The Prize (1963)

Sigrid Petterson: Speaker at Nudist Meeting

Quotes 

• Speaker at Nudist Meeting : Clothing does more than keep out the sun and air. It makes the human anatomy accessibly mysterious, giving rise to improper thoughts.

• Speaker at Nudist Meeting : Americans are rarely serious about nudism; but, kindly remember that you are in Sweden.

• Speaker at Nudist Meeting : If a man came upon a naked Swedish girl or a naked French woman, by accident...

  Andrew Craig : You can be sure it was no accident!

  Speaker at Nudist Meeting : She would quickly cover a certain area of her lower body with her hands. But, if she were a naked Arab woman, she would cover her face, before all else.

  Andrew Craig : Oh, yes! I've got a couple of tomatoes back home that I wish would do the same thing.

  Speaker at Nudist Meeting : I have asked you to stop!

  Andrew Craig : What? Leave that poor Arab woman with her bare face hanging out?

• Speaker at Nudist Meeting : If a man were to surprise a naked Chinese woman, she would try to hide her feet. A Ceylonese woman would cover her knees. A Samoan girl, her navel.

• Speaker at Nudist Meeting : Under international nudism, every part of the body would be revealed.

  Andrew Craig : What about elbows?

  Speaker at Nudist Meeting : A person would have to cover nothing, for there would be nothing to fear.

  Andrew Craig : A question? Question?

  Speaker at Nudist Meeting : And the consequence would be a generally higher standard of morality all around.

  Andrew Craig : Mr. Speaker, I demand to know your position on the question of naked elbows!