Mr. Ashton: Say, where'd you get all the material?
Juan: The people give them, Senor.
Mr. Ashton: What for?
Juan: A man, he gives wood... bricks. In time, what does he get? A chapel... a place where his children can receive the sacraments. To these men, for their children to have faith, it is important.
Mr. Ashton: Is that why you're here?
Juan: To me, it is insurance. To me, life is here on this earth. I cannot see further, so I cannot believe further. But, if they are right about the hereafter, I have paid my insurance, Senor.

- Stanley Adams (as Juan) in Lilies of the Field (1963)

Homer Smith: [one of the nuns has just given Homer his breakfast; one fried egg and a half cup of milk] That's a Catholic breakfast, ain't it?

- Sidney Poitier (as Homer Smith) in Lilies of the Field (1963)

Homer Smith: Gringo? I don't know if that's a step up or a step down from some other things I've been called.

- Sidney Poitier (as Homer Smith) in Lilies of the Field (1963)

Homer Smith: I'm gonna' build me a chapel.

- Sidney Poitier (as Homer Smith) in Lilies of the Field (1963)

Juan: I cannot see further and I cannot believe further.

- Stanley Adams (as Juan) in Lilies of the Field (1963)

Mother Maria: [ringing the dinner bell] Schmidt! Schmidt!
Homer Smith: Old Mother gonna feed the slaves?

- Sidney Poitier (as Homer Smith) in Lilies of the Field (1963)

Mother Maria: [the morning after a fiesta] Well, you are awake?
Homer Smith: Yeah, I guess so.
Mother Maria: Good.
[throws a cup of cold water in his face]
Homer Smith: Why'd you go and do that?
Mother Maria: The women last night, they say that is the only thing when a man has been mixing wine with tequila!
[walks away]
Homer Smith: I'm gonna mix you with tequila!

- Sidney Poitier (as Homer Smith) in Lilies of the Field (1963)

[Splashing himself with water outside]
Homer Smith: Oh! Why couldn't they have asked me to build a bathtub? With nice, *hot* water?

- Sidney Poitier (as Homer Smith) in Lilies of the Field (1963)