It's not enough to be sorry. When you've done something wrong, you have to correct the thing you did.

— Father Mouse (George Gobel)

1
2
3
4
5

[ 1 ]

apology doing the right thing george gobel integrity responsibility sorry working on yourself

6 seconds sound clip from the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:42.702 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It's my fault. All my fault. I've ruined everyone's Christmas.

- I know you wrote the letter, Albert. You told us so, and that was honest of you. But as you said, it was your opinion.

- No, that isn't it. Something else.

- Mr. Trundle's clock in the village hall. I wanted to see how it worked, so I climbed up into it and...

- You broke the clock?

- I didn't mean it, Father. I'm sorry. So sorry.

- It's not enough to be sorry. When you've done something wrong, you have to correct the thing you did.

- That's it. I'll fix it, Father. I'll fix the clock by midnight. Then maybe Santa will...

- You believe in Santa?

- I don't know. I don't know. But I've learned that I still got a lot to learn.

- But, son, you don't know how to fix a clock.

- That's all right, Father. Copernicus knew.

- You hope, and I'll hurry. You pray, and I'll plan. We'll do what's necessary, 'cause even a miracle needs a hand.

- Father Mouse?

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

I know you wrote the letter, Albert. You told us so, and that was honest of you. But as you said, it was your opinion.

Here's our first example of how you ruined everyone's Christmas with your opinions.

Big words. It sounds like the mayor.

And a Valentine would certainly look stupid without a cupid, so let his arrow in your heart. That would be a start.

We have concluded that, for reasons unknown, Mr. Claus, Santa, that is, has taken an unconscionable attitude of hostile retaliation toward... Oh, heck, he's mad at us.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) Sound Clip

Sound clips of the best quotes from the 1974 animated television special 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Actors: George Gobel (Father Mouse), Joel Grey (Joshua Trundle)

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969)
2323 Sounds / Quotes

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
359 Sounds / Quotes

Knight Rider (1982)
1642 Sounds / Quotes

Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)
162 Sounds / Quotes

Toy Story 3
830 Sounds / Quotes

Poll

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy