- After all, can you conceive of anybody living in a house like this if they didn't have to?
- Well, there's no accounting for tastes, you know.
- No.
— Sir William Porterhouse (Charles Laughton)
11 seconds sound clip from the The Old Dark House (1932) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:43.333 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I agree with Sir William, at best we only make guesses.
- If you were a woman, you wouldn't talk about only guesses.
- Ah, the famous old feminine intuition. Does it ever tell you which horse is going to win the Derby?
- No, but it tells me quite a lot about you.
- I wonder, Mrs. Waverton, whether it happens to tell you that I am wanted by the police?
- Why no, Mr. Femm, it tells me nothing so romantic.
- After all, can you conceive of anybody living in a house like this if they didn't have to?
- Well, there's no accounting for tastes, you know.
- No.
- Yes.
- What does your intuition tell you about me?
- Hmm, that frightens me a good deal. What does it tell you?
- It tells me... Well, it's not very interesting anyway.
- Oh, yes it is. Let's have it.
[...]