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Zorba the Greek (film) Quotes

Zorba the Greek (film) is a TV program that first aired in 1970 . Zorba the Greek stopped airing in 1970.

It features Michael Cacoyannis as producer, Mikis Theodorakis in charge of musical score, and Walter Lassally as head of cinematography.

Zorba the Greek (film) is distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox.

The cast includes: Alan Bates as Basil, Anthony Quinn as Alexis Zorba, and Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense.

Zorba the Greek (film) Quotes

Anthony Quinn as Alexis Zorba

  • (Anthony Quinn) "What kind of man are you, don't you even like dolphins?"
  • (Anthony Quinn) "No more fooling around, not in this place. We'll pull our pants up and make a pile of money."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "All right, we go outside where God can see us better."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "On a deaf man's door, you can knock forever."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "How can I not love them? Poor weak creatures -- and they take so little, a man's hand on their breast, and they give you all they got."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "There will be no funeral. She was a Frank, she crossed herself with four fingers. The priest will not bury her like everybody else."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "If a woman sleeps alone, it puts a shame on all men."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "You think too much.That is your trouble.Clever people and grocers, they weigh everything."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Why do the young die? Why does anybody die?"
  • (Alan Bates) "I don't know."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "What's the use of all your damn books if they can't answer that?"
  • (Alan Bates) "They tell me about the agony of men who can't answer questions like yours."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "I spit on this agony."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Silly old bitch. She's not alone, she's with Suleiman Pasha having a hell of a time."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Those damn cats."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "The lamb, it will burn."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Hey boss, did you ever see a more splendiferous crash?"

Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense

  • (Lila Kedrova) "You are cruel. Why you abandon me? The whole village is laughing at me. Where is my white satin? Where is my wedding dress?"
  • (Lila Kedrova) "I too fought breasts to breasts."

Alan Bates as Basil

  • (Alan Bates) "I -- couldn't help."
  • (Alan Bates) "I don't want any trouble."
  • (Anthony Quinn) "Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble."

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