Michael Bryant Quotes

Dr. Herder His lordship is a paranoid schizophrenic.

Sir Charles Paranoid schizophrenic? But he's a Gurney!

Dr. Herder Then he's a paranoid schizophrenic Gurney who believes he's God.

Sir Charles But we've always been Church of England!

Lenin Of course, I agree you're free to say what you like, and you must agree I'm free to shoot you for saying it. Murder, arson, terror. I'll agree to anything that gives us power. Power! And we can't have power if we compromise. Even though it takes years, terror and power.

Lenin In the last ten years, I've spent three months in Russia. I'm out of fashion. No one's wearing me this year. I talk, and no one listens. I write, and no one reads.

Dr. Herder He can't forget being rejected by his mother and father at the age of 11. They sent him away, alone, into a primitive community of licensed bullies and pederasts.

Sir Charles You mean he went to public school.

Dr. Herder Exactly.

Dr. Herder He can't forget being rejected by his mother and father at the age of 11. They sent him away, alone, into a primitive community of licensed bullies and pederasts.

Sir Charles You mean he went to public school.

Dr. Herder Exactly.

Dr. Herder Naturally, men aren't rats.

Lady Claire Only a man would say so.

Sir Charles What about Jack?

Dr. Herder Remember he's suffering from delusions of grandeur. In reality he's an earl, an English aristocrat, a member of the ruling class. Naturally, he's come to believe there's only one person grander than that: the Lord God Almighty Himself.

Sir Charles Are you English?

Dr. Herder No.

Sir Charles Ah.