The Third Man Quotes: The Third Man is considered one of the most important British films.
The Third Man Quotes
1- “- Harry Lime: Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don’t. 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-yearplans, so have I.
– Martins: You used to believe in God.
– 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.” – ‘The Third Man’.
2- “- Martins: Have you ever seen any of your victims?
– Harry Lime: You know, I never feel comfortable on these sort of things. 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, old man, tell me to keep my money, 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.” – ‘The Third Man’.
3- “- Calloway: Death’s at the bottom of everything, Martins. Leave death to the professionals.
– Martins: Mind if I use that line in my next Western?” – ‘The Third Man’.
4- “- Martins: I was going to stay with him, but he died Thursday.
– Crabbin: Goodness, that’s awkward.
– Martins: Is that what you say to people after death? “Goodness, that’s awkward”?” – ‘The Third Man’.
5- “In Italy for 30 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 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” -Harry Lime, ‘The Third Man’.
6- “A person doesn’t change just because you find out more.” -Anna Schmidt, ‘The Third Man’.
7- “What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn’t expect me to give myself up… ‘It’s a far, far better thing that I do.’ The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. Oh, Holly, you and I aren’t heroes. The world doesn’t make any heroes outside of your stories.”-Harry Lime, ‘The Third Man’.
8- “Don’t be so gloomy. After all it’s not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 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 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly.” -Harry Lime, ‘The Third Man’.
9- “You know, you ought to get yourself a girl.” -Anna Schmidt, ‘The Third Man’.
10- “- Calloway: I told you to go away, Martins. This isn’t Santa Fe. I’m not a sheriff and you aren’t a cowboy. You’ve been blundering around with the worst bunch of racketeers in Vienna, your precious Harry’s friends, and now you’re wanted for murder.
-Martins: Put down drunk and disorderly too.
-Calloway: I have.” – ‘The Third Man’.
