The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 2

Quotes from "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933 film, directed by Frank Capra), featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Megan Davis), Nils Asther (General Yen), Walter Connolly (Jones)

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11 I am the big squeeze and if I do say it myself, I can milk more money out of this province than any man alive.

12 I see. You're afraid of death as you are afraid of life.

13 I swear I'll never betray your trust. I swear by my fathers and by the bones of my ancestors, and by the holy book in the mission school.

14 I want you to see the beauty of giving love where it isn't merited.

— Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck)

15 I've spent 50 years in China. And there are times when I think we are just a lot of persistent ants trying to move a great mountain.

16 Perhaps you wonder why I don't sit for the picture myself. You see, a Chinese is never painted until he has joined his ancestors.

17 We may have to convince him with lead instead of silver.

18 Yen was crazy. He said we never really die. We only change. He was nuts about cherry trees. Maybe he is a cherry tree now.

19 You've already got a Great Wall around you that isn't built of mud and stones. It's made of ridiculous pride and inhuman cruelty.

— Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck)

20 $6 million Mex can make a lot of noise in any language.

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