George Pastell: 15 Movie Quotes with Audio

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1 He who robs the graves of Egypt dies.

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)

2 It has often puzzled me about archaeologists. Has it never occurred to them that by opening the tombs of beings who are sacred, they commit an act of desecration?

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)

3 Nevertheless, those tombs were sealed for all time. You're an intruder. You force your way in, you remove the remains of the long dead kings and send them to places like the British Museum, where thousands of people can stare at them.

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)

4 Oh, please forgive my apathy. In my country, as you know, violence is quite commonplace. It doesn't leave the same impression as it does in this peaceful, well-ordered community.

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)

5 Did it ever occur to you that beneath the superficial you've learnt about, there could be a great and passionate devotion to this God? -It occurred to me, but I dismissed it.

George Pastell as Mehemet Bey; Peter Cushing as John Banning in The Mummy (1959)

6 Now you talk about something of which you know nothing. You've scratched only the surface and you know nothing.

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)

7 You assume the right to disturb the everlasting peace of the gods.

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)

8 There are certain things for which civilisation has no answer.

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)

9 Thousands of years of traditional belief cannot be dismissed in one generation.

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)

10 Help me in my task. Make my way easy, that I may achieve your desires and return to the land of my forebears.

As Mehemet Bey in The Mummy (1959)