Dr. Dozous: [speaking of Bernadette's reaction upon seeing the Virgin Mary] Close behind her, twice in succession, I heard a long, drawn-out "Yes", wrung from her very depths.


--Lee J. Cobb (as Dr. Dozous) in The Song of Bernadette

Dr. Dozous: I asked her 'Do you know what a sinner is?' And she answered, 'Certainly, Monsieur. A sinner is one who loves evil'. That's quite a good answer. What pleased me is that she said 'loves', and not 'does'.


--Lee J. Cobb (as Dr. Dozous) in The Song of Bernadette

Dr. Dozous: There was something about her that precluded laughter. Her exaltation was so genuine that the observer almost had the impression that he saw what the child saw.


--Lee J. Cobb (as Dr. Dozous) in The Song of Bernadette

Harry R. Baker: [when his wife complains about his habit of entering and tossing the evening newspaper on the dining room table] It's clean, I had it boiled.


--Lee J. Cobb (as Harry R. Baker) in Come Blow Your Horn

Juan Escudero: Believe me, gentlemen, a lame goat takes no siesta. If something's got to be done, do it.


--Lee J. Cobb (as Juan Garcia) in Captain from Castile

Judge Bernstein: [referring to a man who is trying to cheat Tom Rath out of his home] If you're going to be slick, be slick in the city. They're not as smart there.


--Lee J. Cobb (as Judge Bernstein) in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Mike Figlia: Everything happens to me. The whole street, he's gotta break down in front of my place.
Charles, dock henchman: Tough luck.
Mike Figlia: I'm the original tough luck kid.


--Lee J. Cobb (as Mike Figlia) in Thieves' Highway

Mr. Carp: A man hits his wife, and it's the first step to fascism.


--Lee J. Cobb (as Mr. Bonaparte) in Golden Boy

Gen. LaSalle: Do you think I like to slaughter civilians?
Col. Feroud: The Syrians will think so.
Gen. LaSalle: They don't think. They're guerillas, bandits
Col. Feroud: They consider themselves patriots. We French came along with a mandate...
Gen. LaSalle: And they don't like it and they don't trust us. I know all that! And I know how to make them happy, too. Pack up my army and march out.
Col. Feroud: Sir, if I may say so, there is another way. You could send me to see Emir Hassan.
Gen. LaSalle: You never let go of an idea, do you?
Col. Feroud: It still isn't too late to arrange a truce.
Gen. LaSalle: You'd only get your throat cut. You know what a butcher he is.
Col. Feroud: I wonder what they'll call *you* after you execute those hostages.


--Lee J. Cobb (as ) in Sirocco

Gen. LaSalle: Why don't you say it? Go ahead and say it. This hostage business makes you want to vomit.
Col. Feroud: On the contrary, General, I think it's an excellent idea, as far as it goes. But why shoot only five hostages? Why not ten, or even twenty for every soldier killed? In no time at all, you can have the whole population of Damascus lined up against the walls and you've ended all resistance.


--Lee J. Cobb (as ) in Sirocco