Farnsworth Quotes & Sayings

No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film. — Richard Farnsworth

Zach had been on the receiving end of a few of Lanning's ass-chewings back in the day. They were epic sagas of righteous fury and perfectly applied touches of profanity. It was like being verbally disemboweled. — Christopher Farnsworth

Cade seemed a little too sure of his conclusion from too little evidence. "Cade. If you knew something I didn't, you'd tell me, right?"
"I know a lot of things you don't, Zach. We don't have that kind of time. — Christopher Farnsworth

Never trust a man who doesn't like ice cream. If that's not a saying, it should be. — Christopher Farnsworth

Nothing was more nauseating than people who constantly complained about their life, but did nothing about it. — Sonia Farnsworth

The Boogeyman,' he said, just to be sure. 'The Boogeyman killed an employee of the President of the United States.'
The president nodded.
Some days, Zach thought, I really hate this job. — Christopher Farnsworth

And when the man who commanded a nuclear arsenal and the greatest military in history was frightened, it meant that something other than human intervention was required. That, unfortunately, was part of Zach's job every day now. That was where Nathaniel Cade came in — Christopher Farnsworth

But the law's dream - anyone's dream - would be to turn the clock back and stop the bad thing from happening in the first place. — Ward Farnsworth

I worked for John Ford, Howard Hawks, Henry Hathaway, Raoul Walsh - I worked for some real good directors. — Richard Farnsworth

It's been around for almost a hundred years," Latham said. He looked at Cade. "Is it like you? A vampire?"
"No," Cade said. "It's worse."
"Awesome," Latham muttered. — Christopher Farnsworth

Cade separated the man from his rifle, his hostage and his life, in that order. — Christopher Farnsworth

My men are pretty fast." Zach was losing patience. "Really? Can they set up a sniper position in less than 30 seconds after we find one of these guys? Can they run at 75 miles per hour? Can they move faster than a literal goddamn speeding bullet?" The ERT commander didn't respond. "Language," Cade said, again without looking away. — Christopher Farnsworth

When one looks at Nature through the glass walls of the Farnsworth House, it takes on a deeper significance than when one stands outside. More of Nature is thus expressed - it becomes part of a greater whole. — Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

Lyme disease is preventable, but only if Canadians have the information they need to prevent it. — Vanessa Farnsworth

Kids these days, right? Ignorant and in love with their ignorance. — Christopher Farnsworth

Tarryton did so, but not before saying, "I wouldn't be surprised if Billington came up to scratch on this gel."
"Billington, Farnsworth, and a few others," Alex said with his most affable smile.
"Ashbourne?" Dunford's voice was colder than ice.
"Dunford?"
"Shut up. — Julia Quinn

It's sorcery," Cade said, as if explaining things to a slow child. "That's the explanation." "I'm a scientist," she said. "I need a little more than 'a wizard did it. — Christopher Farnsworth

If saving the world's not enough, then nothing else is, either. — Christopher Farnsworth

I was a stunt man for 35 years. — Richard Farnsworth

and from the enactment in 1890 of the Sherman Act, the first of the great federal antitrust statutes. And — E. Allan Farnsworth

Helen savored the peace and quiet that only came in the complete absence of stupid questions. — Christopher Farnsworth

I never get tired of people telling me how important their job is as an excuse for screwing it up. — Christopher Farnsworth

A master welder can strike an arc blindfolded, with one hand, upside down, in a snowstorm. Okay, — Steven Robert Farnsworth

Humans are our food. You don't want to have sex with a cow, do you? — Christopher Farnsworth

Couldn't you hypnotize her or something?"
"It doesn't work like that."
"I thought vampires were all sex gods with the ladies."
Cade looked at him. "What gave you that idea?"
"Uh ... late-night TV, mostly ... "
"Humans are our food. Do you want to have sex with a cow? — Christopher Farnsworth

But I don't really care for directors flaring up and trying to humble some actor, which they would do to try and make an example out of them so everybody else would stay on the ball - and David wasn't anything like that. — Richard Farnsworth

It's easy to keep secrets when nobody gives a damn. — Christopher Farnsworth

Of course, it's entirely possible the reason Cade is so formidable might simply be due to individual temperament: Cade is unusually stubborn and willful, dedicated and tough; what some people call - and I mean this with all due respect - a total bastard.

