Lawrence of Arabia Quotes
Sherif Ali : What are you looking for?
T.E. Lawrence : Some way to announce myself.
Sherif Ali : Be patient with him, God.
T.E. Lawrence : Some way to announce myself.
Sherif Ali : Be patient with him, God.
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Bartender : [ after Lawrence enters with a dirty Bedouin ] This is a bar for British officers!
T.E. Lawrence : That's all right. We're not particular.
T.E. Lawrence : That's all right. We're not particular.
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T.E. Lawrence : A thousand Arabs means a thousand knives, delivered anywhere day or night. It means a thousand camels. That means a thousand packs of high explosives and a thousand crack rifles. We can cross Arabia while Johnny Turk is still turning round, and smash his railways. And while he's mending them, I'll smash them somewhere else. In thirteen weeks, I can have Arabia in chaos.
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General Allenby : You acted without orders, you know.
T.E. Lawrence : Shouldn't officers use their initiative at all times?
General Allenby : Not really. It's awfully dangerous.
T.E. Lawrence : Shouldn't officers use their initiative at all times?
General Allenby : Not really. It's awfully dangerous.
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Auda abu Tayi : [ his last words, to Ali ] Being an Arab will be thornier than you suppose, Harith!
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General Allenby : I believe your name will be a household word when you'll have to go to the War Museum to find who Allenby was. You're the most extraordinary man I've ever met!
T.E. Lawrence : Leave me alone!
General Allenby : What?
T.E. Lawrence : Leave me alone!
General Allenby : Well, that's a feeble thing to say.
T.E. Lawrence : I know I'm not ordinary.
General Allenby : That's not what I'm saying...
T.E. Lawrence : All right! I'm extraordinary! What of it?
T.E. Lawrence : Leave me alone!
General Allenby : What?
T.E. Lawrence : Leave me alone!
General Allenby : Well, that's a feeble thing to say.
T.E. Lawrence : I know I'm not ordinary.
General Allenby : That's not what I'm saying...
T.E. Lawrence : All right! I'm extraordinary! What of it?
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Jackson Bentley : Is Major Lawrence in there? Is he in trouble?
Mr. Dryden : I would suspect so. We all have troubles. Life is a vale of troubles.
Mr. Dryden : I would suspect so. We all have troubles. Life is a vale of troubles.
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Mr. Dryden : [ to Bentley, on a meeting between Lawrence and Allenby ] Well, I'll tell you. It's a little clash of temperament that's going on in there. Inevitably, one of them's half-mad - and the other, wholly unscrupulous.
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General Allenby : I fight like Clausewitz, then you fight like Saxe!
T.E. Lawrence : We should do very well, then, shouldn't we?
T.E. Lawrence : We should do very well, then, shouldn't we?
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Mr. Dryden : You've been telling half truths.One who tells lies hides the truth but when telling half truths,you've forgotten where you've put it.
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Auda abu Tayi : When Lawrence finds what he's looking for, he will go home. When you find what you are looking for, you will go home.
Colonel Brighton : I will not.
Auda abu Tayi : Then you are a fool. Be thankful that when God gave you a face, he gave you a fool's face.
Colonel Brighton : I will not.
Auda abu Tayi : Then you are a fool. Be thankful that when God gave you a face, he gave you a fool's face.
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Prince Feisal : You are an Englishman. Are you not loyal to England?
T.E. Lawrence : To England, and to other things.
T.E. Lawrence : To England, and to other things.
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Majid : Aurens! Can you pass for an Arab in an Arab town?
T.E. Lawrence : If one of you will lend me some dirty clothes.
T.E. Lawrence : If one of you will lend me some dirty clothes.
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General Allenby : [ leafing through Lawrence's dossier ] Undisciplined... unpunctual... untidy. Knowledge of music... knowledge of literature... knowledge of... knowledge of... you're an interesting man there's no doubt about it.
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[ first lines ]
Colonel Brighton : He was the most extraordinary man I ever knew.
Vicar at St. Paul's : Well nil nisi bonum. But did he really deserve... all this?
Colonel Brighton : He was a remarkable chap. By any counts, remarkable.
Vicar at St. Paul's : Did you know him well?
Colonel Brighton : I knew him.
Colonel Brighton : He was the most extraordinary man I ever knew.
Vicar at St. Paul's : Well nil nisi bonum. But did he really deserve... all this?
Colonel Brighton : He was a remarkable chap. By any counts, remarkable.
Vicar at St. Paul's : Did you know him well?
Colonel Brighton : I knew him.
