Burt Lancaster quotes
- From the movie: Field of Dreams
- From the movie: Sweet Smell of Success
- From the movie: Sweet Smell of Success
“- Sidney Falco: If I'm gonna go out on a limb for you, you gotta know what's involved!
- J.J. Hunsecker: My right hand hasn't seen my left hand in thirty years.” - From the movie: Sweet Smell of Success
“Everybody knows Manny Davis - except Mrs. Manny Davis.”
- From the movie: Sweet Smell of Success
- From the movie: Sweet Smell of Success
Sidney, conjugate me a verb. For instance, "to promise".
- From the movie: Sweet Smell of Success
“Mr. Falco, let it be said at once, is a man of 40 faces, not one - none too pretty, and all deceptive. You see that grin? That's the, eh, that's the Charming Street Urchin face. It's part of his helpless act: he throws himself upon your mercy. He's got a half-dozen faces for the ladies. But the one I like, the really cute one, is the quick,...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: From Here to Eternity
“- Karen Holmes: Why don't you tell the truth, you just don't want the responsibility. You're probably not even in love with me.
- Sergeant Milton Warden: You're crazy! I wish I didn't love ya; maybe I can enjoy life again.” - From the movie: From Here to Eternity
- Robert E. Lee "Prew' Prewitt: A man don't go his own way, he's nothing.
- Sergeant Milton Warden: Maybe back in the days of the pioneers a man could go his own way, but today you got to play ball. - From the movie: From Here to Eternity
“Rose, do you know why I like to have you serve me beer? So as I can watch you when you walk away.”
- From the movie: The Leopard
“I often think about death. The idea doesn't frighten me. You young people can't understand. To you, death doesn't exist. It's something that happens to others.”
- From the movie: The Leopard
- From the movie: The Leopard
“- Prince Don Fabrizio Salina: In your opinion, what should I say?
- Father Pirrone: The wish to found a Christian family is agreeable to the Church. Our Lord's presence at the marriage...
- Prince Don Fabrizio Salina: Let's keep to the point. I want to talk about this marriage, not the one at Cana, much less about marriage in general.” - From the movie: The Leopard
“A man of 45 can still consider himself young until he realizes he has children old enough for love. Then old age comes over him in one blow.”
- From the movie: The Leopard
- From the movie: The Leopard
“We're not blind in spirit, Father. We're just human beings in a changing world.”
- From the movie: The Leopard
“- Father Pirrone: Is Your Excellency here for confession?
- Prince Don Fabrizio Salina: Confession? It's not Saturday.
- Father Pirrone: Listen to me. Come to confession.
- Prince Don Fabrizio Salina: There's no need. You know it all already.
- Father Pirrone: The power of confession lies not only in telling our sins, but in repentance.” - From the movie: The Leopard
- From the movie: The Leopard
“This isn't the end of anything. It's the beginning of everything!”
- From the movie: The Leopard
“They never want to improve. They think themselves perfect. Their vanity is greater than their misery.”
- From the movie: The Leopard
“You know what is happening in our country? Nothing... simply an imperceptible replacement of one class for another. The middle class doesn't want to destroy us. It simply wants to take our place... and very gently.”
- From the movie: The Leopard
“I belong to an unlucky generation, astride between two worlds and ill-at-ease in both. And what is more, I am completely without illusions. Now, what would the Senate do with me, an inexperienced legislator who lacks the faculty for self-deception, an essential requisite for wanting to guide others. No, I cannot lift a finger in politics. It...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: The Leopard
- From the movie: The Leopard
- From the movie: The Leopard
“We were the leopards, the lions, those who take our place will be jackals and sheep, and the whole lot of us - leopards, lions, jackals and sheep - will continue to think ourselves the salt of the earth.”
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