Memorable Quotes from Henry Travers
5 quotesA Conversation About Identity and Purpose
George
Look, who are you?
Clarence
I told you, George. I'm your guardian angel.
George
Yeah, yeah, I know. You told me that. What else are you? What...are you a hypnotist?
Clarence
No, of course not.
George
Well, then, why am I seeing all these strange things?
Clarence
Don't you understand, George? It's because you were not born.
George
Then if I wasn't born, who am I?
Clarence
You're nobody. You have no identity.
George
What do you mean, no identity? My name's George Bailey.
Clarence
There is no George Bailey. You have no papers, no cards, no driver's license, no 4-F card, no insurance policy...They're not there, either.
George
What?
Clarence
Zuzu's petals. You've been given a great gift, George. A chance to see what the world would be like without you.
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The Consequences of Choices in Life
Clarence
Your brother, Harry Bailey, broke through the ice and was drowned at the age of nine.
George
That's a lie! Harry Bailey went to war! He got the Congressional Medal of Honor! He saved the lives of every man on that transport.
Clarence
Every man on that transport died! Harry wasn't there to save them, because you weren't there to save Harry. You see, George, you've really had a wonderful life. Don't you see what a mistake it would be to throw it away?
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Earning Wings Through Helping Others
George
Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get. Sort of a fallen angel, aren't you? What happened to your wings?
Clarence
I haven't won my wings, yet. That's why I'm called an Angel Second Class. I have to earn them. And you'll help me will you?
George
Sure, sure. How?
Clarence
By letting me help you.
George
I know one way you can help me. You don't happen to have 8,000 bucks on you?
Clarence
No, we don't use money in Heaven.
George
Well, it comes in real handy down here, bud!
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Discussion of Monocane and Its Implications
Dr. Cranley
Here's something, Kemp.
Dr. Kemp
What is it? Bad news?
Dr. Cranley
It's only a rough note. A list of chemicals. And the last on the list is monocane.
Dr. Kemp
Monocane? What is monocane?
Dr. Cranley
Monocane's a terrible drug.
Dr. Kemp
I never heard of it.
Dr. Cranley
You wouldn't, Kemp. It's never used now. I didn't know it was even made. It's a drug that's made from a flower that's grown in India. It draws colour from everything it touches. Years ago, they tried it for bleaching cloth. They gave it up because it destroyed the material.
Dr. Kemp
That doesn't sound very terrible.
Dr. Cranley
I know, but it does something else. It was tried out on some poor animal. A dog, I believe. It was injected under the skin, and it turned the dog dead white, like a marble statue.
Dr. Kemp
Is that so?
Dr. Cranley
Yes, and it also sent it raving mad.
Dr. Kemp
You surely don't think...?
Dr. Cranley
I only pray to God that Griffin hasn't been meddling with this ghastly stuff.
Dr. Kemp
He'd never touch a thing with madness!
Dr. Cranley
He might not know. I found that experiment in an old German book just by chance. The English books only describe the bleaching power.
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The Challenge of Catching an Invisible Man
Constable Jaffers
He's invisible, that's what's the matter with him. If he gets the rest of them clothes off, we'll never catch him in a thousand years.
Dr. Cranley
I think we must tell the police that Griffin has disappeared.
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