The Bridge on the River Kwai Quotes with Sound Clips

The Bridge on the River Kwai Quotes with Sound Clips

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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1 Today, we rest. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

2 But there are times when suddenly you realise you're nearer the end than the beginning. And you wonder. You ask yourself what the sum total of your life represents.

— Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness)

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

— Commander Shears (William Holden)

4 If you work hard, you will be treated well. But if you do not work hard, you will be punished.

— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

5 Do not speak to me of rules. This is war! This is not a game of cricket.

— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

6 He is a bad engineer. He is unworthy of command. Therefore, I have removed him from his post.

— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

7 I don't mock the grave or the man. May he rest in peace. He found little enough of it while he was alive.

— Commander Shears (William Holden)

8 Produce of Scotland. I prefer it to sake.

— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

9 What do you know of the soldier's code? Of Bushido? Nothing! You are unworthy of command!

— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

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

— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

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