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.
— Mr Stevens (Anthony Hopkins)
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
[...]
- 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.
[...]