Peter:
"Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon, My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage." Sir Walter Raleigh wrote that. I'd rather have written that than flown through Hitler's legs!
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
Peter:
[over radio] Where were you born?
June: Boston.
Peter: Mass.?
June: Yes.
Peter: That's a place to be born, history was made there. Are you in love with anybody? No, no don't answer that.
June: I could love a man like you, Peter.
Peter: I love you, June. You're life and I'm leaving you.
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
June: Boston.
Peter: Mass.?
June: Yes.
Peter: That's a place to be born, history was made there. Are you in love with anybody? No, no don't answer that.
June: I could love a man like you, Peter.
Peter: I love you, June. You're life and I'm leaving you.
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
Peter:
[to dead radio operator] So long, Bob. I'll see you in a minute. You'll know what we wear by now - a prop or wings!
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
Peter:
Don't be upset about the parachute, I'll have my wings soon anyway, big white ones. I hope it hasn't gone all modern, I'd hate to have a prop instead of wings!
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
Peter:
Look at her.
Bob: Holy smoke! She looks like a nice girl.
Doctor Frank Reeves: She is a nice girl.
Bob: Hardly your type, Skip.
Peter: I've fallen in love with her. Her accent is foreign, but it sounds sweet to me. We were born thousands of miles apart, but we were made for each other.
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
Bob: Holy smoke! She looks like a nice girl.
Doctor Frank Reeves: She is a nice girl.
Bob: Hardly your type, Skip.
Peter: I've fallen in love with her. Her accent is foreign, but it sounds sweet to me. We were born thousands of miles apart, but we were made for each other.
--David Niven (as Peter Carter) in A Matter of Life and Death
Sir Charles Lytton:
[dressed as a gorilla] Hi George. Any idea how we get out of here?
George Lytton: [dressed as a gorilla] I don't know. I've been all over this place. I've been up this street, up that one, up that one. How are we gonna get out here?
Sir Charles Lytton: [dressed as a gorilla] Why don't you try the high road up there?
George Lytton: [dressed as a gorilla] Okay. I'll take the high road, you take the low road. So long, Uncle Charles.
Sir Charles Lytton: [dressed as a gorilla] Ciao, George.
--David Niven (as Sir Charles Lytton) in The Pink Panther
George Lytton: [dressed as a gorilla] I don't know. I've been all over this place. I've been up this street, up that one, up that one. How are we gonna get out here?
Sir Charles Lytton: [dressed as a gorilla] Why don't you try the high road up there?
George Lytton: [dressed as a gorilla] Okay. I'll take the high road, you take the low road. So long, Uncle Charles.
Sir Charles Lytton: [dressed as a gorilla] Ciao, George.
--David Niven (as Sir Charles Lytton) in The Pink Panther
Sir Charles Lytton:
[dressed in gorilla suit] Come back. It's me.
--David Niven (as Sir Charles Lytton) in The Pink Panther
--David Niven (as Sir Charles Lytton) in The Pink Panther
Patty O'Neill:
He has reasons for suspicion.
David Slater: Take my advice and let them lurk.
Patty O'Neill: What?
David Slater: Suspicion, my child, suspicion. The lurking doubt. Is she or isn't she? Does she or doesn't she? Will she or won't she? Suspicion, the most powerful aphrodisiac in the world.
--David Niven (as David Slater) in The Moon Is Blue
David Slater: Take my advice and let them lurk.
Patty O'Neill: What?
David Slater: Suspicion, my child, suspicion. The lurking doubt. Is she or isn't she? Does she or doesn't she? Will she or won't she? Suspicion, the most powerful aphrodisiac in the world.
--David Niven (as David Slater) in The Moon Is Blue
Patty O'Neill:
I took my shoes off because my feet hurt.
David Slater: Oh, you should never say your feet hurt.
Patty O'Neill: Why not? They do.
David Slater: "My foot, singular, hurts" is an intriguing statement. "My feet, plural, hurt" is a rather sordid admission.
--David Niven (as David Slater) in The Moon Is Blue
David Slater: Oh, you should never say your feet hurt.
Patty O'Neill: Why not? They do.
David Slater: "My foot, singular, hurts" is an intriguing statement. "My feet, plural, hurt" is a rather sordid admission.
--David Niven (as David Slater) in The Moon Is Blue
Patty O'Neill:
I've cured more hangovers than you could shake a stick at.
David Slater: Never shake a stick at a hangover.
--David Niven (as David Slater) in The Moon Is Blue
David Slater: Never shake a stick at a hangover.
--David Niven (as David Slater) in The Moon Is Blue