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[ last lines ]
Driver : Well, sir, going home!
T.E. Lawrence : Mm? [ realizes that he has been addressed ]
Driver : Home, sir! [ an army lorry passes. It carries Tommies singing a music hall ditty of the period: "Goodbye Dolly, I must leave you... " ]
Driver : Well, sir, going home!
T.E. Lawrence : Mm? [ realizes that he has been addressed ]
Driver : Home, sir! [ an army lorry passes. It carries Tommies singing a music hall ditty of the period: "Goodbye Dolly, I must leave you... " ]
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Auda abu Tayi : [ as Lawrence sets out across the desert with Daoud and Faraj ] You will cross Sinai?
T.E. Lawrence : Moses did!
Auda abu Tayi : And you will take the children?
T.E. Lawrence : Moses did!
T.E. Lawrence : Moses did!
Auda abu Tayi : And you will take the children?
T.E. Lawrence : Moses did!
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General Allenby : What about your Arab friends? What about them?
T.E. Lawrence : I have no Arab friends. I don't want Arab friends !
General Allenby : What in Hell do you want, Lawrence?
T.E. Lawrence : I told you! I just want my ration of common humanity.
Mr. Dryden : Lawrence! [ Lawrence turns away from Allenby to face Dryden ]
Mr. Dryden : Nothing. Sorry I interrupted, Sir.
General Allenby : [ subdued ] Quite all right. Thank you, Mr Dryden. Look, why don't we, er... There's blood on your back. Do you want a Doctor ?
T.E. Lawrence : I have no Arab friends. I don't want Arab friends !
General Allenby : What in Hell do you want, Lawrence?
T.E. Lawrence : I told you! I just want my ration of common humanity.
Mr. Dryden : Lawrence! [ Lawrence turns away from Allenby to face Dryden ]
Mr. Dryden : Nothing. Sorry I interrupted, Sir.
General Allenby : [ subdued ] Quite all right. Thank you, Mr Dryden. Look, why don't we, er... There's blood on your back. Do you want a Doctor ?
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Jackson Bentley : [ on his interest in Lawrence and the Arab Revolt ] I'm looking for a hero.
Prince Feisal : Indeed, you do not seem a romantic man.
Jackson Bentley : Oh, no! But certain influential men back home believe the time has come for America to lend her weight to the patriotic struggle against Germany... and Turkey. Now, I've been sent to find material that makes this war seem more...
Prince Feisal : Enjoyable?
Jackson Bentley : Oh, hardly THAT, sir. But to show it in its more... adventurous aspects.
Prince Feisal : You are looking for a figure that will draw your country towards war?
Jackson Bentley : All right, yes.
Prince Feisal : Lawrence is your man.
Prince Feisal : Indeed, you do not seem a romantic man.
Jackson Bentley : Oh, no! But certain influential men back home believe the time has come for America to lend her weight to the patriotic struggle against Germany... and Turkey. Now, I've been sent to find material that makes this war seem more...
Prince Feisal : Enjoyable?
Jackson Bentley : Oh, hardly THAT, sir. But to show it in its more... adventurous aspects.
Prince Feisal : You are looking for a figure that will draw your country towards war?
Jackson Bentley : All right, yes.
Prince Feisal : Lawrence is your man.
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Auda abu Tayi : What troubles the Englishman?
Sherif Ali : The one he killed is the one he brought out of the Nafud.
Auda abu Tayi : It was written then. Better to have left him there.
Sherif Ali : The one he killed is the one he brought out of the Nafud.
Auda abu Tayi : It was written then. Better to have left him there.
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[ Lawrence and Ali watch as British cannons fire in the distance ]
Sherif Ali : God help the men that lie under that.
T.E. Lawrence : They are Turks.
Sherif Ali : God help them.
Sherif Ali : God help the men that lie under that.
T.E. Lawrence : They are Turks.
Sherif Ali : God help them.
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T.E. Lawrence : I'm to "assess the situation".
Colonel Brighton : Hmph! Well that won't be too difficult. The situation's bloody awful.
Colonel Brighton : Hmph! Well that won't be too difficult. The situation's bloody awful.
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General Murray : I may as well tell you, it's my considered opinion and that of my staff that any time spent on the Bedouin will be time wasted.They're a nation of sheep-stealers.
Mr. Dryden : They did attack Medina.
General Murray : And the Turks made mincemeat of them.
Mr. Dryden : We don't know that.
