Film Quotes by Leslie Howard
27 quotes
Year: 1936
Director:
Archie Mayo
Director:
Archie Mayo
Duke Mantee:
Maybe you're right, pal.
Alan Squier: Oh, I'm eternally right. But what good does it do me?
Alan Squier: Oh, I'm eternally right. But what good does it do me?
--
Leslie Howard
(as Alan Squier)
in
The Petrified Forest
(1936)
Year: 1937
Director:
Archie Mayo
Director:
Archie Mayo
Gracie Kane:
Oh, Mr. Actor Man! Where're you going?
Basil Underwood: To someplace where there are no dear little children
Basil Underwood: To someplace where there are no dear little children
--
Leslie Howard
(as Basil Underwood)
in
It's Love I'm After
(1937)
Year: 1932
Director:
Edward H. Griffith*George Cukor
Director:
Edward H. Griffith*George Cukor
Grace:
Well, I guess I'd better be barging along, as they say. I, er, I am sure it's getting cold by the minute.
Tom Collier: Yes, it's almost cold enough to... You know, I, I think we'd best bring in the brass monkeys tonight, don't you?
Tom Collier: Yes, it's almost cold enough to... You know, I, I think we'd best bring in the brass monkeys tonight, don't you?
--
Leslie Howard
in
The Animal Kingdom
(1932)
Year: 1932
Director:
Alexander Korda
Director:
Alexander Korda
Mr. Westlake:
And how goes things at the Palace? All your guests quite happy?
Max Tracey: Oh, much the same as usual, sir. Everyone tends to be pessimistic before dinner and optimistic after dinner.
Mr. Westlake: And the ladies?
Max Tracey: The sins of the mothers have become the principles of the daughters.
Max Tracey: Oh, much the same as usual, sir. Everyone tends to be pessimistic before dinner and optimistic after dinner.
Mr. Westlake: And the ladies?
Max Tracey: The sins of the mothers have become the principles of the daughters.
--
Leslie Howard
(as Max Tracey)
in
Reserved for Ladies
(1932)
Year: 1937
Director:
Archie Mayo
Director:
Archie Mayo
Marcia West:
What right has she to talk that way to me?
Joyce Arden: Practically none. Wives have so few rights nowadays.
Marcia West: Your wife?
Basil Underwood: Yes, my wife...
[looking at Joyce]
Basil Underwood: ... wonderful.
Joyce Arden: Practically none. Wives have so few rights nowadays.
Marcia West: Your wife?
Basil Underwood: Yes, my wife...
[looking at Joyce]
Basil Underwood: ... wonderful.
--
Leslie Howard
(as Basil Underwood)
in
It's Love I'm After
(1937)
Year: 1937
Director:
Archie Mayo
Director:
Archie Mayo
--
Leslie Howard
(as Basil Underwood)
in
It's Love I'm After
(1937)
Year: 1941
Director:
Leslie Howard
Director:
Leslie Howard
General von Graum:
But we have one problem. "To be or not to Be?" as our great German poet said.
Professor Horatio Smith: German? But that's Shakespeare.
Professor Horatio Smith: But you don't know?
Professor Horatio Smith: Why, I know it's Shakespeare. I thought Shakespeare was English.
General von Graum: No, no, no. Shakespeare is a German. Professor Schuessbacher has proved it once and for all.
Professor Horatio Smith: Yes, how very upsetting. Still, you must admit that the English translations are most remarkable.
General von Graum: Good night.
Professor Horatio Smith: Good night. Good night. "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
General von Graum: What is that?
Professor Horatio Smith: That's one of the most famous lines in German literature.
Professor Horatio Smith: German? But that's Shakespeare.
Professor Horatio Smith: But you don't know?
Professor Horatio Smith: Why, I know it's Shakespeare. I thought Shakespeare was English.
General von Graum: No, no, no. Shakespeare is a German. Professor Schuessbacher has proved it once and for all.
Professor Horatio Smith: Yes, how very upsetting. Still, you must admit that the English translations are most remarkable.
General von Graum: Good night.
Professor Horatio Smith: Good night. Good night. "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
General von Graum: What is that?
Professor Horatio Smith: That's one of the most famous lines in German literature.
--
Leslie Howard
in
Pimpernel Smith
(1941)
Year: 1936
Director:
Archie Mayo
Director:
Archie Mayo
Gabrielle Maple:
Petrified forest is a lot of dead trees in the desert that have turned to stone. Here's a good specimen.
Alan Squier: So that was once a tree? Hmmm. Petrified forest, eh? Suitable haven for me. Well, perhaps that's what I'm destined to become, an interesting fossil for future study.
Alan Squier: So that was once a tree? Hmmm. Petrified forest, eh? Suitable haven for me. Well, perhaps that's what I'm destined to become, an interesting fossil for future study.
--
Leslie Howard
(as Alan Squier)
in
The Petrified Forest
(1936)
Year: 1934
Director:
John Cromwell
Director:
John Cromwell
Mildred Rogers:
Anything you want?
Philip Carey: Yes, if you don't mind I'd like to talk to you. Um... filthy weather, isn't it?
Mildred Rogers: Makes no difference to me. I have to be here all day.
Philip Carey: Don't talk like that. I only wanted to say something pleasant.
Mildred Rogers: Well, say it.
Philip Carey: You know you have a lovely smile. You should try using it more often.
Mildred Rogers: Oh, don't go spoofing me. A girl who works hard all day like I do. I don't have much reason to smile.
Philip Carey: Perhaps I could find a reason. Would you let me try?
Philip Carey: Yes, if you don't mind I'd like to talk to you. Um... filthy weather, isn't it?
Mildred Rogers: Makes no difference to me. I have to be here all day.
Philip Carey: Don't talk like that. I only wanted to say something pleasant.
Mildred Rogers: Well, say it.
Philip Carey: You know you have a lovely smile. You should try using it more often.
Mildred Rogers: Oh, don't go spoofing me. A girl who works hard all day like I do. I don't have much reason to smile.
Philip Carey: Perhaps I could find a reason. Would you let me try?
--
Leslie Howard
(as Philip Carey)
in
Of Human Bondage
(1934)
Year: 1936
Director:
Archie Mayo
Director:
Archie Mayo
Alan Squier:
Let there be killing. All this evening I've had a feeling of destiny closing in.
--
Leslie Howard
(as Alan Squier)
in
The Petrified Forest
(1936)