Peter O'Toole Quotes

The Lion in Winter

A Question of Love and Loyalty

Eleanor Henry.

Henry II Madam.

Eleanor Did you ever love me?

Henry II No.

Eleanor Good. That will make this pleasanter.

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The Lion in Winter

A Confession Between Rivals

Eleanor Henry.

Henry Hmm?

Eleanor I have a confession.

Henry II Yes?

Eleanor I don't much like our children.

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My Favorite Year

The Meaning of Names and Their Impact

Alan Swann What's in a name? A rose by any other name would wither and die.

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Creator

The World as an Obedient Companion

Dr. Harry Wolper When Lucy and I first met, Paul, the world was a pet. It came along with us wherever we went, like a good dog. Obedient. Loyal. Friendly. The world responded to our commands.

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Caligula

Transformation Aspirations in Roman Leadership

Tiberius Help me, Nerva. Help me transform this young barbarian into a Roman Caesar.

Nerva There have been three Roman Caesars; ], ] and yourself. Which do you want him to be?

[[Julius Caesar|Julius; [Augustus]

Tiberius The best.

Nerva That would be your father Augustus.

Tiberius You see, Caligula? I'm insulted to my face.

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What's New Pussycat?

A Humorous Take on Absence and Urgency

Michael James I'll be back tomorrow. If I'm not back tomorrow, send for the police. If they're not back tomorrow, send my clothes.

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The Night of the Generals

A General's Reluctance to Use Violence

General Tanz I don't want to have to blow your handsome head to pieces.

[to Hartmann]

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Caligula

Struggles with Fate and Friendship

Tiberius Cretins... why did you permit him to do it? Bind his wrists... BIND HIS WRISTS! You must not go, you must not leave me, you are my friend, my only friend.

[seeing Nerva has cut his wrists; to Nerva]

Nerva I've lived too long, Tiberius, I hate my life.

Tiberius Leave us! Both of you!

[to the slaves]

Nerva For a man to choose the hour of his own death is the closest he will ever come to tricking fate, and fate decrees that when you die, ] will kill me.

[[w:Naevius Sutorius Macro|Macro]

Tiberius I'll arrest him and have him executed.

Nerva You can't. He controls you. Anyway, even with Macro dead, how could I go on living with this reptile?

[Looks at Caligula]

Tiberius You will respect my friend always, won't you, reptile?

[To Caligula]

Caligula I've always respected him, lord.

Tiberius You hear?

[To Nerva]

Nerva Tiberius, you were wise once.

Tiberius Ah, don't taunt me. I am old.

Nerva I've watched you grow into a monster! One by one, I've seen you murder your whole family, your friends, the noblest men in Rome.

Caligula That is treason!

Nerva No, it's the truth.

Tiberius I am and I always have been surrounded by enemies. In my own family, in the senate... You are cruel!

Nerva No, honest. Old men can sometimes see the future. So, from evils past, and the evils yet to come, I now choose to escape.

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Creator

Observations on Campus Life and Social Dynamics

Dr. Harry Wolper Look! First day of classes. Undergraduate female bottoms as far as the eye can see. In two weeks time, all the really choice bottoms will be in the hands, so to speak, of the varsity ath-uh-letes.

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Svengali

Balancing Work and Rest in Training

Anton Bosnyak Tonight, we will not have a lesson. From now on, I would like to work just once a week.

Zoe Alexander Why?

Anton Bosnyak Well... you're at a very good condition now, and... I need a rest.

Zoe Alexander Well, you've worked harder than I have.

Anton Bosnyak The young usually don't notice these things.

Zoe Alexander Not so young. Twenty-two.

Anton Bosnyak Hehe. Poor old lady.

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The Night of the Generals

Accountability in Unaccounted Actions

Major Grau Preliminary investigation has established that each of you was... well... unaccounted for last night.

General Tanz To whom should we be accountable, Major?

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Creator

Coffee and Incriminating Evidence

Dr. Harry Wolper We shall be putting out another load on Friday, Sid. I'll try to leave something incriminating for you. Meantime, would you care for a cup of Mrs. Mallory's coffee?