General Murray : We know that they didn't take it. A storm in a teacup, a sideshow. If you want my own opinion, this whole theatre of operations is a sideshow. The real war's being fought against Germans, not Turks. And not here, but on the Western front in the trenches. Your Bedouin Army, or whatever it calls itself would be a sideshow of a sideshow.
Mr. Dryden : Big things have small beginnings, sir.
Mr. Dryden : They did attack Medina.
General Murray : And the Turks made mincemeat of them.
Mr. Dryden : We don't know that.
General Murray : We know that they didn't take it. A storm in a teacup, a sideshow. If you want my own opinion, this whole theatre of operations is a sideshow. The real war's being fought against Germans, not Turks. And not here, but on the Western front in the trenches. Your Bedouin Army, or whatever it calls itself would be a sideshow of a sideshow.
Mr. Dryden : Big things have small beginnings, sir.
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T.E. Lawrence : Where are they now?
Mr. Dryden : Anywhere within 300 miles of Medina. They're Hashemite Bedouins. They can cross 60 miles of desert in a day.
T.E. Lawrence : Oh,thanks Dryden. This is going to be fun.
Mr. Dryden : Lawrence, only two kinds of creature get fun in the desert: Beduins and gods, and you're neither. Take it from me. For ordinary men, it's a burning fiery furnace.
T.E. Lawrence : No,Dryden. It's going to be fun.
Mr. Dryden : It is recognised that you have a funny sense of fun.
Mr. Dryden : Anywhere within 300 miles of Medina. They're Hashemite Bedouins. They can cross 60 miles of desert in a day.
T.E. Lawrence : Oh,thanks Dryden. This is going to be fun.
Mr. Dryden : Lawrence, only two kinds of creature get fun in the desert: Beduins and gods, and you're neither. Take it from me. For ordinary men, it's a burning fiery furnace.
T.E. Lawrence : No,Dryden. It's going to be fun.
Mr. Dryden : It is recognised that you have a funny sense of fun.
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Tafas : Here you may drink... [ Lawrence nods and takes out his canteen to drink water ]
Tafas : One cup. [ pointing the tincup ]
T.E. Lawrence : [ Lawrence pours in some water ] You do not drink?
Tafas : No. [ Tafas shakes his head like saying no ]
T.E. Lawrence : I'll drink when you do.
Tafas : I am *Bedu*. [ Lawrence pours back the water in the tincup to canteen ]
Tafas : One cup. [ pointing the tincup ]
T.E. Lawrence : [ Lawrence pours in some water ] You do not drink?
Tafas : No. [ Tafas shakes his head like saying no ]
T.E. Lawrence : I'll drink when you do.
Tafas : I am *Bedu*. [ Lawrence pours back the water in the tincup to canteen ]
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Sherif Ali : [ Ali shots Tafas dead while riding his camel. He stops his camel and jumps down to see Tafas' body ] He is dead.
T.E. Lawrence : yes... why?
Sherif Ali : this is my well. [ mentioning the well Lawrence and Tafas just used for resting ]
T.E. Lawrence : I have drunk from it.
Sherif Ali : You are welcome.
T.E. Lawrence : He was my friend.
Sherif Ali : That? [ mentioning Tafas ]
T.E. Lawrence : Yes, that.
Sherif Ali : [ Ali walks towards peter and grabs tafas' gun lying on the sand ] This pistol yours?
T.E. Lawrence : No, his.
Sherif Ali : [ Ali places the pistol to his waist and walks towards the well ] His? [ mentioning the tincup near the well ]
T.E. Lawrence : Mine.
Sherif Ali : hen i will use it. [ pulls some water out of well ]
Sherif Ali : ... your friend... was a Hazimi of the Beni Salem.
T.E. Lawrence : I know.
Sherif Ali : [ Ali salutes Lawrence and drinks his water ] I am Ali ibn el Kharish.
T.E. Lawrence : I have heard of you.
Sherif Ali : So... What was a Hazimi doing here?
T.E. Lawrence : He was taking me to help Prince Feisal.
Sherif Ali : You've been sent from Cairo?
T.E. Lawrence : Yes.
Sherif Ali : I have been in Cairo for my schooling. I can both read and write... my Lord Feisal already has an Englishman.
T.E. Lawrence : Yes.
Sherif Ali : What is your name?
T.E. Lawrence : My name is for my friend. [ Ali walks away ]
T.E. Lawrence : None of my friends is a murderer.
Sherif Ali
T.E. Lawrence : yes... why?
Sherif Ali : this is my well. [ mentioning the well Lawrence and Tafas just used for resting ]
T.E. Lawrence : I have drunk from it.
