20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - Quotes

The Mightiest Motion Picture of Them All

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Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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A Service to Mankind Amidst Chaos

Ned Land: [as Vulcania explodes] Sorry I had to wallop you, Professor. But there wasn't time to stop for souvenirs.

Professor Aronnax: Perhaps you did mankind a service, Ned.

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Final Voyage of the Nautilus

Captain Nemo: We are taking the Nautilus down for the last time.

Man: We understand sir, and we're with you.

Ned Land: Wait a minute. I don't understand. What's that gotta do with us?

Captain Nemo: I'm dying, and the Nautilus is dying with me. Professor?

Professor Aronnax: Yes.

Captain Nemo: In a matter of minutes, an explosion, such as the world has never known, will destroy my island and all its works forever. That is why I have brought the Nautilus... here, to its last, deep resting place. Here at least, we will die in peace. Let every man go to his quarters and remain there.

Ned Land: Why do you take us down with you?

Captain Nemo: Lock them in their quarters.

Man: Aye, sir. Take them out.

Conseil: I don't want to die! Don't let him do it! I want no part of this!

Professor Aronnax: Captain, you cannot do this. There is more at stake here than just our lives. Yours was a dream of the future come true. I beg you to reconsider.

Captain Nemo: A power greater than mine makes that impossible. But there is hope for the future. When the world is ready for a new and better life, all this will someday come to pass... in God's good time.

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A Suggestion for a Night Out

Conseil: What?

Ned Land: Get drunk!

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A Conversation About Adventure and Fortune

Ned Land: [after Captain Farragut announces that he is ending the search] Cheer up, Professor. You'll forget all about fishing when you see the gals in Saigon.

Professor Aronnax: I thought they promised you a bonus if you harpooned this monster, Mr. Land.

Ned Land: Knowing full well I couldn't collect it. When I get back, I'm shipping out on the first whaler that'll take me. I won't get rich, but I won't be sitting around picking my teeth with my harpoon.

Conseil: Maybe we are lucky. It might have sunk us.

Ned Land: You scare me. Be a good loser, Professor. The fish that got away is always the biggest one.

Conseil: Ah, what a pity, Professor. I know you had visions of that monster mounted in the National Museum.

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Dining Etiquette Aboard the Nautilus

Captain Nemo: [Noticing that Ned is eating with his knife] There's a fork on your left, Mr. Land, or aren't you accustomed to utensils?

Ned Land: [mouth full of food] I'm indifferent to em.

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The Burden of War's Memory

Professor Aronnax: [Observing the slave island] What is in those sacks they are carrying?

Captain Nemo: Nitrates and phosphate for ammunition. The seeds of war. They're loading a full cargo of death. And when that ship takes it home the world will die a little more. I was once one of those pitiful wretches you see down there. Look at it again, Professor, I don't want you to forget what you've seen here today.

Professor Aronnax: I've seen enough.

Captain Nemo: It's burned everlastingly in my memory.

Exploring the Mysteries of the Deep Sea

Professor Pierre Aronnax: A strange twilight world opened up before me, and I felt as the first man to set foot on another planet, an intruder in this mystic garden of the deep.

Ned Land's Warning About Captain Nemo

Ned Land: There's one thing you ought to know, Professor: Nemo's cracked. I've yet to see the day you can make a deal with a mad dog. So while you're feeding him sugar, I'll be figuring a plan to muzzle him.

A Whimsical Tale of Love and Adventure

Ned Land: [singing] Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads, a whale of a tale or two, bout the floppin fish and the girls I've loved on nights like this with the moon above. A whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo. There was Mermaid Minnie; met her down in Madagascar. She would kiss me anytime that I would ask her. Then one evening, her flame of love blew out. Blow me down and pick me up, she swapped me for a trout!

Hope for a Better Future

Captain Nemo: There is hope for the future. When the world is ready for a new and better life, all this will someday come to pass... in God's good time.

Freedom Beneath the Waves

Captain Nemo: Think of it: On the surface, there is hunger and fear. Men still exercise unjust laws. They fight and tear one another to pieces. A mere few feet beneath the waves, their reign ceases, their evil drowns. Here on the ocean floor is the only independence. Here, I am free. Imagine what would happen if they controlled machines such as this submarine boat. Far better that they think there's a monster and hunt me with harpoons...