Memorable Quotes from Jack Wild
3 quotesFate and Judgment in Life's Competition
Ornshaw
Some people are winners and some people are losers.
Daniel
Who says who's gonna be what?
Ornshaw
Don't ask me, that's all done before we get on this earth. I mean, it's him up there. He says, "You, you're gonna be red-hot at the triple jump, and you, you're gonna be bloody useless!
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Debating the Value of Pursuing Girls
Daniel
I've got to dance with her.
[about Melody]
Ornshaw
You're mad! What do you want to do that for? She'll only say "Buzz off!" or something. She's a bit stuck up that one. This whole girl-nonsense is rubbish. Girls are a load of snotty-nosed little so-and-so's.
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Miscommunication Over a Latin Translation
Mr. Dicks
Now, why are you here, Ornshaw?
Ornshaw
Because you invited me, sir.
Mr. Dicks
And why did I invite you, Ornshaw?
Ornshaw
Well, because I couldn't translate the Latin, sir.
Mr. Dicks
Why, Ornshaw? Why?
Ornshaw
Because it's a bloody silly out-of-date language do you mean, sir?
Mr. Dicks
Two was it, Ornshaw... I think we'll make it four... ...And why do you think it's a... silly out-of-date language, Ornshaw?
[trying to hold his temper]
Ornshaw
Well, because I couldn't speak to a dead Roman even if I knew the bloody lingo, sir!
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