Rope Quotes
Brandon: Nobody commits a murder just for the experiment of committing it. Nobody except us.
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Brandon Shaw: Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them.
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Brandon: I've always wished for more artistic talent. Well, murder can be an art, too. The power to kill can be just as satisfying as the power to create.
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Suzanne Renaud: Of course, if you're a man of principle...
Fred Martingale: I take it you're quite experienced.
Suzanne Renaud: The German is brittle. The Frenchman cries l'amour! The American is hoping for the cavalry to come.
Fred Martingale: And what do Englishmen do?
Suzanne Renaud: They pay.
Fred Martingale: I take it you're quite experienced.
Suzanne Renaud: The German is brittle. The Frenchman cries l'amour! The American is hoping for the cavalry to come.
Fred Martingale: And what do Englishmen do?
Suzanne Renaud: They pay.
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Toady: I am here, free as the wind, fountain of extraordinary knowledge, splendidly corrupt and eager to be of profitable service.
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Mrs. Atwater : Do you know when I was a girl I used to read quite a bit.
Brandon : We all do strange things in our childhood.
Brandon : We all do strange things in our childhood.
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Phillip Morgan : Rupert only publishes books HE likes... usually philosophy.
Janet Walker : Oh. Small print, big words, no sales.
Brandon Shaw : Rupert's extremely radical. Do you know that he selects his books on the assumption that people not only can read but actually can think?
Janet Walker : Oh. Small print, big words, no sales.
Brandon Shaw : Rupert's extremely radical. Do you know that he selects his books on the assumption that people not only can read but actually can think?
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Rupert Cadell : Brandon's spoken of you.
Janet Walker : Did he do me justice?
Rupert Cadell : Do you deserve justice?
Janet Walker : Did he do me justice?
Rupert Cadell : Do you deserve justice?
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Brandon : The good Americans usually die young on the battlefield, don't they? Well, the Davids of this world merely occupy space, which is why he was the perfect victim for the perfect murder. Course he, uh, he was a Harvard undergraduate. That might make it justifiable homicide.
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Brandon : Nobody commits a murder just for the experiment of committing it. Nobody except us.
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Brandon Shaw : Of course, he was a Harvard graduate. That might be grounds for justifiable homicide.
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Brandon Shaw : Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them.
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Rupert Cadell : By what right do you dare to say that there's a superior few to which you belong?
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Brandon Shaw : Mrs. Wilson, champagne!
Kenneth : Oh, it isn't someone's birthday is it?
Brandon Shaw : Don't look so worried, Kenneth. It's, uh, really almost the opposite.
Kenneth : Oh, it isn't someone's birthday is it?
Brandon Shaw : Don't look so worried, Kenneth. It's, uh, really almost the opposite.
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Brandon Shaw : I've always thought that it was out of character for David to drink anything as corrupt as Whiskey.
Phillip Morgan : Out of character for him to be murdered, too.
Phillip Morgan : Out of character for him to be murdered, too.
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Brandon Shaw : Determined to get drunk, aren't you?
Phillip Morgan : I am drunk.
Brandon Shaw : And just as childish as you were before when you called me a liar.
Phillip Morgan : You had no business telling that story.
Brandon Shaw : Why did you lie anyway?
Phillip Morgan : I had to! Have you ever bothered for just one minute to understand how someone else might feel?
Brandon Shaw : I'm not sentimental if that's what you...
Phillip Morgan : No, that's not what I mean; but it doesn't matter. Nothing matters... except that Mr. Brandon liked the party. Mr. Brandon gave the party. Mr. Brandon had a delightful evening. Well, I had a rotten evening!
Brandon Shaw : Keep drinking, and you'll have a worse morning.
Phillip Morgan : At least if I have a hangover, it'll be all mine!
Phillip Morgan : I am drunk.
Brandon Shaw : And just as childish as you were before when you called me a liar.
Phillip Morgan : You had no business telling that story.
Brandon Shaw : Why did you lie anyway?
Phillip Morgan : I had to! Have you ever bothered for just one minute to understand how someone else might feel?
Brandon Shaw : I'm not sentimental if that's what you...
Phillip Morgan : No, that's not what I mean; but it doesn't matter. Nothing matters... except that Mr. Brandon liked the party. Mr. Brandon gave the party. Mr. Brandon had a delightful evening. Well, I had a rotten evening!
Brandon Shaw : Keep drinking, and you'll have a worse morning.
Phillip Morgan : At least if I have a hangover, it'll be all mine!
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Brandon : I've always wished for more artistic talent. Well, murder can be an art, too. The power to kill can be just as satisfying as the power to create.
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Brandon Shaw : It is a little difficult trying to keep up with your romances. After me came Kenneth, now it's David. Why the, the switch from Kenneth to David anyway?
Janet Walker : Obviously I think he's nicer.
Brandon Shaw : Well, he's certainly richer.
Janet Walker : That's a new low... even for you, chum.
Janet Walker : Obviously I think he's nicer.
Brandon Shaw : Well, he's certainly richer.
Janet Walker : That's a new low... even for you, chum.
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Rupert Cadell : [ Phillip and Brandon have been arguing about strangling chickens ] Personally, I think a chicken is as good a reason for murder as a blonde, a mattress full of dollar bills or any of the customary, unimaginative reasons.
Janet Walker : Well, now, you don't really approve of murder, Rupert? If I may?
Rupert Cadell : You may... and I do. Think of the problems it would solve: unemployment, poverty, standing in line for theatre tickets...
Janet Walker : Well, now, you don't really approve of murder, Rupert? If I may?
Rupert Cadell : You may... and I do. Think of the problems it would solve: unemployment, poverty, standing in line for theatre tickets...
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Rupert Cadell : After all, murder is - or should be - an art. Not one of the 'seven lively', perhaps, but an art nevertheless. And, as such, the privilege of committing it should be reserved for those few who are really superior individuals.
Brandon Shaw : And the victims: inferior beings whose lives are unimportant anyway.
Rupert Cadell : Obviously. Now, mind you, I don't hold with the extremists who feel that there should be open season for murder all year round. No, personally, I would prefer to have..."Cut a Throat Week"... or, uh, "Strangulation Day"...
Brandon Shaw : And the victims: inferior beings whose lives are unimportant anyway.
Rupert Cadell : Obviously. Now, mind you, I don't hold with the extremists who feel that there should be open season for murder all year round. No, personally, I would prefer to have..."Cut a Throat Week"... or, uh, "Strangulation Day"...
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Brandon : [ David screams, to Phillip ] Open it. [ they put David in the trunk and close it ]
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Rupert Cadell : Well well well Kenneth Lawrence, how you've grown.
Kenneth : Hello ,uh, Mr...
Rupert Cadell : Come on, Ken. School's out, you can say it.
Kenneth : Rupert, you're the same as ever. It's awfully good to see you again.
Rupert Cadell : Why?
Kenneth : Hello ,uh, Mr...
Rupert Cadell : Come on, Ken. School's out, you can say it.
Kenneth : Rupert, you're the same as ever. It's awfully good to see you again.
Rupert Cadell : Why?
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