Tobacco jar, be a bowl of violets.

— (Alec Guinness)

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6 seconds sound clip from the The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:20:12 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You don't believe, I suppose, that some common sort of person like myself, as it might be sitting here now, might have some sort of twist inside him that made him able to do things just by willpower?

- It's possible. Something of the sort perhaps is possible.

- If I might make free with something here, I think I might show you by a sort of experiment.

- Take that tobacco jar on the table, for instance. What I want to know is whether what I'm going to do with it is a miracle or not.

- Just half a minute, Mr. Maydig, please.

- Tobacco jar, be a bowl of violets.

- Good heavens! It is a bowl of violets! Yes, violets in November.

- How did you do that?

- Oh, I just told it. There you are. That's what I mean.

- Is that a miracle? Or is it black art? Or what is it?

- And what do you think is the matter with me? I can't help it.

[...]

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