Sherif Ali : You are welcome.
T.E. Lawrence : He was my friend.
Sherif Ali : That? [ mentioning Tafas ]
T.E. Lawrence : Yes, that.
Sherif Ali : [ Ali walks towards peter and grabs tafas' gun lying on the sand ] This pistol yours?
T.E. Lawrence : No, his.
Sherif Ali : [ Ali places the pistol to his waist and walks towards the well ] His? [ mentioning the tincup near the well ]
T.E. Lawrence : Mine.
Sherif Ali : hen i will use it. [ pulls some water out of well ]
Sherif Ali : ... your friend... was a Hazimi of the Beni Salem.
T.E. Lawrence : I know.
Sherif Ali : [ Ali salutes Lawrence and drinks his water ] I am Ali ibn el Kharish.
T.E. Lawrence : I have heard of you.
Sherif Ali : So... What was a Hazimi doing here?
T.E. Lawrence : He was taking me to help Prince Feisal.
Sherif Ali : You've been sent from Cairo?
T.E. Lawrence : Yes.
Sherif Ali : I have been in Cairo for my schooling. I can both read and write... my Lord Feisal already has an Englishman.
T.E. Lawrence : Yes.
Sherif Ali : What is your name?
T.E. Lawrence : My name is for my friend. [ Ali walks away ]
T.E. Lawrence : None of my friends is a murderer.
Sherif Ali
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T.E. Lawrence : Sherif Ali!. So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people. Greedy, barbarous and cruel, as you are.
Sherif Ali : Come. I will take you to Feisal.
T.E. Lawrence : I do not want your company, sherif.
Sherif Ali : Wadi Safra is another day from here. You will not find it, and not finding it you will die.
T.E. Lawrence : I will find it with this. [ showing the compass ]
Sherif Ali : [ Ali suddenly takes the compass with his stick ] Good army compass. How if I take it?
T.E. Lawrence : Then you would be a thief.
Sherif Ali : Have you no fear, English?
T.E. Lawrence : My fear is my concern.
Sherif Ali : Truly. [ Ali gives back the compass to Lawrence ]
Sherif Ali : God be with you English. [ And he rides away ]
Sherif Ali : Come. I will take you to Feisal.
T.E. Lawrence : I do not want your company, sherif.
Sherif Ali : Wadi Safra is another day from here. You will not find it, and not finding it you will die.
T.E. Lawrence : I will find it with this. [ showing the compass ]
Sherif Ali : [ Ali suddenly takes the compass with his stick ] Good army compass. How if I take it?
T.E. Lawrence : Then you would be a thief.
Sherif Ali : Have you no fear, English?
T.E. Lawrence : My fear is my concern.
Sherif Ali : Truly. [ Ali gives back the compass to Lawrence ]
Sherif Ali : God be with you English. [ And he rides away ]
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Colonel Brighton : I've been waiting for you.
T.E. Lawrence : Did you know I was coming?
Colonel Brighton : I knew someone was coming. I mean Feisal told me.
T.E. Lawrence : How did he know?
Colonel Brighton : Not much happens within 50 miles of Feisal that Feisal doesn't know. I'll give him that... no escort?
T.E. Lawrence : My guide was killed at the Masturah well.
Colonel Brighton : Turks?
T.E. Lawrence : No, an Arab.
Colonel Brighton : Bloody savages. [ They both ride away ]
T.E. Lawrence : Did you know I was coming?
Colonel Brighton : I knew someone was coming. I mean Feisal told me.
T.E. Lawrence : How did he know?
Colonel Brighton : Not much happens within 50 miles of Feisal that Feisal doesn't know. I'll give him that... no escort?
T.E. Lawrence : My guide was killed at the Masturah well.
Colonel Brighton : Turks?
T.E. Lawrence : No, an Arab.
Colonel Brighton : Bloody savages. [ They both ride away ]
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Prince Feisal : The English have a great hunger for desolate places. I fear they hunger for Arabia.
T.E. Lawrence : Then you must deny it to them.
Prince Feisal : You are an Englishman. Are you not loyal to England?
T.E. Lawrence : To England and to other things.
Prince Feisal : To England and Arabia both? And is that possible? I think you are another of these desert-loving English.
T.E. Lawrence : Then you must deny it to them.
Prince Feisal : You are an Englishman. Are you not loyal to England?
T.E. Lawrence : To England and to other things.
Prince Feisal : To England and Arabia both? And is that possible? I think you are another of these desert-loving English.
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