Murder on the Orient Express Quotes

Caroline Hubbard: Oh!
Hercule Poirot: Apologies, Madame, I meant no disrespect.
Caroline Hubbard: Oh, you could try to mean a little.

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Caroline Hubbard: I am looking forward to getting back. Travel is fine for spicy food, mosques, meeting men; but, eventually, you just miss your own bed.

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Caroline Hubbard: I've been accused of - husband hunting abroad. And, I can't in all honesty deny it. I like my time alone. I do. I do! But, a lady has certain needs that deserve to be met, if she has any money, and, preferably on a regular basis.

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Edward Ratchett: Well, hello.
Caroline Hubbard: Eyes linger any longer, I'll have to charge you rent.
Edward Ratchett: I'll pay.

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Edward Ratchett: So, you say no to my dirty mind.
Hercule Poirot: I say no to you, Mr. Ratchett.
Edward Ratchett: Business with the gun, right? Is that what it was?
Hercule Poirot: It is far more personal than that. I do not like your face.

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Caroline Hubbard: One thing about train travel, you're always knocking into somebody. It's wonderful!

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Caroline Hubbard: I woke up in the dark and I knew there was a man in my room.
Hercule Poirot: You are certain it was a man?
Caroline Hubbard: I know what it feels like to have a man in my bedroom.

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Caroline Hubbard: He made a rather overt overture.

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Pilar Estravados: You said your role was to find justice.
Hercule Poirot: What is justice here?
Pilar Estravados: Sometimes the law of man is not enough.

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Bouc: You know, with your books and your capers, you are missing out on romance.
Hercule Poirot: Romance never goes unpunished.

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Hector MacQueen: How long are we supposed to just sit here?
Miss Mary Debenham: Yes, someone must be doing something.
Bouc: Of course I am doing something. I am doing nothing.

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Biniamino Marquez: Listen, I wanna be clear of any association with the crime, so please ask me anything. Anything. I never lie anymore. I escaped prison, and I bribed myself into the US, where I swore never to lie or steal again. You see, my friends, when people trust you, they buy more.

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Gerhard Hardman: My conference is in Turin. I am the only Austrian to present, which means without me, the talks will be substandard.

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Hercule Poirot: Miss Estravados, why do your hands have the calluses of a boxer?
Pilar Estravados: I do my work in dangerous cities where I cannot be governed by fear. I trained to fight.
Hercule Poirot: But you do not trust your god anymore since your 'surprise'?
Pilar Estravados: No, in case He is busy.
Hercule Poirot: God is always busy.

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Hector MacQueen: Have you considered the Latin man? Marquez. Hell of a guy. And, well, you know, his kind, they don't have the same distaste for murder, historically speaking.
Hercule Poirot: You said you don't hold a man's race against him.
Hector MacQueen: I suppose... depends on the race. [MacQueen leaves]
Hercule Poirot: And he was doing so well.

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Hercule Poirot: I love the little cakes.

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Miss Mary Debenham: To a man with a hammer, every problem is a nail. You live crime. You see evil every day.
Hercule Poirot: Not so. I see enough crime to know that the criminal act is the anomaly. I believe it takes a fracture of the soul to murder another human being.

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Hercule Poirot: The killer is mocking me. Good. His first mistake.

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Hercule Poirot: You tell your lies and you think no one will know. But there are two people who will know. Yes, two people. Your God... and Hercule Poirot.

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Hercule Poirot: I am tired. I have earned myself a little holiday. I want to look at paintings and have too much time on my hands.

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Hercule Poirot: You come from Baghdad?
Miss Mary Debenham: It's true. No detail escapes his notice!
Hercule Poirot: Your ticket. [points in her purse]
Hercule Poirot: I might also ask you if you enjoyed your time there - as a governess? The chalk on your sleeve and the Geography Primer. A governess or a cartographer. I made my gamble.
Miss Mary Debenham: I always begin them with geography and monster them until the have the world down cold. They may get lost in math; but, I'll be damned if they don't know where they are.

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Bouc: This is my dear old friend, the esteemed Poirot, who I knew before the esteem. Hercule Poirot, this is...
Hercule Poirot: A prostitute.
Bouc: She is.
Prostitute: I am!

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Edward Ratchett: What the hell is taking them so long? As soon as we get out of here, have 'em make up the bed.
Edward Henry Masterman: It's already arranged, Mr. Ratchett...
Edward Ratchett: No! I want the bed made. And bring my dictaphone.

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Edward Ratchett: Are you insulted?
Caroline Hubbard: Disappointed. Some men have a good look. All they have to do is keep their mouth shut - and they can take home any prize they want. Still, the mouth opens!

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Bouc: [to Poirot]Are you still enjoying your Dickens?

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Hercule Poirot: I understand.

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Hercule Poirot: I am at my happiest alone.

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Edward Ratchett: They want their money back with interest, you know. Italians! A guinea's a guinea.

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Edward Ratchett: You see, someone's out to get me. I know I'm not the best guy born. Not by a long shot. And if there's a world after this one, I will face judgment, just like you. But, I ain't in no goddamn rush to do it.

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Hercule Poirot: Did we die?

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