Christopher Plummer quotes
- From the movie: Remember
“- Zev Gutman: Did your father ever talk to you about Germany?
- John Kurlander: Are you kidding me? He never stopped talking about Germany.” - From the movie: All the Money in the World
“When a man gets wealthy, he has to deal with the problems of freedom. All the choices he could possibly want. An abyss opens up. Well, I watched that abyss. I watched it ruin men, marriages, but most of all, it ruins the children.”
- From the movie: The Lake House
“The light in Barcelona is quite different from the light in Tokyo. And, the light in Tokyo is different from that in Prague. A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes that into account. He knows that if he wants presence, he must consult with nature. He must...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Up!
“Adventure is out there!”
- From the movie: The Return of the Pink Panther
“- Sir Charles Lytton: He's out of ammunition.
- Insp. Jacques Clouseau: He's out of his mind, that's what he's out of.” - From the movie: The Sound of Music
“My fellow Austrians, I shall not be seeing you again perhaps for a very long time. I would like to sing for you now... a love song. I know you share this love. I pray that you will never let it die.”
- From the movie: The Fall of the Roman Empire
“I've finally understood why they have sent me this pestilence. There was famine, there were too many mouths, so the gods made less mouths.”
- From the movie: The Fall of the Roman Empire
“- Verulus: Ceasar, you are unarmed. Even a woman with a dagger can be dangerous.
- Commodus: She has no dagger. She's my - sister.” - From the movie: The Fall of the Roman Empire
“- Commodus: Father thinks too much.
- Livius: There is much for a Roman to think of these days.
- Commodus: Why Livius, for a moment that honest warrior's face of yours took on the... philosopher's look. Let's not think, let's drink.” - From the movie: The Fall of the Roman Empire
“- Lucilla: Rome has changed. It's now crawling with gladiators.
- Commodus: Sister, I thought you'd retired as a Vestal virgin.
- Lucilla: And abandon Rome to you? And your athletes?
- Commodus: Female philosopher!” - From the movie: The Fall of the Roman Empire
- From the movie: All the Money in the World
- From the movie: All the Money in the World
“There's a purity to beautiful things that I've never been able to find in another human being.”
- From the movie: All the Money in the World
“- J. Paul Getty: They say you never really know someone until you have divorced them.
- Fletcher Chase: I wish I knew that three marriages ago.” - From the movie: All the Money in the World
“- Fletcher Chase: I mean, what would it take for you to feel secure?
- J. Paul Getty: More.” - From the movie: Dolores Claiborne
“- Det. John Mackey: And what if it wasn't an accident?
- Selena St. George: Look. It's been 18 years. I don't know what this has done to you, but let me tell you, it's consumed me. I have lived with this every day of my life. Every day. I was wrong and I won't do it anymore. And if I can say that, my God, can't you?” - From the movie: Murder by Decree
- From the movie: Hanover Street
“- Paul Sellinger: How far do you think we've gone?
- David Halloran: How am I supposed to know? You're the god damn spy, not me. Don't you guys have a magic manual or something that teaches you all that stuff?
- Paul Sellinger: Yes, we do.
- David Halloran: Did you ever read it?
- Paul Sellinger: I helped write it.
- David Halloran: What did it...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: The Sound of Music
“- Captain von Trapp: Berlin. They've offered me a commission. I've been requested to accept immediately and report to their naval base at Bremerhaven tomorrow.
- Maria: I knew this would happen. I didn't think it would be so soon.
- Captain von Trapp: To refuse them would be fatal for all of us. And joining them would be unthinkable.” - From the movie: All the Money in the World
- From the movie: Remember
“- Max Rosenbaum: Do you remember what you said you would do when Ruth died?
- Zev Gutman: [pauses] No.
- Max Rosenbaum: That's okay, it's okay. I wrote everything down so you could remember.” - From the animation: An American Tail
- From the movie: All the Money in the World
- From the movie: Dolores Claiborne
- From the movie: The Insider
“- Eric Kluster: It was a time consideration, Mike.
- Mike Wallace: Time? Bullshit! You corporate lackey! Who told you your incompetent little fingers had the requisite skills to edit me?”
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