Mr. Peters: [sardonically, as he has being led away by police] You wanted to write a book. Send me a copy. I'll have lots of time to read it.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as ) in The Mask of Dimitrios

Mr. Peters: A book is a lovely thing, a garden stocked with beautiful flowers, a magic carpet on which to fly away to unknown climes.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as ) in The Mask of Dimitrios

Reverend William Duke: Why it's Thompson, Tim Thompson, same as ever!
Reverend Tim Thompson: Looking like a character that stepped out of the middle ages, eh?
Reverend William Duke: Oh yes, Ferguson said that.
Reverend Tim Thompson: And what did you say? Let him go right back there!


--Sydney Greenstreet (as ) in Between Two Worlds

Ricardo Quintanilla: This may seem to you melodramatic, but indulge me, please, I like melodrama.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as ) in The Conspirators

Sheriff Titus Semple: Ya can't go wrong in this town if you say Yep to the right people and Nope to the rest.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as Sheriff Titus Semple) in Flamingo Road

The Dutchman: [to his pet cockatoo] One day in your seed will be cyanide, and you'll stop laughing for the rest of time.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as ) in Malaya

The Dutchman: It's an inexplicable world.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as ) in Malaya

The Dutchman: There's always been wars, this is another.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as ) in Malaya

The Dutchman: You'd better let me do the talking. Probably the only thing standing between you and eternity is my vocabulary.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as ) in Malaya

Prof. Norman Holsworth: You see, Doctor Hamilton belongs to the Freudian school of psychology, he believes that love rather than money is the root of all evil.
Evelyn Turner: It's nothing of the king. Beg your pardon, Doctor Hamilton, but love doesn't always cause unhappiness and trouble. It's been one of man's inspirations for centuries. Why it's been the basis of some of the greatest stories ever written. Look at Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra, Abelard and Eloise.
Richard Mason: Yes but look what happened to them.
Evelyn Turner: Oh Dick that's not fair. You know what I mean, it doesn't matter what happens to people as long as they have something to live for.
Dr. Mark Hamilton: But they didn't live for it, they died for it.


--Sydney Greenstreet (as Dr. Mark Hamilton) in Conflict