Memorable Quotes from Sig Ruman
7 quotesThreats and Irony in Power Dynamics
Commandante Sebastian Golle
What's she want here?
Don Diego Vega
For breakfast, a priest to bury her father. For lunch, Zorro's head on a pikestaff.
Commandante Sebastian Golle
She does, eh? Thinks she can give me orders? I'll get my hands on her and govern her with a lash.
Don Diego Veg
Bravo. There's no more bracing treat than beating women. Of course, it will cost you your head.
Commandante Sebastian Golle
Oh, what?
Don Diego Vega
The queen is her aunt. And the queen hates having her nieces flogged by the soldiery.
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Power and Consequences in Leadership
Don Diego Vega
Mercy! What have I done?
Commandante Sebastian Golle
Nothing. That's just to keep my hand in incase I have to lash the life out of some fool who would betray me.
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Missed Opportunities at the Opera
Gottlieb
If you pardon my saying so, Mrs. Claypool, Mr. Driftwood seems hardly the person to handle your business affairs?
Driftwood
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Well, I made it. How soon does the curtain go up?
Gottlieb
The curtain, Mr. Driftwood, will go up again next season.
Mrs. Claypool
You've missed the entire opera.
Driftwood
Well, I only missed it by a few minutes. Then, I can go then, huh?
Gottlieb
Mrs. Claypool, was I right? Isn't Lassparri the greatest tenor that ever lived?
Mrs. Claypool
He's superb. What would you have to pay him?
Gottlieb
What's the difference? He must sail with us tomorrow no matter how much we pay him. Why, he would be worth $1,000 a night.
Driftwood
How much?
Gottlieb
$1,000 a night.
Driftwood
A thousand dollars a nacht? What does he do?
Gottlieb
What's he do? He sings!
Driftwood
And you're willing to pay him $1,000 a night just for singing? Why, you can get a phonograph record of ] for 75 cents. For a buck and a quarter, you can get Minnie.
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Gottlieb
If you'll excuse me, Mrs. Claypool, I think I had better arrange to see Lassparri immediately. You are agreed-- $1,000 a night?
Mrs. Claypool
Just as you like.
Driftwood
Thousand dollars a night? There must be some way I can get a piece of this? Wait a minute! Why don't I sign Lassparri? I represent Mrs. Claypool.
[To himself; To Gottlieb]
Gottlieb
But, I represent the New York Opera Company. My boy? Will you give my card to signor Lassparri, please?
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Betrayal and Loyalty in Conflict
Lady Isabella Palma
But this is treason!
Commandante Sebastian Golle
No, lady. This is common sense. You would betray me tomorrow as you betrayed him today.
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Moral Dilemma in High-Stakes Aviation
Geoff
In about a week, you'll either collect or lose your shirt.
[after Joe crashes]
Dutchy
Oh, I'm not thinking about that. I just can't go on killing nice kids like that, not if I lose a dozen shirts!
Geoff
You think you're the only one that feels that way?
Dutchy
Then why do you send them up for in that kind of weather?
Geoff
Because I'm running an airline and I'm not running it any different than anybody I ever flew for...Joe died flying, didn't he? That was his job. He just wasn't good enough. That's why he got it.
Dutchy
I ain't built like you are, Geoff. I shouldn't be in such a business. We can't go on like that...Oh, Geoff! You're a hard man, much too hard.
Geoff
Cut it out...Cut it out!..What's the use of feeling bad about something that couldn't be helped?...I told you, Joe just wasn't good enough. If he hadn't got it tonight, he was bound to get it sooner or later.
Dutchy
Then you had no business to let him fly.
Geoff
What, ground that kid? Say, he'd sooner be where he is than quit.
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A Proposition of Marriage Rejected
Commandante Sebastian Golle
You said you'd give anything to him who hangs Zorro, remember? Now, will you give half of Santa Cruz to me... by marriage?
Lady Isabella Palma
I marry a sweating, grease-brain brute like you? No, never.
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Confusion Over Identity in a Public Space
Gottlieb
Could you tell me where Lassparri is?
Fiorello
Sure. There's Lassparri.
Gottlieb
LASSPARRI!!
Driftwood
Lassparri? Then, whom did I sign?
Fiorello
You signed Riccardo Baroni. That's my man.
Gottlieb
Signor Lassparri, what happened! Speak to me! It's me! It's Gottlieb! It's me! It's Gottlieb!
Gottlieb
Oh! What is this now!?
Driftwood
How early is the fruit is falling this season!
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