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The Shoes of the Fisherman Quotes

The Shoes of the Fisherman is a television show that first aired in 1970 . The Shoes of the Fisherman completed its run in 1970.

It features George Englund as producer, Alex North in charge of musical score, and Erwin Hillier as head of cinematography.

The Shoes of the Fisherman is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Shoes of the Fisherman is 162 minutes long. The Shoes of the Fisherman is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The cast includes: Leo McKern as Cardinal Leone, Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota, Laurence Olivier as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev, David Janssen as George Faber, Vittorio De Sica as Cardinal Rinaldi, John Gielgud as The Elder Pope, Barbara Jefford as Dr. Ruth Faber, Oskar Werner as Fr. David Telemond, and Leopoldo Trieste as Dying Man's Friend.

The Shoes of the Fisherman Quotes

Oskar Werner as Fr. David Telemond

  • (Oskar Werner) "You know even God has not spoken his last word about his own creation."
  • (Oskar Werner) "The doctors, they don't anything. They're like the auto-mechanics."
  • (Oskar Werner) "Not afraid of being accused. I'm only afraid of being silenced."
  • (Oskar Werner) "I'm not afraid of being accused. I'm only afraid of being silenced."
  • (Oskar Werner) "It is strange. When a president dies, he's replaced within an hour. When a king dies, long live the king. When a pope dies, everything stops."
  • (Oskar Werner) "The doctors, they don't know anything. They're like the auto-mechanics."

David Janssen as George Faber

  • (David Janssen) "Were you ill treated during your confinement?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Oh, not for a long time now. More recently I have been working in heavy industry."
  • (David Janssen) "To that extent, then, you did submit yourself to the system."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "In so far, Mr. Faber, as any system provides bread, work and dignity I am prepared to cooperate with it. These things are good in themselves whether they exist in Rome or in Siberia. And bread, work, and dignity do exist in Siberia."
  • (David Janssen) "The bell tolls. The Pope is dead. Listen to the bell."
  • (David Janssen) "This is the death knell that rings -- only for the pontiff. Listen; there is a second bell. Soon they will be joined by other bells all over the city, all over every city, all over the world. The Pope is dead."
  • (David Janssen) "I don't presume to give advice to young women. They very seldom take it anyway."
  • (David Janssen) "It's the Russian. Kiril Lakota. They've elected a Russian Pope."
  • (David Janssen) "Were you permitted to practice your ministry as a priest?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "No, I; I practiced it without permission among my fellow prisoners."
  • (David Janssen) "Do you see any hope then for the day when Christian faith, or more specifically the Roman Catholic faith, may be practiced freely in Marxist countries?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "I have no inside information as to how the Kingdom of God is going to be established."

Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota

  • (Anthony Quinn) "Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and not charity, I am become a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. Though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not charity, I am nothing."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Mr. Chairman, what is your revolution built on? What is Russia's revolution built on? One man who spent most of his life in the British Museum who is buried in a tiny cemetery in England. Karl Marx never carried a gun, he was never fought on the barricades. All he had was words, words and an idea, which in 60 years has changed the face of the earth."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "The only thing necessary to the Church is the Spirit of God."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "For many, faith is a place one crawls to for safety."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "You know, David, for many men belief is a place to crawl for safety. Of course, they will fear and accuse you. Your writings are a danger to their safety."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "My brothers, if this is the last sound made by the last living man, it must be shouted loud and clear. Life is a gift of God."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "I saw a brilliant mind reaching out to last frontiers of thought, a place where I wouldn't venture."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "We are bound to charity first."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "You know, David, for many men belief is a place to crawl for safety. Of course, they will fear and accuse. Your writings are a danger to their safety."

Leopoldo Trieste as Dying Man's Friend

  • (Leopoldo Trieste) "The dying is easy. It is the living that defeats us."

Barbara Jefford as Dr. Ruth Faber

  • (Barbara Jefford) "We're all in prison one way or another."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Yes, and those who understand it, suffer most of all."
  • (Barbara Jefford) "I am unreasonably jealous because jealousy makes me unreasonable."

Laurence Olivier as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev

  • (Laurence Olivier) "Every day we ask ourselves what can we do about it before the nightmare turns itself into a mushroom cloud blotting out the sun."
  • (Laurence Olivier) "I took you to pieces like a watch. And put you together again. It was a very intimate experience. I have never been able to forget it. May I ask you a question?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "You never hesitated before."
  • (Laurence Olivier) "That is true."
  • (Laurence Olivier) "This is you. Political prisoner 103592R, Kiril Pavlovich Lakota. All of you is here, from the day you were born until now. Except for the answer to one question. What have you learned in twenty years of confinement?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "That is a big question, Piotr Ilyich."
  • (Laurence Olivier) "The answer is important to me, you know."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "What I have learned? I have learned that without some kind of loving a man withers like a grape on a dying vine."
  • (Laurence Olivier) "Is that all?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "I am trying to learn more."
  • (Laurence Olivier) "Have you learned enough to face freedom?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "I have been free for a long time. Not entirely, perhaps. But you have not answered my question. Why have you brought me here?"
  • (Laurence Olivier) "I want to show you a world gone mad."

John Gielgud as The Elder Pope

  • (John Gielgud) "There is a legend about you. That once you were asked to deny the faith, and they tied up seven priests and shot them, shot them before your eyes. And still you would not deny the faith. Is that story true?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "I try not to look back on that, or other days, Holiness."
  • (John Gielgud) "God is with you, my Brother. I believe that God has sent you. Trust us to make the best use of you. But first, you must be honored."
  • (John Gielgud) "Kneel."
  • (John Gielgud) "You are created cardinal-priest in the title of Saint Athanasius."

Leo McKern as Cardinal Leone

  • (Leo McKern) "Do you accept election?"
  • (Leo McKern) "You must answer now. Do you accept election?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "I accept. And may God have mercy on me."
  • (Leo McKern) "By what name will you be called?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "We choose to be called by our own name, Kiril. He was the saint that first brought the Gospels into our country."

Vittorio De Sica as Cardinal Rinaldi

  • (Vittorio De Sica) "My brothers. My brothers, we have already failed seven times to reach an election. I stand now to claim a right under canon law. In all humility, I proclaim to you my belief that there is among us a man already marked by God to sit in the chair of St. Peter. Like the first of the apostles this man has suffered prison stripes for the faith. The hand of God has led him out of bondage to join us in this conclave. I announce him as my candidate and dedicate to him my vote and my obedience. Kiril Cardinal Lakota."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Thank you, Eminence. But I; I cannot consent to it."
  • (Unnamed) "I too proclaim him."
  • (Asian Cardinal) "I also proclaim him."

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