Don't take it so hard Nick, life is filled with it's little miseries, each of us in his own way must learn to deal with adversity in a mature and adult fashion. [Sneezes into hands, screams and jumps out a window]
Most scenes together: Hillary Flammond & Nick Rivers (5)
Top Secret quotes
Page 1 of 2Go quickly. If they find out you've seen this, your life will be worth less than a truck load of dead rats in a tampon factory.
What is the condition of Sergeant Kruger? [pause] Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition. [Hangs up] He's dead.
Nick, I've tried everything: the embassy, the German government, the consulate. I even talked to the U.N. ambassador. It's no use, I just can't bring my wife to orgasm.
Wait. You dropped your phony dog poo.
What phony dog poo?
My uncle was born in America.
Oh, really?
But he was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter presidency.
Who do you favor in the Virginia Slims tournament?
In women's tennis, I always root against the heterosexual.
I know a little German. [pause] He's sitting over there. [to the Waiter, in German] What do you recommend?
I recommend the pork bellies marinated in diced pig entrails or the roast swine knuckles poached with flaming hog balls.
Anything's fine.
Are you in some kind of trouble with the police?
Some things are much better left unsaid.
Like what?
Well, you know... sometimes when you blow your nose into a tissue and you put it in your purse, then a little while later you have to reach in there for your lipstick or something, and your hand gushes into it, and it goes all over...
Okay, okay, you're right, you're right. Some things are better left unsaid.
Hillary. That's an unusual name.
It's a German name. It means 'she whose bosoms defy gravity'.
I'm pleased to meet you. My name's Nick.
Nick? What does that mean?
Oh, nothing. My dad thought of it while he was shaving.
Listen to me, Hillary. I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a woman that he met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist, only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island, who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French underground.
I know. It all sounds like some bad movie.
[Long pause. Both look at camera]
Ist der Tochter achtzehn bitten?
What's that mean?
Is your daughter eighteen?
What the hell did you say to him?
Nothing, I just told him I'd put his name on the Montgomery Ward mailing list.
What's wrong with him?
Oh, he caught a cold last week and he's just a little hoarse.
Good-bye Chocolate Mousse, I'll never forget you. Good-bye Du Quois, take care of yourself. Good-bye Deja Vu, I'll always remember you. [to Nick] And I'll miss you most of all, Scarecrow.
For as long as a single man is forced to cower under the iron fist of oppression, as long as a child cries out in the night, or an actor can be elected president, we must continue the struggle.