The Bridge on the River Kwai Quotes with Sound Clips - page 2

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Famous quotes from the 1953 movie The Bridge on the River Kwai, featuring sound clips of the best lines and sfx.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Colonel Nicholson), Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Saito), William Holden (Commander Shears), Jack Hawkins (Major Warden)

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11 Too much talk always spoils it.

— Commander Shears (William Holden)

12 You give me powders, pills, baths, injections, enemas... when all I need is love.

— Commander Shears (William Holden)

13 English prisoners! Notice I do not say English soldiers. From the moment you surrendered, you ceased to be soldiers.

Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

14 Here in the wilderness you have turned defeat into victory. I congratulate you.

— Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness)

15 Here lies... You know, I've forgotten who we just buried. -Thomson. -Ah, yes.

— Commander Shears (William Holden)

16 I can walk on it. That's all that counts at the moment. -Yeah, but how far and how fast? -We won't know that till I've tried it, will we?

— Major Warden (Jack Hawkins), Commander Shears (William Holden)

17 I don't know whether that kind of thinking's very healthy, but I must admit, I've had some thoughts on those lines from time to time.

— Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness)

18 That's just my point. Here, there is no civilisation. -Then we have the opportunity to introduce it.

— Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), Commander Shears (William Holden)

19 There is your reality. This shows the position work should have reached by noon today. And this shows the position of actual progress.

Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

20 We are an island in the jungle. Escape is impossible. You would die.

Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

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