John Carradine Quotes

The Howling

Wild Nature and Unforeseen Circumstances

Erle Kenton You can't tame what's meant to be wild, Doc. It just ain't natural.

Fred Francis Who knows? Maybe she's pregnant. Listen, get in touch with that Fujiama, Fujimoto, or whatever the hell her name is and get her ready for the 11:00 report.

[on the phone after Karen freezes during a newscast]

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The Grapes of Wrath

Workers' Struggles and Indifference to Change

Tom They won't. They're gettin five now. That's all they care about.

Casy But the moment they ain't strike-breakin', they won't get no five...

Tom The five they're gettin now. That's all they're interested in. I know exactly what Pa'd say. He'd say it's none of his business.

Casy Guess that's right. You'll have to take a beatin before you'll know.

Tom Take a beatin'? We was out of food. Tonight we had meat, not much, but we had it. You think Pa's gonna give up his meat on account of some other fellas? Rosasharn needs milk. You think Ma's gonna starve that baby just on account of fellas yellin outside a gate?

Casy Tom, you gotta learn like I'm learnin'. I don't know what's right yet, myself, but I'm tryin to find out. That's why I can't ever be a Preacher again. Preacher's gotta know. I don't know. I gotta ask.

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House of Dracula

Skepticism of the Supernatural in Conversation

Count Dracula Do you doubt the supernatural?

Dr. Edelman I find it difficult to believe that a human being can change himself into a bat, or that by feeding upon the blood of the living he can obtain eternal life. But what has this discussion to do with us, Baron Latos?

Count Dracula Perhaps a great deal, Doctor.

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House of Dracula

Unexpected Visitor Seeks Assistance Early Morning

Dr. Edelman What are you doing here? Who are you?

Count Dracula I am Baron Latos. I have come to you for help.

Dr. Edelman It's five o'clock in the morning.

Count Dracula I must apologize for the intrusion. But travel is very difficult for me, and I've come a long way.

Dr. Edelman I don't understand.

Count Dracula Perhaps you will, after you've led me to the basement room of this castle.

Dr. Edelman Eh - a very strange request. This castle is my home!

Count Dracula Have no fear, doctor. Had conditions permitted, I would have presented myself in the usual manner.

Dr. Edelman Well, it is most unusual...

Count Dracula I will explain everything, before sunrise.

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Captain Kidd

The Consequences of Asking Too Many Questions

Adam Mercy Who might this be?

Orange Povey Perhaps a man that asked too many questions.

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

Unusual Experiments in Sexual Research

Dr. Bernardo Here I'm studying premature ejaculation in a hippopotamus.

Victor Shakapopulis How often does that problem come up with a hippo?

Dr. Bernardo Here I'm forcing a man to have intercourse with a large rye bread. They're getting on famously! Here I'm going to take the brain of a lesbian and put it into the body of a man who works for the telephone company.

Victor Shakapopulis But why? What good will this do anybody?

Dr. Bernardo It'll show those fools who called me mad!

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House of Dracula

Debate on Immortality and Medical Science

Count Dracula Dr. Edelman, do you believe in the immortality of the soul?

Dr. Edelman Naturally, being a religious man.

Count Dracula Of the body?

Dr. Edelman Medical science refutes such a thing.

Count Dracula Just as it denies the existence of vampirism.

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House of Dracula

Invitation to a Shared World

Count Dracula The music will come to you again. My world is waiting for you. Forsake the cross so that you can join me there.

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Captive Wild Woman

Invitation to Participate in an Operation

Dr. Sigmund Walters You're not only going to watch this operation... You're going to be helpful to me.

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Captain Kidd

Unexpected Flattery Among Rivals

Orange Povey You cold-gutted shark.

Capt. William Kidd Ahh!... You're a flatterer. You've no idea how gratifying it is to have a congenial soul to confide in.

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Bluebeard

Struggling with Self-Expression in Art

Gaston Morrell Put your shoulders! Can't you straighten up? Not so square.

Francine Lutien Well, I've asked you to pose me. I'm quite helpless about such things.

Gaston Morrell Surely it can't be so difficult for you to be yourself. What's the matter?

Francine Lutien Lucille's puppeteer.

Gaston Morrell Lucille?

Francine Lutien So you're Bluebeard?

Gaston Morrell Who said so?

Francine Lutien Lamarte.

[Gasping]

Gaston Morrell Lamarte? And you believe what Lamarte told you?

Francine Lutien No!

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Revenge of the Zombies

Zombies' Resilience in Battle Against All Odds

Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann Against an army of zombies, no armies could stand. Why, even blown half to bits - undaunted by fire and gas - zombies would fight on so long as the brain cells which receive and execute commands still remain intact.

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The Grapes of Wrath

A Preacher's Crisis of Faith

Tom Ain't you the preacher?

Casy Used to be. Not no more. I lost the call. But boy, I sure used to have it. Oh, I used to get an irrigation ditch so squirmin full of repentant sinners I pretty near drowned half of em. Not no more. I lost the spirit. I got nothin to preach about no more, that's all. I ain't so sure of things. I asked myself, what is this here call(ed) Holy Spirit? Maybe that's love. Why, I love everybody so much, I'm fit to bust sometimes. So - maybe there ain't no sin, and there ain't no virtue. There's just what people does. Some things folks do is nice, and some ain't so nice. And that's all any man's got a right to say. Course I'll say a grace if somebody sets out the food, but ma heart ain't in it.

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Frankenstein Island

Assurance of a Response from Dr. Frankenstein

Dr. Frankenstein I hear thee. So as I hear, be thee assured my response is forthcoming!

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Bluebeard

Betrayal and Accountability Among Friends

Gaston Morrell Lamarte, how many others have you told that I painted the pictures you have sold to the Duke?

