History Quotes / TheThirdMan

-->-- '''[[spoiler: [[WickedCultured Harry Lime]]]]'''

-> [[ItIsDehumanizing It had meningitis]]. They gave it some of [[spoiler: [[BigBad Lime's]] penicillin]]. [[LackOfEmpathy Terrible pity isn't it.]]

-> '''[[spoiler: [[WouldHurtAChild Harry Lime]]]]''': [[LackOfEmpathy You know, I never feel comfortable on these sort of things.]] [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide Victims? Don't be melodramatic.]] Look down there. Tell me. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, [[AffablyEvil old man]], tell me to keep my money, [[{{Greed}} or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare?]] Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax - the only way you can save money nowadays.

-->-- '''[[spoiler: Harry Lime]]'''

-> '''[[spoiler: Harry Lime]]''': Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. [[TheGovernment Governments don't]]. [[AboveGoodAndEvil Why should we?]] They talk about the people and the proletariat, I talk about the suckers and the mugs - it's the same thing. They have their five-year plans, [[CardCarryingVillain so have I.]]

-> '''[[spoiler: Harry Lime]]''': Oh, I still do believe in {{God}}, old man. I believe in God and Mercy and all that. But the dead are happier dead. They don't miss much here, poor devils.

-> ''to [[TooDumbToLive Holly Martins]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker You were born to be murdered.]]

-> What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn't expect me to give myself up... [[ATaleOfTwoCities 'It's a far, far better thing that I do.']] The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. Oh, [[WideEyedIdealist Holly,]] you and I aren't heroes. [[GrayingMorality The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories.]]

-> I never knew the old Vienna before the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war]] with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm. Constantinople suited me better. I really got to know it in the classic period of the [[BlackMarket Black Market]]. We'd run anything if people wanted it enough - mmm - had the money to pay. Of course, a situation like that does tempt amateurs but you know they can't stay the course like a professional. Now the city - it's divided into four zones, you know, each occupied by a power: the [[{{Eagleland}} American]], the [[Britain/UsefulNotes British]], the [[GloriousMotherRussia Russian]] and the [[France/UsefulNotes French]]. But the center of the city that's international policed by an International Patrol. One member of each of the four powers. Wonderful! What a hope they had! All strangers to the place and none of them could speak the same language. Except a sort of smattering of German. Good fellows on the whole, did their best you know. Vienna doesn't really look any worse than a lot of other European cities. [[{{Understatement}} Bombed about a bit]]. Oh, I was gonna tell you, wait, I was gonna tell you about [[TheProtagonist Holly Martins]], an American. Came all the way here to visit a friend of his. The name is [[BondJamesBond Lime, Harry Lime]]. Now Martins was broke and Lime had offered him, some sort, I don't know, some sort of job. Anyway, there he was, poor chap. Happy as a lark and [[StarvingArtist without a cent.]]

-> '''[[spoiler: [[WouldHurtAChild Harry Lime]]]]''': [[LackOfEmpathy You know, I never feel comfortable on these sort of things.]] [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide Victims? Don't be melodramatic.]] Look down there. Tell me. [[NotSoDifferent Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever?]] If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, [[AffablyEvil old man]], tell me to keep my money, [[{{Greed}} or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare?]] Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax - the only way you can save money nowadays.

-> '''Martins:''' ''[[WritersSuck Well, I write cheap novelettes.]]''

-> '''Martins:''' ''Back in school. I was never so lonesome in my life until he ''showed up.''

-> '''Martins:''' ''[[WritersSucks Well, I write cheap novelettes.]]''

-> '''Martins:''' ''Once in a while. Best friend I ever had.''

-> '''Martins:''' ''Well, I write cheap novelettes.''

-> '''[[spoiler: Harry Lime]]''': Oh, I still do believe in {{God}}, old man. I believe in God and Mercy and all that. But the dead are happier dead. They don't miss much here, poor devils.

-> '''Crabbin''': ''[inviting Holly Martins to give a lecture at the local Cultural Reeducation Society]'' We do a little show each week. Last week we had [[{{Hamlet}} Hamlet.]] The week before we had... something.

-> ''[to [[TooDumbToLive Holly Martins]'' [[DeadpanSnarker You were born to be murdered.]]

-> What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn't expect me to give myself up... [[ATaleOfTwoCities 'It's a far, far better thing that I do.']] The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. Oh, [[WideEyedIdealist Holly,]] you and I aren't heroes.]] [[GrayingMorality The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories.]]

-> [[UndyingLoyalty A person doesn't change]] [[MoralEventHorizon just because you find out more.]]

-> ''[to Holly Martins]'' [[TooDumbToLive You were born to be murdered.]]

-> What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn't expect me to give myself up... [[ATaleOfTwoCities 'It's a far, far better thing that I do.']] The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. [[NotSoDifferent Oh, Holly, you and I aren't heroes.]] [[WideEyedIdealist The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories.]]

-> [[ItIsDehumanizing It had meningitis]]. They gave it some of [[BigBad Lime's]] penicillin. [[LackOfEmpathy Terrible pity isn't it.]]

