The Talk of the Town - A Conversation About Hunger and Appetite
Leopold Dilg:
Oh, Tilney, I'm very hungry. Do you think you could find a chicken leg or something I can nibble on as I ride?
Michael Lightcap:
That's alright Tilney. A whole chicken. He has an enormous appetite.
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The Talk of the Town - Humorous Exchange on Appearance and Habits
Leopold Dilg:
With these indoor habits of yours, you've got the complexion of a gravel pit.
Michael Lightcap:
You know, Joseph, you're no oil painting yourself.
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The Talk of the Town - Marriage's Impact on Women's Minds
Michael Lightcap:
Nothing deranges a woman's mind more than marriage.
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The Talk of the Town - Consequences of Sentimentality in Law Enforcement
Michael Lightcap:
Alright, Joseph, you conduct the law your way on random sentimentality and you will have violence and disorder.
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The Talk of the Town - A Reflection on Silence and Presence
Michael Lightcap:
Miss Shelly, judging from the past 12 hours, how quiet do you think it could be in this house, with you in it?
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The Talk of the Town - A Dream Realized and Shared Happiness
Michael Lightcap:
Look at me, a dream of twenty years come true. More happiness than any man deserves, that chair. But now there's something Else, Nora: My friends. I want to see them as happy as I am. Nothing less will do. And Leopold, what a fine fellow - and I've been thinking, Nora, that if someone were to take his hand and say "Leopold, my wreckless friend, here's love and companionship, forever." Well, some day that man would... You see what I mean, Nora?
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The Talk of the Town - The Importance of Law in Society
Michael Lightcap:
This is your law and your finest possession - it makes you free men in a free country. Why have you come here to destroy it? If you know what's good for you, take those weapons home and burn them! And then think... think of this country and of the law that makes it what it is. Think of a world crying for this very law! And maybe you'll understand why you ought to guard it. Why the law has got to be the personal concern of every citizen. To uphold it for your neighbor as well as yourself. Violence against it is one mistake. Another mistake is for any man to look upon the law as just a set of principles. And just so much language printed on fine, heavy paper. Something he recites and then leans back and takes it for granted that justice is automatically being done. Both kinds of men are equally wrong! The law must be engraved in our hearts and practiced every minute to the letter and spirit. It can't even exist unless we're willing to go down into the dust and blood and fight a battle every day of our lives to preserve it. For our neighbor as well as ourself.
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Around the World in 80 Days - Discrepancy in Railway Opening Announcements
Railway Official:
There's still fifty miles of track to be laid between here and Allabahad.
Phileas Fogg:
But the London newspapers announced the opening of this railway throughout.
Railway Official:
That must have been The Daily Telegraph. Never would have read that in The Times.
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