Jean Lamarte No one. No one.

Gaston Morrell You're not telling me the truth.

Gaston Morrell And you were trying to sneak out of here leaving the blame for this to me as well.

Jean Lamarte No. No, I wasn't!

Gaston Morrell So, and you even had it timed, didn't you? You were going to be gone from here when they got in.

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Daniel Boone

Conflict Between Boone and Girty Intensifies

Daniel Boone I wish I had let them hang you...

Simon Girty You'll wish more than that before I get through with you. Tie him up. Get the fire.

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Captive Wild Woman

Glandular Disorders and Their Traceable Elements

Dr. Sigmund Walters Most elements are traceable to glandular disorders.

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The Howling

Debate on Survival Strategies Among Creatures

Jerry Warren It was a mistake to bring her to the Colony.

Erle Kenton We should have stuck with the old ways. Raising cattle for our feed. Where's the life in that?

Charlie Barton The humans are our cattle.

Erle Kenton Humans are our prey. We should feed on them, like we've always done. Screw all this "channel your energies" crap.

Dr. Waggner But the danger of exposure! We need this shelter to plan! To catch up with society! Times have changed and we haven't! Not enough.

Marsha Quist Shut up, Doc! You wouldn't listen to me! None of you! "We can fit in," you said. "We can live with them!" You make me sick.

Dr. Waggner Marsha!

Marsha Quist Oh, you're through, Doc! She's ours now...for the taking.

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Revenge of the Zombies

Acknowledging Loss in Silence

Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann My wife does not answer your greeting because she's dead.

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Captain Kidd

The Temptation of Wealth and Violence

Capt. William Kidd Twenty thousand pounds apiece in their hands would only be spent in sinful ways.

Orange Povey And you propose to remove them from the path of temptation. How? A knife in the dark?

Capt. William Kidd I'm not a violent man, Mister Povey, I detest violence. People have such an awkward habit of getting in my way.

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House of Dracula

A World Without Fear and Beauty

Miliza Morelle Your world is coming closer to me. But I'm afraid.

Count Dracula It is a world without fear. It is like the music. Beautiful. Beautiful.

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The Mummy's Ghost

Eternal Life as a Wedding Gift

Yousef Bey Has any man before ever offered his bride the gift of eternal life?

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Price of Justice and Consequences

Jason Tully Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance.

Maj. Cassius Starbuckle What kind of lawyer is he? He takes the law into his own hands. He has blood on his hands. The mark of Cain is on this man.

Jesse James

A Hold-Up Announcement by Bob Ford

Bob Ford If you don't know what this is, folks, it's a hold-up! Stay in your seats, keep your hands in sight, and the gent who just threwed his pocketbook in the spittoon will kindly take it out and wipe it clean before we get to him.

[masked and holding a gun on train passengers; a woman screams]

Captive Wild Woman

The Value of a Single Life

Dr. Sigmund Walters Why should a single life be so important?

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

Visionary Ideas in Sexual Exploration

Victor Shakapopulis Doctor, I read a statement you made that, uh, you felt that the average length of a man's penis should be nineteen inches. Doesn't that seem a little long?

Dr. Bernardo Long? My friend, I'm making discoveries you wouldn't dream of.

Victor Shakapopulis Yes I know, but nineteen inches. I mean that's-...

Dr. Bernardo Does it sound mad? That's what they called me at Masters of Johnsons Clinic, mad. Because I had visions of explorations in sexual areas undreamed of by lesser human beings. It was I who first discovered how to make a man impotent by hiding his hat. I was the first one to explain the connection between excessive masturbation and entering politics. It was I who first said that the clitoral orgasm should not be only for women! They ridiculed me, said I was mad, haha! But I showed them. They threw me out of Masters of Johnson, no severance but, and I had it coming. But I showed them!

Victor Shakapopulis Are we having dessert?

House of Dracula

The Creation of Unfamiliar Music

Milizia Morelle I've never heard this music before, yet I'm playing it.

Count Dracula You're creating it, for me.

Milizia Morelle It frightens me.

Count Dracula It's beautiful, it's the music of the world from which I come.

Militza Morelle It makes me see strange things, people who are dead, yet they're alive.

Count Dracula Mine is a world without material needs.

Militza Morelle But I'm afraid.

Count Dracula The fear will pass as the music becomes fixed in your mind. It will make you long to be there.

The Mummy's Ghost

Oath to the Ancient Egyptian Gods

Yousef Bey Now swear by the ancient Egyptian gods, that you will never rest until the Princess Anaka and Kharis have been returned to their rightful resting places, in these tombs.

Andoheb I swear by the mighty power of Amun-Ra, whose anger can shatter the world, and by the dread horror of Seth, that I shall never foresake my trust as a priest of, nor shall I never rest until the Princess Ananka and Karis and safe once more in the hills of Anka.

Munster, Go Home!

A Humble Man's Request for Respect

Cruikshank Can I get you a bite of breakfast, governor?

Herman Oh, thank you very much, Cruikshank, eh, but I am not a governor. I never even made Alderman. I'm a simple man, a man of the people. You may call me: Lord.

House of Dracula

A Memory Revived Through Music and Shadows

Miliza Morelle You like it?

Count Dracula It breaths the spirit of the night. They played it the evening we met at the concert.

Miliza Morelle I'd forgotten... until I saw you again.

Count Dracula Perhaps I wanted you to remember.

Captain Kidd

The Nature of Mortality and Loyalty

Capt. William Kidd Stab me, there's a pretty sight!

Orange Povey It'll be prettier still when the fire reaches the magazine, Captain.

Cyprian Boyle Pity though. Lots of stout seamen among em. They've been with us a long time.

Capt. William Kidd We can none of us live forever, Mr. Boyle. Dead men don't talk.

Memorable Quotes from John Carradine