Journey into Fear Quotes

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.

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

Prof. Haller 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.

Colonel Haki Ah, you have this advantage over the soldier, Mr. Graham. You can run away without being a coward.

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

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

Kopeikin Oh, by the way, have you a gun in your luggage?

Howard Graham I haven't any luggage!

Kopeikin 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 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.

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.

Matthews War is the last refuge of the capitalist.

Colonel Haki Mr. Graham, there are men who are natural killers. Banat is one of them.

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

Josette Martel Nonsense to say that Americans are not polite. They are so clever in business and yet so generous and sincere.

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

Howard Graham What?

Colonel Haki War is war.

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.