Peter Jeffrey Quotes

Ahmet Where are you going? Why don't you walk the wheel with us? What is the matter my American friend? What has upset you? Oh! I know. The bad machine doesn't know that he's a bad machine. You still don't believe it. You still don't believe you're a bad machine? To know yourself is to know God, my friend. The factory knows, that's why they put you here. You'll see... You'll find out... In time, you'll know.

Colin Wilcox Well, you've made one or two changes I see. Is it to keep otters in and humans out, or the other way round?

Headmaster Boys! Boys! I understand you! Listen to reason and trust me! Trust me!

Dr. Vesalius That still leaves the final curse.

Sgt. Schenley Darkness.

Inspector Trout Well he'll be working on it wherever he is.

Colin Wilcox You can't keep an otter in London it's too cruel! For the humans, I mean!

Inspector Trout I think we should give his head a decent burial.

Ahmet Oh no. A bad machine doesn't know when he's a bad machine.

Billy Hayes Oh, I know who I am. And I know who you are. I know that you are a bad machine. And do you know how I know that? Because I come from the factory. I MAKE the machines!

Inspector Trout Somebody is using these ancient biblical curses to kill everyone associated with the Phibes operation; but, I mean, the husband's dead, there's no children, it all happened ages ago - so who the hell are we looking for?

Horatio Jackson We've discussed it. You surrender.

Sultan But we're winning!

Horatio Jackson We surrendered last time! Now, it's your turn.

Sultan What about the virgins?

Horatio Jackson Oh, please forget about the virgins. We're fresh out of virgins.

Headmaster Education in Britain is a nubile Cinderella: sparsely clad and much interfered with.

Inspector Trout Uh, the-these ], would they follow any particular order?

Rabbi Oh, w... that is a point that Talmudic scholars have debated for generations, but there is no doubt that the classical tradition is, uh: the curse of boils, bats, frogs, the curse of blood, the curse of rats, hail, of beasts, the locusts of course, the death of the first-born, and then, finally, of darkness.

Inspector Trout Darkness, Rabbi?

Rabbi Yes. The final curse upon the land, to end forever the sleep of man.

Dr. Vesalius I'm going alone. Perhaps he'll trade my life for my son's.

Inspector Trout If you think you can reason with him, then you're as mad as he is!

Dr. Vesalius Human error won't stop him.

Inspector Trout Why? Wha'chu mean?

Dr. Vesalius He's had years to hide, to plot this damnable thing. He's compelling himself to follow exactly the classic death pattern of the G'tach. It's the psychic force that holds that man together, this maniacal precision. If we could just throw it off, interrupt the cycle, then he might be stopped by his own inflexible standards.

Crow Anyway, medical men die every day.

Inspector Trout I'm aware of that sir.

Crow Good. They're composed of the same flesh and blood as you and I.

Inspector Trout I'm aware of that too sir. I happen to have seen rather a lot of their flesh and blood in the past few days.

Sultan Have you any famous last words?

Baron Munchausen Not yet.

Sultan Not yet?" Is that so famous?