Jeremy Northam quotes
- From the movie: Emma
“Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.”
- From the movie: An Ideal Husband
“- Mrs. Laura Cheveley: I want to talk to you about a great political and financial scheme, about this Argentine Canal Company, in fact.
- Sir Robert Chiltern: What a tedious, practical subject for you to talk about Mrs. Cheveley!
- Mrs. Laura Cheveley: I like tedious, practical subjects. What I don't like are tedious, practical people.” - From the movie: Happy, Texas
- From the movie: Emma
“- Emma Woodhouse: People said Mr. Weston would never marry again, and what a triumph!
- Mr Knightley: Triumph? You made a lucky guess!
- Emma Woodhouse: Have you never known the triumph of a lucky guess? Had I not promoted Mr. Weston's visits and given encouragement where encouragement was needed, we might not have had a wedding today.
- Mr...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
“Now what you have to understand Bobby is that three bad shots and one good shot still make par. You see, golf is the game of recovery.”
- From the movie: Possession
- From the movie: Gosford Park
“- Morris Weissman: You're providing a lot of entertainment for nothing.
- Ivor Novello: Morris... I'm used to it.” “- Jack: When I was about thirteen, I had this sort of identity crisis. I used to think I was one of the characters.
- Angela: You thought you were Audrey Hepburn?
- Jack: No. I used to think I was the cat.”- From the movie: Emma
“- Emma Woodhouse: How fascinating that any discordancy between us must always arise from my being wrong.
- Mr Knightley: Not fascinating, but true.” - From the movie: Emma
“- Mr Knightley: I can think of nothing less appealing than an evening of watching other people dance.
- Emma Woodhouse: Then you shall have to dance yourself.” - From the movie: Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
“- Walter Hagen: Tell me Bobby why do you play this game?
- Bobby Jones: I play because I love it.
- Walter Hagen: Well I play for the money. I have to win. That is why every time we face each other I will always beat you.” - From the movie: Happy, Texas
- From the movie: Emma
“I rode through the rain! I'd ride through worse than that if I could just hear your voice telling me that I might, at least, have some chance to win you.”
“The beauty of the Gatekeeper system is that we can get in and out of the FBI like it's the Public Library. It's a beautiful system.”
“- Jack: What were you trying to do? Save the world?
- Angela: No. Not the world, just myself.”“- Jack: I reckon you've got to try a few things in life without a safety net. How else are you gonna know you're alive?
- Angela: Well, I take my share of risks. Uh-huh. Um, I don't always floss. I rip the tags off my pillows.”- From the movie: Happy, Texas
“- Josephine McClintock: I guess I should be flattered by your stalking.
- Harry Sawyer: There's such a fine line between stalking and being attentive, and I was - I don't know - going for being attentive.” - From the movie: Emma
“Vanity working on a weak mind produces every kind of mischief.”
- From the movie: Emma
- From the movie: An Ideal Husband
“If you are suggesting, Sir Edward, that my position in society owes anything to my wife, you are utterly mistaken. It owes everything to my wife.”
- From the movie: The Winslow Boy
“- Catherine Winslow: One thing puzzles me. Why are you always at such pains to prevent people knowing the truth about you, Sir Robert?
- Sir Robert Morton: Am I indeed?
- Catherine Winslow: You know that you are. Why?
- Sir Robert Morton: Which of us knows the truth about himself?
- Catherine Winslow: That is no answer.” “- Angela: So, what's this for?
- Jack: It's uh... it's for shark fishing.”- From the movie: The Winslow Boy
“- Catherine Winslow: Oh, do you really think so, Sir Robert? How little you know about women. Good-bye. I doubt that we shall meet again.
- Sir Robert Morton: Oh, do you really think so, Miss Winslow? How little you know about men.” - From the movie: An Ideal Husband
“- Jack: Is that business or pleasure?
- Angela: Is there a difference?”
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