[Sid is going thru Harry's garbage; Sid looks at Harry resignedly, hangs his head, and accompanies Harry into the house for coffee]

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What's New Pussycat?

A Comical Exchange on Following Quickly

Fritz Fassbender I, uh, decided to follow you here.

Michael James If you followed me here, how did you contrive to be here before me?

Fritz Fassbender I followed you... very fast.

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Svengali

The Essence of Being Svengali

Anton Bosnyak You shall hear nothing, you shall see nothing, you shall think nothing, you shall be nothing but Svengali, Svengali, Svengali...

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Creator

Passion is Key to Great Accomplishments

Dr. Harry Wolper Boris, ] left us with two very important concepts. The first is that nothing great is ever accomplished without passion, and the second is "sonofabitch". One word, accent on the last syllable.

[[Friedrich Hegel]

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The Lion in Winter

Eleanor's Indifference Toward Henry's Past Relationships

Eleanor Henry's bed is Henry's province. He can people it with sheep for all I care, which on occasion he has done.

Henry II Rosamund's been dead for seven years...

[resentfully]

Eleanor ...two months and eighteen days. I never liked her much.

Henry II You counted the days.

Eleanor I made the numbers up.

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My Favorite Year

Distinction Between Actor and Movie Star

Alan Swann Damn you! I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!

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The Lion in Winter

Father-Son Legacy and Royal Conflict

Phillip II You — you made my father nothing. You humiliated him, beat him down in every war, bellied with his wife, you played mock the monk — and you made him love you for it. I was there. His last words were to you.

Henry II He was a loving man and you've learned nothing from him.

Phillip II I've learned how much fathers live in sons. A king like you has policy on everything. Tell me, what's the official line on sodomy? How stands the crown on boys who do with boys?

Henry II Richard finds his way into so many legends. Let's hear yours and see how it measures up.

Phillip II I was 15 when he found me. He took me hunting. I had fallen from my horse, and I awoke to Richard touching me. He asked me if I loved him — "Oh, Phillip, do you love me?" I told him yes, and do you know why I told him yes? So that someday I could tell you all about it. You cannot imagine what that "yes" cost me. Imagine snuggling up to a chancred whore and pulling your lips back into something like a smile and saying, "Oh yes, I love you and I find you beautiful." I don't know how I did it.

[with relish]

Richard NO! It wasn't like that!

Phillip II Oh, but it was.

[coldly]

Richard You...you loved me.

[hurt]

Phillip II Never.

[amused]

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Creator

Funding for Answers in Disease Research

Dr. Harry Wolper As you know, our research here relates to the biochemical mechanisms of disease. And I am pleased to announce this morning that God has agreed to provide us with all the answers we need for just under $800,000.

[to the Site Review committee]

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The Lion in Winter

A Call for Peace and Resolution

Eleanor What would you have me do? Give out? Give up? Give in?

Henry II Give me a little peace.

Eleanor A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now there's a thought.

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Lawrence of Arabia

A Dispute Over a Well

Sherif Ali He is dead.

[Ali shoots Tafas dead while riding his camel. He stops his camel and jumps down to examine Tafas' body]

T.E. Lawrence Yes... why?

Sherif Ali This is my well.

[mentioning the well Lawrence and Tafas are resting at]

T.E. Lawrence I have drunk from it.

Sherif Ali You are welcome.

T.E. Lawrence He was my friend.

Sherif Ali That?

[mentioning Tafas]

T.E. Lawrence Yes, that.

Sherif Ali Yours?

[Ali walks towards Lawrence and grabs Tafas' revolver lying on the sand]

T.E. Lawrence No, his.

Sherif Ali His?

[Ali tucks the revolver into his waist and walks towards the well; mentioning the tin cup near the well]

T.E. Lawrence Mine.

Sherif Ali Then I will use it.

[pulls some water out of well]

Sherif Ali ... your friend... was a Hazimi of the Beni Salem.

T.E. Lawrence I know.

Sherif Ali I am Ali ibn el Kharish.

[Ali salutes Lawrence and drinks his water]

T.E. Lawrence I have heard of you.

Sherif Ali So... What was a Hazimi doing here?

T.E. Lawrence He was taking me to help Prince Feisal.

Sherif Ali You've been sent from Cairo?

