Memorable Quotes from Ernest Thesiger
9 quotesDiscussion on Pilate's Capabilities
Emperor Tiberius
Tell me, what was your impression of Pilate?
Marcellus Gallio
It's not my place to...
Emperor Tiberius
I'm asking you. Did you find him capable?
Marcellus Gallio
Yes sire, he's considered a good administrator.
Emperor Tiberius
Stern, as befits a Roman governor?
Marcellus Gallio
I'm sure of that, sire.
Emperor Tiberius
Just?
Marcellus Gallio
I - I can't say.
Emperor Tiberius
Why not? Surely you can give me some sort of an answer? Tell me, tribune - what happened out there
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A Visit Amidst Illness and Beliefs
Nigel Hartley
I happened to be staying in the neighborhood, and hearing of your master's illness I took the liberty of calling. How is he tonight?
Laing
He'll never see the morning.
Nigel Hartley
He has not asked for anyone of my cloth?
Laing
Nor will he. He's set in his ways, and they are the ways of the heathen.
Nigel Hartley
I know he won't see the rector, but though I'm a comparative stranger, I don't like to leave a man to die like that.
Laing
He'll die in his own fashion as he has lived.
Nigel Hartley
Still, sometimes at the end...
Laing
Not him! He's stubborn and unbending and will be so at the throne itself!
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A Simple Offer of a Potato
Horace Femm
Have a potato.
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A Mysterious Introduction in the Dark House
Rebecca Femm
What is it? What do they want?
Horace Femm
Allow me to introduce my sister, Miss Rebecca Femm.
Roger Penderel, Philip Waverton, Margaret Waverton
How do you do?
Rebecca Femm
What are they doing here? What do they want?
Roger Penderel, Philip Waverton, Margaret Waverton
How do you do?
Rebecca Femm
What did they say? What do they want? What are they doing here? What's all the fuss about? What?
Horace Femm
You must excuse my sister, she's a little deaf. In fact sometimes quite deaf.
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Fear and Threats in the Dark
Prof. Morlant
You're afraid of me!
Laing
I'm afraid FOR you.
[Shakes his head]
Prof. Morlant
If this should leave me, you'll have reason to fear... for when the full moon strikes the door of my tomb, I will come back. You hear? I will come back to kill!
[Referring to the jewel]
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Caution and Integrity in Conversation
Broughton
I advise you to be very careful, Laing.
Laing
I've a careful nature.
Broughton
You may be putting yourself perilously near dishonesty.
Laing
I've seen men nearer.
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Appreciation for Gin
Horace Femm
It's only gin, you know. Only gin. I like gin.
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Homemade Electricity and Its Uncertainty
Horace Femm
We make our own electric light here, and we are not very good at it. Pray, don't be alarmed if they go out altogether.
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Concerns About Morgan's Dangerous Behavior
Horace Femm
The fact is, Morgan is an uncivilized brute. Sometimes he drinks heavily. A night like this will set him going and once he's drunk he's rather dangerous.
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