Mr. Topaze (1961) Quotes with Sound Clips

Quotes from the movie Mr. Topaze (1961), based on Marcel Pagnol's play, featuring short sound clips with voice, which you can use as ringtones or for sharing them with friends.

Actors: Peter Sellers (Auguste Topaze), Nadia Gray (Suzy), Herbert Lom (Castel Benac), Billie Whitelaw (Ernestine)

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Mr. Topaze (1961) Quotes with Sound Clips

1 Yes, work tires no one. What tires one is laziness, the mother of all vices.

2 Come on, let's face it. The whole life is an auction. Men offer their brains or their muscles. Women offer themselves. It's all the same.

3 And where I come from, people boil mashed corn and eat it day after day, all their lives. And to forget their hunger, they dream.

4 Did you want something? -No. -Well then, back to work. Remember, work tires no one. What tires one is laziness, the mother of all vices.

5 So long as she doesn't call out for help, the answer is, Yes.

6 Beware of me, because inside this velvet hand there is a glove of steel.

7 In the second mood, madam, he stares at me, appears to be listening intently, but in reality, he is asleep with his eyes wide open, daydreaming, and if I ask him a question, he falls off his seat.

8 Madam, look closely at your grandson. He has a grubby face, ears which stick out, pale lips and a shifty look.

9 Sir, the first lesson one learns in business is that discretion is essential. -Especially for those kinds of deals.

10 Why don't you open your eyes and look at the world as it really is instead of living in that dream world of yours. You'll find that money can do anything.

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