T.E. Lawrence Yes.

Sherif Ali I have been in Cairo for my schooling. I can both read and write... my Lord Feisal already has an Englishman.

T.E. Lawrence Yes.

Sherif Ali What is your name?

T.E. Lawrence My name is for my friend. None of my friends is a murderer.

[Ali walks away]

Sherif Ali You are angry, English. He was nothing. The well is everything... The Hazimi may not drink at our wells. He knew that... Salaam.

[Ali climbs his camel]

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Caligula

Fear vs. Love in Leadership Dynamics

Tiberius Serve the state, Caligula, although the people in it are wicked beasts.

Caligula But they love you, lord.

Tiberius No, they fear me, and that is much better. I have no choice, you see. No choice.

Caligula No choice?

Tiberius All I wanted was private life. I did not truly want to become emperor, but I had to.

Caligula Had to?

Tiberius If someone else had become emperor, I would have been killed, as you will be.

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The Lion in Winter

Power and Authority in Leadership Discourse

Henry II Now see here, boy...

Philip II I am a king - I am no man's "boy!

Henry II A king? Because you put your ass on purple cushions?

Phillip II Sir.

[makes to leave]

Henry II Oh, Phillip. Come now, you haven't got the feel for this at all. When I bellow, bellow back!

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Svengali

Patience in Pursuing Opportunities

Eve Swiss I have a lot of people lined up. When can we hear her?

[about Zoe]

Anton Bosnyak Give the fruit a little time to ripen before you strip it, will you.

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Caligula

The Senate's Betrayal of Caesar's Authority

Tiberius Every senator believes himself to be a potential Caesar. Therefore every senator is guilty of treason, in thought if not in deed. The senate is the natural enemy of any Caesar, "Little Boots". They offer to prove any law I made before I made it. I said: What if I go mad? What then? No answer. They were born to be slaves.

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Creator

Understanding the Limits of Human Brain Science

Dr. Harry Wolper Well, our understanding of the infinite variables of the human brain's behavior stops right here. Welcome to the Dark Ages of enlightened science.

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The Lion in Winter

Negotiations and Relationships in Power Dynamics

Henry I want to reach a settlement. I left you with too little earlier.

Phillip II Yes, nothing is too little.

Henry II I'm sorry you're not fonder of me, lad. Your father always said, "Be fond of stronger men".

Phillip II No wonder he loved everyone.

Henry II I've come to offer you peace.

Phillip II Piss on your peace.

[smiles]

Henry II Your father would have wept.

Phillip II My father was a weeper.

Henry II Fight me and you'll lose.

Phillip II I can't lose, Henry — I have time. Just look at you — great, heavy arms, but every year they get a little heavier. The sand goes pit-pat in the glass. I'm in no hurry, Henry. I've got time.

Henry II Suppose I hurry things along. Suppose I say that England is at war with France.

Philip II Then France surrenders. I don't have to fight to win. Take all you want — this county, that one — you won't keep it long.

Henry II What kind of courage have you got?

Phillip II The tidal kind — it comes and goes.

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Creator

Provocative Idea of Fundless Research Institute

Dr. Harry Wolper An institute for advanced research with no funds for research. It's a provocative concept.

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Lawrence of Arabia

Auda's Reluctance to Join the Cause

T.E. Lawrence My friends, we have been foolish. Auda will not come to Aqaba. Not for money...

Auda abu Tayi No.

T.E. Lawrence ...for Feisal...

Auda abu Tayi No!

T.E. Lawrence ...nor to drive away the Turks. He will come... because it is his pleasure.

Auda abu Tayi Thy mother mated with a scorpion.

Svengali

Debating Talent and Payments in Lessons

Anton Bosnyak Quite a little snot nose, that girl, always answering back.

Eve Swiss When I took lessons from you, you never used to let me say boo!

Anton Bosnyak You had no talent. That always irritates me.

Eve Swiss So why did you keep taking my money, then?

Anton Bosnyak Somebody had to prove to you that you could not sing.

What's New Pussycat?

Marriage Compared to Cement

Michael James Marriage? That's for life! It's like cement!

Svengali

Beauty in Music and Perception

Eve Swiss You know... I can't quite make up my mind whether or not she's beautiful. What do you think?

