In my philosophy, a man cannot call himself well-contented until he has done all he can to be of service to his employer. Of course, this assumes that one's employer is a superior person not only in rank or wealth, but in moral stature.
20 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:04:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Believe me, no workers strike in Germany. And everyone's kept in line.
- No wonder this country is going down the drain. It is internally diseased.
- Ah Stevens, the croutons. I think there may be butter here. Do you know?
- I'm afraid there may be, sir.
- Roll along, prairie moon, roll along...
- Well, you made a cosy little nest here. Seems to me you must be a well-contented man.
- I heard some very fishy things. Very fishy.
- Listen. That's so touching, isn't it?
- To listen to the gentlemen's conversations would distract me from my work.
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Actors: Anthony Hopkins (Mr Stevens), Emma Thompson (Miss Kenton), Christopher Reeve (Congressman Jack Lewis), Hugh Grant (Reginald Cardinal), James Fox (Lord Darlington), Michael Lonsdale (Dupont d'Ivry)
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