- "The President's Vampire (Nathaniel Cade Series #2)" by Christopher Farnsworth — Christopher Farnsworth

This is not a man," Cade said, his voice like a crypt door slamming. "In almost a hundred years, I have seen it shot, stabbed, drowned, burned, decapitated, dismembered and buried. And in almost a hundred years, there's only been one thing that's ever been able to kill it."
"What?" Latham asked, his voice squeaking.
Cade's eyes speared every agent in the room as he answered: "Me. — Christopher Farnsworth

Questions?" Cade asked, pointing at the file where Zach had stuffed it into his messenger bag.
"Yeah," Zach said. "Any chance I can go back to D.C.?"
"Any useful questions?"
"Do you think it's really the Boogeyman that killed Brent? You think it's back?"
"I sincerely hope not."
"When you say things like that, I start to cry a little on the inside. — Christopher Farnsworth

There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet. — Philo Farnsworth

Right. Just let the nice monster turn him into paste. — Christopher Farnsworth

What did you think of him?" Cade asked.
"Give me some credit," Zach said. "Guy's more full of shit than a duck pond. — Christopher Farnsworth

You could never hide yourself in these places - in Mies's Farnsworth house, for example. That was a mistake of Modernism. People need places to hide from each other, too. You need everything. — Ben Van Berkel

He was probably already in one of the nearby restaurants - a TGIChiliMcAppleBarrel's or whatever ... — Christopher Farnsworth

Was never more than a few dozen feet away," Cade said. Zach had to admit, that was no distance at all to someone with Cade's speed. He was almost mollified, but Cade kept talking. "And honestly, I was hoping you would annoy him enough to keep him busy. Perhaps we could learn something that way." "That was your plan?" "You do seem to bring it out in people." "Jesus, Cade - " "Don't blaspheme. — Christopher Farnsworth

I worked with Cecil B DeMille quite a few times. — Richard Farnsworth

If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners. — Johnny Carson

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
[Conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour, March 9, 1998] — Toni Morrison

In the churchyard in Jaffrey, New Hampshire are two handsome headstones. The slate weathered well and William Farnsworth's chiseling is clearly readable. They say:

Sacred to the memory of Amos Fortune who was born free in Africa a slave in America he purchased liberty professed Christianity lived reputably and died hopefully
Nov. 17, 1801
Aet. 91

Sacred to the memory of Violate by sale the slave of Amos Fortune by marriage his wife by her fidelity his friend and solace she died his widow
Sept. 13 1802
Aet. 73 — Elizabeth Yates

Philo Farnsworth invented TV at the age of 22. — Philo

When they come and the guns are thundering and the men are falling all around you, there is only one way you will stop it. You are going to have to kill. So you be the best goddamned killer there is. — Christopher Farnsworth

Zack was so hard it hurt. — Christopher Farnsworth

I don't know if you saw the parting of the Red Sea with the chariots on the horses, I did stuff like that. — Richard Farnsworth

I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while. — Richard Farnsworth

For everything that's known about Lyme disease, there are still an extraordinary number of unknowns in some fairly fundamental areas. — Vanessa Farnsworth

Cade was a vampire. Zach had finally gotten over that. For the most part. Other people could argue about how vampires didn't exist, how they were just relics of folklore and sexual repression and nightmares. Zach had to work with Cade. Denial only got in the way. — Christopher Farnsworth

David Lynch was very good, very patient with us, and the reaction in the United States seems pretty good. — Richard Farnsworth

Congrats to Clare Farnsworth on a legendary career! One of the all-time great Seahawks! We will miss you Clare! — Pete Carroll

Something you killed didn't stay dead? Wow. That must have really put some termites in your coffin. — Christopher Farnsworth