Jack Hawkins Movie Quotes & Lines – 24 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Apr 22, 2025

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1 They say if you make one jump you've only got 50 percent chance of injury. Two jumps, 80 percent. And three jumps, you're bound to get your packet.

As Major Warden in The Bridge on the River Kwai

2 What do you mean by coming here dressed like that? Amateur theatricals? -Oh, yes. Entirely.

General Allenby (Jack Hawkins), T. E. Lawrence (Toole) in Lawrence of Arabia

3 Fascinating gear they wear. How do you think I would look in this? -Damn ridiculous, sir. -Here, you keep it.

As General Allenby in Lawrence of Arabia

4 For you to say, sir. -No, it's not. I've got orders to obey, thank God.

As General Allenby in Lawrence of Arabia

5 They think he's a kind of prophet. -They do or he does?

As General Allenby in Lawrence of Arabia

6 I know I'm not ordinary. -That's not what I'm saying. -All right, I'm extraordinary. What of it?

General Allenby (Jack Hawkins), T. E. Lawrence (Toole) in Lawrence of Arabia

7 Not many people have a destiny. It's a terrible thing for a man to flunk it if he has.

As General Allenby in Lawrence of Arabia

8 Look, sir, we can't just do nothing. -Why not? It's usually best.

As General Allenby in Lawrence of Arabia

9 They have no power, sir. It's illusory. -Illusions can be very powerful. -Particularly... when they take this form.

Prince Faisal (Alec Guinness), General Allenby (Jack Hawkins) in Lawrence of Arabia

10 Do you think it was worth it? -Not my business. Thank God I'm a soldier. -Yes, sir. So you keep saying.

As General Allenby in Lawrence of Arabia

Jack Hawkins Movie Quotes & Lines – 24 Classics (+ Audio)

1 They say if you make one jump you've only got 50 percent chance of injury. Two jumps, 80 percent. And three jumps, you're bound to get your packet.

2 What do you mean by coming here dressed like that? Amateur theatricals? -Oh, yes. Entirely.

3 Fascinating gear they wear. How do you think I would look in this? -Damn ridiculous, sir. -Here, you keep it.

4 For you to say, sir. -No, it's not. I've got orders to obey, thank God.

5 They think he's a kind of prophet. -They do or he does?

6 I know I'm not ordinary. -That's not what I'm saying. -All right, I'm extraordinary. What of it?

7 Not many people have a destiny. It's a terrible thing for a man to flunk it if he has.

8 Look, sir, we can't just do nothing. -Why not? It's usually best.

9 They have no power, sir. It's illusory. -Illusions can be very powerful. -Particularly... when they take this form.

10 Do you think it was worth it? -Not my business. Thank God I'm a soldier. -Yes, sir. So you keep saying.

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