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Film Quotes by John Litel

6 quotes
Nancy Drew -- Detective
Year: 1938

Director:
William Clemens
Carson Drew: Those men are not going to stand for Nancy Drew poking her little nose into their affairs.
Give Me Liberty
Year: 1936

Director:
B. Reeves Eason
Patrick Henry: Better a glorious death, Peyton, than an inglorious life.
Give Me Liberty
Year: 1936

Director:
B. Reeves Eason
Patrick Henry: Cold words like cold food are slow to warm the blood.
Give Me Liberty
Year: 1936

Director:
B. Reeves Eason
Patrick Henry: If this be treason, make the most of it!
The Kentuckian
Year: 1955

Director:
Burt Lancaster
Pleasant Tuesday Babson: You don't measure land in Texas by rod and chain - you measure by the eye. And when the eye can see no further, that's where you drive your stake. The rifle ball has not been made that can carry to a neighbor's line.
-- John Litel (as Pleasant Tuesday Babson) in The Kentuckian (1955)
Boss Of Big Town
Year: 1942

Director:
Arthur Dreifuss
Jeffrey Moore: Well, keep on talking. I'm interested in what you have to say.
Michael Lynn: I've got plenty to say. You're pretty smug, Moore - making that great talk over the radio! You're for the people? I'll say you are - for what you can get out of them! Talk about the 5th Column! You've invented a new one - the 6th Column! You've fooled one of the most important items for our morale! You stand behind the flag, cheating the people! Racketeering babies! They ought to hang you for treason and they will! You might get me, Moore, but you'll never get 130 million people! 130 million people that hate you and everything you stand for!