Anton Bosnyak When she sings the way I want her to sing... she's beautiful.

Svengali

The Journey of Self-Discovery in Art

Anton Bosnyak The word teach means to make known'. When you came to me, you didn't know what you were, who you were, nothing. Together, we made your voice known to you; and we made it known to you by making yourself known to you. The sounds of loving that you make, your sounds of endurance, your betrayals...

Zoe Alexander You think I betrayed you?

Anton Bosnyak It doesn't matter! Together we were able to release what you are. The work of every artist is to make themselves wholly known. Now, I want you to go away, and amaze me.

Zoe Alexander I need you!

Anton Bosnyak No. You are intact now. Go away, and leave me intact. Please.

Zoe Alexander So... you're sending me away. It's all I was to you? Something, something "amazing", huh?

Anton Bosnyak That is all that matters.

The Night of the Generals

The Inevitability of Natural Functions

General Tanz It's like the natural functions. Revolting, but inevitable.

Caligula

Fate and Divinity in Caligula's Dialogue

Tiberius I'm old.

Caligula Yes, lord. But you will live forever.

Tiberius All my family are dead but you, the child ], and that ], that uncle. They were struck down by fate, and it is fate, "Little Boots", that rules us, not any god.

[[w:Tiberius Gemellus|Gemellus; [w:Claudius|Claudius]

Caligula You are a god, lord.

Tiberius No I'm not, not even when I am dead.

Caligula Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar, they are gods.

Tiberius So say the senate, and so the people prefer to believe. Such myths are useful.

Lawrence of Arabia

Identity and Unity Among Arab Tribes

T.E. Lawrence We do not work this thing for Feisal.

Auda abu Tayi No? For the English, then?

T.E. Lawrence For the Arabs.

Auda abu Tayi The Arabs? The Howitat, Ajili, Rala, Beni Saha; these I know, I have even heard of the Harith, but the Arabs? What tribe is that?

What's New Pussycat?

Defining Typical Clientele in Conversation

Michael James Could you tell me about your typical clientele?

Etienne My typical clientele?

Michael James Typical.

Etienne All the people who are here now are typical clientele.

Michael James Really?

Etienne There is a man cheating on his wife in room Lola Montez. There is a woman cheating on her two husbands in Carlotta. Two lovers of indeterminate sex in Reine Margot. And two men cheating in Don Juan.

Michael James Yes. Well, one might say the joint is jumping.

The Lion in Winter

Henry II's Stance on Women

Henry II I want no women in my life.

What's New Pussycat?

Self-Perception and Handsomeness

Michael James Look, I know you'll think this is crazy, but, er, when the light hits me from a certain direction, I'm... handsome.

Caligula

Nursing a Viper in Rome

Tiberius I am nursing a viper in Rome's bosom.

Creator

Machines and The Big Picture Dilemma

Dr. Harry Wolper Another of the dilemmas "in which we are all", Pavlo, is that there are too many damn machines around here. We're all missing The Big Picture.

Creator

The Consequences of Scientific Discovery

Dr. Harry Wolper I tell you Boris, that one of these days we'll look in to our microscope and find ourselves staring right into God's eyes, and the first one who blinks is going to lose his testicles.

Caligula

Reflections on Rome's Decline and Moral Decay

Tiberius When Rome was just a city, we were just citizens, known to one another, you see. We were frugal, good, disciplined and dignified. The Romans I rule are not what they were. They lust. They lust for power and pleasure, money, the wives of other men. Oh yes, I am a true moralist, and stern as any ]. Fate chose me to govern swine. In my old age, I am become a swineherd.

[[Cato]

What's New Pussycat?

The Concept of Semi-Virginity Explained

Liz Bien You're right. I must face my problems. I can't go through life being a semi-virgin.

Michael James What, in the name of all that is gracious, is a semi-virgin?

Liz Bien Here, I'm a virgin. In America, I'm not.

Michael James What do they do? Stamp it on your passport?

The Lion in Winter

Imagining the Impossible in Conflict

Henry II The day those stout hearts band together is the day that pigs get wings.

Eleanor There'll be pork in the treetops come morning.

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