- Trim the sails!
- There are no sails.
- Stoke the engine!
- There are no engines.
— Mr. Centipede (Richard Dreyfuss)
5 seconds sound clip from the James and the Giant Peach (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:29:51.690 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- New York it is, then. Now, how do we get there?
- You?
- Commodore Centipede, they used to call me.
- Seven.
- Huh?
- And Tripoli is in the subtropics, Commodore.
- I can't work with this miserable crew.
- Great! We're stuck here until we shrivel up and die.
- We're far more likely to drown.
- Oh, no!
- I know! We could... No. It's a stupid idea.
- Hey!
- Hmm.
[...]