“Captains Courageous” quotes

“What's the trouble about that? That fine way. The Savior, He take my father up to fishermen's Heaven - with all his old friends.”

Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“- Harvey: You can't write songs.
- Manuel: I don't write them. I just find them in my mouth.”
Freddie Bartholomew - Harvey
Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“Songs about the sun and the sea. Songs about the clouds. Big songs - about the wind and the storms. And little songs too - about the tip on my mother's nose. Oh, my father, he feel beautiful inside.”

Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“- Harvey: People learn songs. Songs aren't just inside of people like that.
- Manuel: Sometimes a song so big and sweet inside, I just can't get them out. And then I look up at stars and maybe cry, it feels so good.”
Freddie Bartholomew - Harvey
Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“We all got to be ashamed once. So we don't do things again when we got be ashamed of.”

Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“There's a place in my heart for the one I love best, and I still have her picture tattooed on my chest.”

Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“- Harvey: A song can't be any good like that! When you just make it up.
- Manuel: That's best kind songs. When you feel good inside, like trade winds, she just come out.”
Freddie Bartholomew - Harvey
Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“- Harvey: Do you think they really fish in heaven?
- Manuel: Well, sure they fish in heaven. What else they do?”
Freddie Bartholomew - Harvey
Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“He teach me how to fish, how to sail boat! He give me arms and hands and feet, feeling good outside and he teach me how to feel good inside!”

Spencer Tracy - Manuel