Journey into Fear (1943) - Quotes

Mystery and Suspense in the Middle East

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The Nature of War Explained

Colonel Haki: You can cable her when you stop at Trabzon. "C'est la guerre.

Howard Graham: What?

Colonel Haki: War is war.

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Discovering Freedom Through Socialism and Marriage

Matthews: Has your wife got a bad temper, Mr. Graham?

Howard Graham: No, very good.

Matthews: You're lucky. For years I lived in misery. Then one day I made a great discovery. There was a socialist meeting and I went to it. I wasn't a socialist, understand, I went to this meeting because I was curious. The speaker was good. Then a week later we went out with some friends, and I repeated what I heard. My wife laughed in a very peculiar way, and when I got home, I made a discovery. I found out my wife was a snob, and even more stupid than I dreamed. She said that I humiliated her by saying such things as if I believed them. And all her friends were respectable people, and I mustn't speak as if I was a working man. She wept! Then I knew that I was free. Mr. Graham, I bought books and pamphlets to make my arguments more damaging. My wife became very docile. She even cooked things I liked, just so I wouldn't disgrace her.

Howard Graham: I see. So, you don't believe these things you say?

Matthews: No. That's where my little joke comes in. Mr. Graham, for awhile I was free, then a terrible thing happened. I found I began to believe these things that I said. These books I read showed me that I'd found a truth. I, a capitalist by instinct, became a socialist by conviction. Worse than that, there was a strike at the factory, and I, the manager, supported the strikers! I didn't belong to a union, naturally, and so I was dismissed. It was ridiculous! So here I am. I've become a man in my home at the price of becoming a bore outside.

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The Art of Persuasion in Conversation

Prof. Haller: He interests me, this Kuvetli. He has a way of talking without saying anything.

Howard Graham: Maybe it's got something to do with his being a salesman.

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Authority and Decision-Making in Conflict

Howard Graham: Oh, I don't know. That's quite a decision!

Colonel Haki: Graham, I'm not asking you to decide anything, I'm telling you what you must do.

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Unexpected Gift of a Loaded Gun

Kopeikin: [Seeing Graham off at dockside] Oh, by the way, have you a gun in your luggage?

Howard Graham: I haven't any luggage!

Kopeikin: [Pulls out a loaded revolver and hands it to Graham] Then, uh, you better take this. I picked it up on the way to see your wife. It is completely loaded.

Howard Graham: Well, I don't need this!

Kopeikin: Put it in your pocket. It will make you feel nicer to have it.

Howard Graham: I never fired one of these things, you know?

Kopeikin: [laughs] That's a good one, Howard... You're a ballistics expert, and you never fired a gun!

Howard Graham: Well, I just never did.

Kopeikin: It's very simple. You just point it and pull the trigger.

Howard Graham: Oh, I know how it works.

Kopeikin: Take it with you anyway.

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Reflections on Age and Change

Prof. Haller: [Standing at the ship's railing, looking into the distance] Won't you join me, Mr. Graham? I'm just getting some fresh air.

Howard Graham: Oh...

Prof. Haller: To see the land from a ship, or to see a ship from the land, I used to like both, but now I dislike both. When a man reaches my age, he grows, I think, to resent subconsciously the movement of everything except the respiratory muscles which keep him alive. Movement is change. And to an old man, change means death.

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Women as Fierce Patriots in War

Matthews: It is the women I think who should fight these wars. They're more ferocious as patriots than the men.

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War as Capitalism's Final Sanctuary

Matthews: War is the last refuge of the capitalist.

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Gender and Business Perceptions in Society

Gogo Martel: She is very pretty, no? But she has no sense. She is a woman and women do not understand business.

The Nature of Losing in Games

Gogo Martel: People are not compelled by law to play cards with me. Why do they squeal like stuck pigs when they lose?

The Cost of War on Business

Gogo Martel: War is stupid. It is all very bad for business.

Constant Surprises in a Dangerous Game

Colonel Haki: We know a week ago Mueller got in touch with Banat. Tonight we learn Banat is here. It was he who shot at you at the cabaret, a waiter identified him, I am dumbfounded. But then I am dumbfounded every 25 minutes.