Casablanca Quotes
Captain Renault : Hello Rick.
Rick : Hello Louis.
Captain Renault : How extravagant you are, throwing away women like that. Someday they may be scarce. You know, now I think I shall pay a call on Yvonne. Maybe get her on the rebound. Hmm?
Rick : When it comes to women, you're a true democrat.
Rick : Hello Louis.
Captain Renault : How extravagant you are, throwing away women like that. Someday they may be scarce. You know, now I think I shall pay a call on Yvonne. Maybe get her on the rebound. Hmm?
Rick : When it comes to women, you're a true democrat.
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Captain Renault : What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick : My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault : The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick : I was misinformed.
Rick : My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault : The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick : I was misinformed.
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Major Strasser : What is your nationality?
Rick : I'm a drunkard.
Captain Renault : That makes Rick a citizen of the world. [ all laugh ]
Rick : I'm a drunkard.
Captain Renault : That makes Rick a citizen of the world. [ all laugh ]
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Victor Laszlo : I know a good deal more about you than you suspect. I know, for instance, that you're in love with a woman. It is perhaps a strange circumstance that we both should be in love with the same woman. The first evening I came to this café, I knew there was something between you and Ilsa. Since no one is to blame, I - I demand no explanation. I ask only one thing. You won't give me the letters of transit: all right, but I want my wife to be safe. I ask you as a favor, to use the letters to take her away from Casablanca.
Rick : You love her that much?
Victor Laszlo : Apparently you think of me only as the leader of a cause. Well, I'm also a human being. Yes, I love her that much.
Rick : You love her that much?
Victor Laszlo : Apparently you think of me only as the leader of a cause. Well, I'm also a human being. Yes, I love her that much.
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Rick : I'm sorry for asking. I forgot we said "no questions".
Ilsa : Well, only one answer can take care of all our questions. [ She approaches his lips for a kiss ]
Ilsa : Well, only one answer can take care of all our questions. [ She approaches his lips for a kiss ]
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Rick : [ to Ilsa ] I wouldn't bring up Paris if I were you, it's poor salesmanship.
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Captain Renault : Ricky, I'm going to miss you. Apparently you're the only one in Casablanca with less scruples than I.
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[ Of Victor Laszlo, who wants to escape from Casablanca ]
Captain Renault : No matter how clever he is, he still needs an exit visa... or I should say two?
Rick : Why two?
Captain Renault : He is traveling with a lady.
Rick : He'll take one.
Captain Renault : I think not. I have seen the lady.
Captain Renault : No matter how clever he is, he still needs an exit visa... or I should say two?
Rick : Why two?
Captain Renault : He is traveling with a lady.
Rick : He'll take one.
Captain Renault : I think not. I have seen the lady.
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Captain Renault : My dear Ricky, you overestimate the influence of the Gestapo. I don't interfere with them and they don't interfere with me. In Casablanca I am master of my fate! I am...
Police Officer : Major Strasser is here, sir!
Rick : You were saying?
Captain Renault : Excuse me.
Police Officer : Major Strasser is here, sir!
Rick : You were saying?
Captain Renault : Excuse me.
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Rick : I congratulate you.
Victor Laszlo : What for?
Rick : Your work.
Victor Laszlo : I try.
Rick : We *all* "try"; *You* succeed!
Victor Laszlo : What for?
Rick : Your work.
Victor Laszlo : I try.
Rick : We *all* "try"; *You* succeed!
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Rick : You know what I want to hear.
Sam : [ lying ] No, I don't.
Rick : You played it for her, you can play it for me!
Sam : [ lying ] Well, I don't think I can remember...
Rick : If she can stand it, I can! Play it!
Sam : [ lying ] No, I don't.
Rick : You played it for her, you can play it for me!
Sam : [ lying ] Well, I don't think I can remember...
Rick : If she can stand it, I can! Play it!
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Captain Renault : We are very honored tonight, Rick. Major Strasser is one of the reasons the Third Reich enjoys the reputation it has today.
Major Heinrich Strasser : You repeat *Third* Reich as though you expected there to be others!
Captain Renault : Well, personally, Major, I will take what comes.
Major Heinrich Strasser : You repeat *Third* Reich as though you expected there to be others!
Captain Renault : Well, personally, Major, I will take what comes.
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Rick : Who are you really, and what were you before? What did you do and what did you think, huh?
