Memorable quotes for
Cluny Brown (1946)

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Hilary Ames: Relieve the drain, relieve the strain.

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Adam Belinski: In Hyde Park, some people like to feed nuts to the squirrels. But if it makes you happy to feed squirrels to the nuts, who am I to say nuts to the squirrels?

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Sir Henry Carmel: So many of these foreigners have foreign names.

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Cluny Brown: You must never become a victim of my circumstances, and, if you should ever seem romantic to me - don't hesitate. Just kick me.
Adam Belinski: Yes, let's kick each other.

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Adam Belinski: I would build you the most beautiful mansion, with the most exquisite and complicated plumbing, I would hand you a hammer, and say "Ladies and Gentlemen, Madame Cluny Belinski is about to put the pipes in their place".

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Andrew Carmel: [hearing news of the war] I intend to write another letter to the Times.
Adam Belinski: Good.
Andrew Carmel: [uncertainly] No... No, I'll join the R.A.F.
Adam Belinski: Better... join the R.A.F, and rise above the Times.

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Adam Belinski: But I know Hitler.
Sir Henry Carmel: He has written a book, hasn't he?
Adam Belinski: Yes.
Sir Henry Carmel: Big success?
Adam Belinski: Very big.
Sir Henry Carmel: So what more does he want? Why doesn't he lie down and keep quiet?
Adam Belinski: If you really want to know, Sir Henry, read the book.
Sir Henry Carmel: It's an outdoor book. What is it called? Oh yes, "Mein Camp".

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Adam Belinski: You couldn't have prescribed a better sedative than yourself!
Jonathan Wilson: Thank you Sir.
Adam Belinski: Not at all.

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Jonathan Wilson: It may interest you to know that after the use of my nasal bath the Marquis Rockamere, a distinguished speaker, was for the first time clearly understood when he addressed the House of Lords last week.

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