Movie-Sounds.org > Old Movie Quotes > The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

You will discover that women treat us just as humanity treats its gods. They worship us and keep bothering us to do something for them.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Picture of Dorian Gray movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:23.186 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- No civilized man ever regrets a pleasure and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.

- I know what pleasure is. It's to adore someone.

- In that case I think I can guess what it is you have to tell me that it's so important.

(Laughter at the table)

- But adoring someone is certainly better than being adored. Being adored is a nuisance.

- You will discover that women treat us just as humanity treats its gods. They worship us and keep bothering us to do something for them.

- Harry, you're incorrigible.

- You must admit that women give men the very gold of their lives.

- But they invariably want it back in such small change.

- Women, as a witty Frenchman put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

- I don't understand you.

- You seem to know us women awfully well, Lord Henry.

[...]

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Sound Clip

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Poster

Memorable quotes from The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film, based on Oscar Wilde's novel), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: George Sanders (Lord Henry Wotton), Hurd Hatfield (Dorian Gray), Lowell Gilmore (Basil Hallward), Angela Lansbury (Sibyl Vane), Donna Reed (Gladys Hallward)

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Poll

You are using film sounds: