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Film Quotes by Lionel Jeffries

11 quotes
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Year: 1968

Director:
Ken Hughes
Caractacus Pott: Do you think Coggins might do a deal, so much a week?
Grandpa: Coggins? That lives down the road? Sure. He wouldn't light your pipe if his house was on fire.
-- Lionel Jeffries (as Grandpa Potts) in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Murder Ahoy!
Year: 1964
Captain Rhumstone: [testily] One thing I can't stand is being disturbed when I'm curling my beard!
The Truth About Spring
Year: 1965

Director:
Richard Thorpe
Cark: I could tell you where to go and you wouldn't need a map.
The Truth About Spring
Year: 1965

Director:
Richard Thorpe
Cark: Tyler, I could tell you where to go and you would not need no map to get there.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Year: 1968

Director:
Ken Hughes
Grandpa: [reading a book out loud] And the big brown bear came lolloping over the mountain. 'No, no!' the princess cried.
-- Lionel Jeffries (as Grandpa Potts) in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Year: 1968

Director:
Ken Hughes
Grandpa: Coggins? He's so mean he wouldn't light your pipe if his house was on fire.
-- Lionel Jeffries (as Grandpa Potts) in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Year: 1968

Director:
Ken Hughes
Grandpa: Nasty smelly things, motorcars!
-- Lionel Jeffries (as Grandpa Potts) in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
First Men in the Moon
Year: 1964

Director:
Nathan Juran
Joseph Cavor: Geese, I adore. Chickens, I detest! I've a good mind to make you fly home! All of you! AAHHH! I HATE CHICKENS!
First Men in the Moon
Year: 1964

Director:
Nathan Juran
First Men in the Moon
Year: 1964

Director:
Nathan Juran
The Grand Lunar: You say men cling to different tongues and beliefs. Is there no one ruler?
Joseph Cavor: No. No, every century some despot tries, but up to now no one's succeeded. People like Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Napoleon...
The Grand Lunar: Does this not lead to confusion?
Joseph Cavor: Yes, it does. And worse. Starvation... hostility... even war.
The Grand Lunar: Tell me of war.
Joseph Cavor: Tell you of war? Oh my goodness... Well... it usually starts with a whacking great explosion.