-> '''[[WouldHurtAChild Harry Lime]]''': [[LackOfEmpathy You know, I never feel comfortable on these sort of things.]] [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide Victims? Don't be melodramatic.]] Look down there. Tell me. [[NotSoDifferent Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever?]] If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, [[AffablyEvil old man]], tell me to keep my money, [[{{Greed}} or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare?]] Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax - the only way you can save money nowadays.

-> '''[[WouldHurtAChild Harry Lime]]''': You know, I never feel comfortable on these sort of things. Victims? Don't be melodramatic. Look down there. Tell me. [[NotSoDifferent Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever?]] If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, [[AffablyEvil old man]], tell me to keep my money, [[{{Greed}} or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare?]] Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax - the only way you can save money nowadays.

-> What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn't expect me to give myself up... [[ATaleOfTwoCities 'It's a far, far better thing that I do.']] The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. [[NotSoDifferent Oh, Holly, you and I aren't heroes.]] [[BeingGoodSucks The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories.]]

-> What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn't expect me to give myself up... [[WickedCultured 'It's a far, far better thing that I do.']] The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. [[NotSoDifferent Oh, Holly, you and I aren't heroes.]] [[BeingGoodSucks The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories.]]

-> I never knew the old [[Vienna/UsefulNotes Vienna]] before the [[WorldWarII/UsefulNotes war]] with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm. Constantinople suited me better. I really got to know it in the classic period of the [[BlackMarket Black Market]]. We'd run anything if people wanted it enough - mmm - had the money to pay. Of course, a situation like that does tempt amateurs but you know they can't stay the course like a professional. Now the city - it's divided into four zones, you know, each occupied by a power: the [[{{Eagleland}} American]], the [[Britain/UsefulNotes British]], the [[GloriousMotherRussia Russian]] and the [[France/UsefulNotes French]]. But the center of the city that's international policed by an International Patrol. One member of each of the four powers. Wonderful! What a hope they had! All strangers to the place and none of them could speak the same language. Except a sort of smattering of German. Good fellows on the whole, did their best you know. Vienna doesn't really look any worse than a lot of other European cities. [[{{Understatement}} Bombed about a bit]]. Oh, I was gonna tell you, wait, I was gonna tell you about [[TheProtagonist Holly Martins]], an American. Came all the way here to visit a friend of his. The name is [[BondJamesBond Lime, Harry Lime]]. Now Martins was broke and Lime had offered him, some sort, I don't know, some sort of job. Anyway, there he was, poor chap. Happy as a lark and [[StarvingArtist without a cent.]]

-> What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn't expect me to give myself up... [[WickedCultured 'It's a far, far better thing that I do.']] The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. [[NotSoDifferent Oh, Holly, you and I aren't heroes.]] The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories.

-> '''Harry Lime''': Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. [[TheGovernment Governments don't]]. [[AboveGoodAndEvil Why should we?]] They talk about the people and the proletariat, I talk about the suckers and the mugs - it's the same thing. They have their five-year plans, [[CardCarryingVillain so have I.]]

-> '''Harry Lime''': Oh, I still do believe in {{God}}, old man. I believe in God and Mercy and all that. But the dead are happier dead. They don't miss much here, poor devils.

-> '''Crabbin''': ''[inviting Holly Martins to give a lecture at the local Cultural Reeducation Society]'' We do a little show each week. Last week we had [[Theatre/Hamlet "Hamlet."]] The week before we had... something.

_> '''Crabbin''': Yes, the Hindu dancers. Thank you, sergeant.

-> I never knew the old Vienna before the [[WorldWarII/UsefulNotes war]] with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm. Constantinople suited me better. I really got to know it in the classic period of the Black Market. We'd run anything if people wanted it enough - mmm - had the money to pay. Of course, a situation like that does tempt amateurs but you know they can't stay the course like a professional. Now the city - it's divided into four zones, you know, each occupied by a power: the [[America/UsefulNotes American]], the [[Britain/UsefulNotes British]], the [[GloriousMotherRussia Russian]] and the French. But the center of the city that's international policed by an International Patrol. One member of each of the four powers. Wonderful! What a hope they had! All strangers to the place and none of them could speak the same language. Except a sort of smattering of German. Good fellows on the whole, did their best you know. Vienna doesn't really look any worse than a lot of other European cities. [[{{Understatement}} Bombed about a bit]]. Oh, I was gonna tell you, wait, I was gonna tell you about Holly Martins, an American. Came all the way here to visit a friend of his. The name is Lime, Harry Lime. Now Martins was broke and Lime had offered him, some sort, I don't know, some sort of job. Anyway, there he was, poor chap. Happy as a lark and without a cent.

-> '''[[TheProtagonist Martins]]''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Have you ever seen any of your victims?]]

-->-- '''[[spoiler: Harry Lime]]'''

-> [[GrayingMorality A person doesn't change just because you find out more.]]

-> '''Martins''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Have you ever seen any of your victims?]]

-->-- '''Anna Schmidt'''

-> You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly.

-->-- '''Anna Schmidt'''

-> I'd make comic faces... and stand on my head and grin at you between my legs... and tell all sorts of jokes. [[LoveHurts I wouldn't stand a chance, would I?]]
-->-- '''Holly Martins'''

-->-- '''Anna Schmidt'''

-->-- '''[[SociopathicHero Calloway]]'''

-->-- '''[[spoiler: Harry Lime]]'''