English Patient Movie Quotes & Sayings

I come from very conservative parents, and we weren't particularly wealthy, but we were comfortable. — Richard C. Armitage

We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game. — Zinedine Zidane

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load. — Paul Bryant

I like this idea of becoming fully realised. — Chris Pine

Being a good human being is good business. — Paul Hawken

Anyone who's ever flown London to Sydney, seated next to or anywhere in the proximity of a fussy baby, you'll no doubt fall right into the swing of things in Hell. What with the strangers and crowding and seemingly endless hours of waiting for nothing to happen, for you Hell will feel like one long, nostalgic hit a deja vu. Especially if your in-flight movie was The English Patient. In Hell, whenever the demons announce they're going to treat everyone to a big-name Hollywood movie, don't get too excited because it's always The English Patient, or, unfortunately, The Piano. It's never The Breakfast Club. — Chuck Palahniuk

Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me. — Saint Augustine

I love the novel of 'The English Patient'; I think it's a profoundly beautiful novel. I love the movie of 'The English Patient'; I think it's a profoundly beautiful movie. And they're totally different. You accept each on its own terms, and that's kind of the ideal. — Ayelet Waldman

Kevin was a shell game in which all three cups were empty. — Lionel Shriver

I'm not going to write any more novels. I don't want to end up being one of these angry, bitter writers moaning that only three people are reading him. I don't want that. — Jim Crace

There was no dependency. Dependency equates to seriousness. — Iain Reid

No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there. — Anthony Minghella

My excuse for not lecturing against the use of tobacco is, that I never chewed it; that is a penalty which reformed tobacco chewers have to pay; though there are things enough I have chewed, which I could lecture against. If you should ever be betrayed into any of these philanthropies, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does , for it is not worth knowing. Rescue the drowning and tie your shoe-strings. Take your time, and set about some free labor. — Henry David Thoreau