But to brave those icy waters would mean certain death. Only a fool would do it.

6 seconds sound clip from the James and the Giant Peach (1996) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:47:23.699 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Then there's hope.

- Don't be ridiculous. There's no hope at all. We don't have a compass.

- We'll never reach New York. We're gonna be stuck here forever.

- We're gonna be frozen like living statues.

- Dead living statues.

- No dark hiding places. No cozy leaf in the park. No city where dreams come true.

- Don't ships have compasses?

- No doubt.

- But to brave those icy waters would mean certain death. Only a fool would do it.

- Uh-huh. Geronimo!

- What? What? What was that?

- The Centipede jumped in!

- Good heavens! He's committed pesticide!

- Oh, this is all my doing.

- Don't take all the credit. I helped, too.

- I have to go after him!

- Not on your life. You'll catch your death of cold.

- But he's my friend!

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