Fish Called Wanda Quotes & Sayings

Because of our broken instincts we are in pain. We continue in pain because our instincts have been twisted by reason. So, what are we supposed to do? Should we abandon knowledge? Throw away reason? In any event, that wouldn't be possible. For better or worse, we ate the fruit of knowledge long, long ago. — Tatsuhiko Takimoto

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God. — Alexander MacLaren

How do you teach a man who has lost everything, not to fear it happening again? How do you teach a person to trust in something none of us can guarantee? — Mia Sheridan

One example is worth a thousand arguments. — William E. Gladstone

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. — Idries Shah

Wanda: But you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape? Otto: Apes don't read philosophy. Wanda: Yes, they do, Otto. They just don't understand it. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) One cannot help but think of A Fish Called Wanda when one reads Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion; or at least I can't. — Edward Feser

In order to share intimate feelings, you have to have intimate feelings. — Dean Martin