to clean it for him.
But that was just my way of bein' a good Christian act.
I know it was, Mary Kate Danaher. And it was nice of you.
Not at all. [she moves to leave, but then turns back and kisses him]
[Narrating]
Now then, here comes myself. That's me there, walking. That tall, saintly-looking man. Peter Lonergan, parish priest.
[To Mary Kate, "introducing" Shawn]
Mr. Shawn Thornton, bachelor, meet Miss Mary Kate Danahar. Miss Danaher, meet Mr. Thornton, from Pittsburgh, Massachusetts, USA.
[To Mary Kate]
You're a well-propertied woman. I wouldn't mind marrying you meself.
[Watching Father Lonergan attempt to catch a fish]
Oh, you got him, you got him Father! Well keep his head up, you fool! [Suddenly covers mouth]
Ah, yes. I knew your people, Sean. Your grandfather, he died in Australia, in a penal colony. And your father, he was a good man too.
Is this a courting or a donnybrook? Have the good manners not to hit the man until he's your husband and entitled to hit you back.
Now when the Reverend Mr. Playfair, good man that he is, comes down, I want us all to cheer like Protestants.
Now, I'll begin at the beginnin'. A fine soft day in the spring it was when the train pulled into Castletown three hours late as usual, and himself got off. He didn't have the look of an American tourist at all about him. Not a camera on him. And what was worse, not even a fishing rod.