Ilsa : We said no questions.
Rick : ...Here's looking at you, kid.
Ilsa : We said no questions.
Rick : ...Here's looking at you, kid.
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Major Strasser : We have a complete dossier on you: Richard Blaine, American, age 37. Cannot return to his country. The reason is a little vague. We also know what you did in Paris, Mr. Blaine, and also we know why you left Paris. [ hands the dossier to Rick ]
Major Strasser : Don't worry, we are not going to broadcast it.
Rick : [ reading ] Are my eyes really brown?
Major Strasser : Don't worry, we are not going to broadcast it.
Rick : [ reading ] Are my eyes really brown?
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Captain Renault : [ after Rick pulls a gun on him ] Have you lost your mind?
Rick : I have. Sit down!
Captain Renault : Put that gun down!
Rick : I don't want to shoot you, but I will if you take one more step!
Captain Renault : [ With amusement ] Under the circumstances I will sit down.
Rick : I have. Sit down!
Captain Renault : Put that gun down!
Rick : I don't want to shoot you, but I will if you take one more step!
Captain Renault : [ With amusement ] Under the circumstances I will sit down.
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Senor Ferrari : Might as well be frank, monsieur. It would take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca, and the Germans have outlawed miracles.
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[ after observing the gambling tables at Rick's ]
Customer : Are you sure this place is honest?
Carl : Honest? As honest as the day is long!
Customer : Are you sure this place is honest?
Carl : Honest? As honest as the day is long!
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[ as he goes to hand Renault a bribe ]
Jan Brandel : Captain Renault... may I?
Captain Renault : Oh no! Not here please! Come to my office tomorrow morning. We'll do everything businesslike.
Jan Brandel : We'll be there at six!
Captain Renault : I'll be there at ten.
Jan Brandel : Captain Renault... may I?
Captain Renault : Oh no! Not here please! Come to my office tomorrow morning. We'll do everything businesslike.
Jan Brandel : We'll be there at six!
Captain Renault : I'll be there at ten.
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Rick : How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault : I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [ a croupier hands Renault a pile of money ]
Croupier : Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault : [ sotto voce ] Oh, thank you very much. [ aloud ]
Captain Renault : Everybody out at once!
Captain Renault : I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [ a croupier hands Renault a pile of money ]
Croupier : Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault : [ sotto voce ] Oh, thank you very much. [ aloud ]
Captain Renault : Everybody out at once!
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Rick : Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.
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Ilsa : [ laughs ironically ] With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.
Rick : Yeah, it's pretty bad timing. Where were you, say, ten years ago?
Ilsa : [ trying to be cheerful ] Ten years ago? Well, let's see... [ remembers, smiles ]
Ilsa : Oh, yes, I was having a brace put on my teeth. Where were you?
Rick : Looking for a job.
Rick : Yeah, it's pretty bad timing. Where were you, say, ten years ago?
Ilsa : [ trying to be cheerful ] Ten years ago? Well, let's see... [ remembers, smiles ]
Ilsa : Oh, yes, I was having a brace put on my teeth. Where were you?
Rick : Looking for a job.
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Rick : And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart.
Captain Renault : That is my *least* vulnerable spot.
Captain Renault : That is my *least* vulnerable spot.
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[ last lines ]
Rick : Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Rick : Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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Rick : Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: you're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong.
Ilsa : But, Richard, no, I... I...
Rick : Now, you've got to listen to me! You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louie?
Captain Renault : I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist.
Ilsa : You're saying this only to make me go.
Rick : I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
Ilsa : But what about us?
Rick : We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night.
Ilsa : When I said I would never leave you.
Rick : And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. [ Ilsa lowers her head and begins to cry ]
Rick : Now, now... [ Rick gently places his hand under her chin and raises it so their eyes meet ]
Rick : Here's looking at you kid.
Ilsa : But, Richard, no, I... I...
Rick : Now, you've got to listen to me! You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louie?
Captain Renault : I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist.
Ilsa : You're saying this only to make me go.
Rick : I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
Ilsa : But what about us?
Rick : We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night.
Ilsa : When I said I would never leave you.
Rick : And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. [ Ilsa lowers her head and begins to cry ]
Rick : Now, now... [ Rick gently places his hand under her chin and raises it so their eyes meet ]
Rick : Here's looking at you kid.
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