The African Queen (1952) Quotes with Sound Clips
Actors: Greer Garson (Rose), Humphrey Bogart (Charlie Allnut)
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1 The river's changed, hasn't it? And that smell. Why, it's like marigolds, stale marigolds. -Not a very good smell for a flower. -They're very pretty, though, marigolds.
— Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), Rose (Greer Garson)
2 So, you pays your money and you takes your choice. Which is it, Sweetheart? Straight ahead... or turn around? -Straight ahead.
3 That's a fact, Miss. It's like they say: it ain't never so bad that it can't be worse.
— Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart)
4 Well, you ready to call it a day? There's kind of like a lagoon up ahead. It's a real nice place when the bugs ain't too bad.
5 Well, how do you know? You've never tried. -Well, I never tried shootin' myself in the head neither.
6 And, too, with me, it's, 'always put things off.' But with you, Miss, it's 'business before pleasure' every time. Heh, I tell ya, it's like an inspiration.
7 Could you make a torpedo? -How's that, Miss? -Could you make a torpedo?
8 Don't know yet what they wanted a bridge for, but then, why did the chicken cross the road?
9 Hey, see this? Hot water all the time. -Out of the boiler? -It'll taste a little rusty but then we can't have everything, can we?
10 We got heaps o' grub aboard, two thousand cigarettes, and two cases o' gin. Why, we could sit out the war here if we wanted to.
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