Casablanca Quotes
Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.
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[about Rick]
Major Strasser: You give him credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American.
Captain Renault: We musn't underestimate "American blundering". I was with them when they "blundered" into Berlin in 1918.
Major Strasser: You give him credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American.
Captain Renault: We musn't underestimate "American blundering". I was with them when they "blundered" into Berlin in 1918.
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[Annina is contemplating Renault's offer of exit visas for sex]
Annina: Oh, monsieur, you are a man. If someone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her?
Rick: Nobody ever loved me that much.
Annina: And he never knew, and the girl kept this bad thing locked in her heart? That would be all right, wouldn't it?
Rick: You want my advice?
Annina: Oh, yes, please.
Rick: Go back to Bulgaria.
Annina: Oh, monsieur, you are a man. If someone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her?
Rick: Nobody ever loved me that much.
Annina: And he never knew, and the girl kept this bad thing locked in her heart? That would be all right, wouldn't it?
Rick: You want my advice?
Annina: Oh, yes, please.
Rick: Go back to Bulgaria.
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Mr. Leuchtag : Come sit down. Have a brandy with us.
Mrs. Leuchtag : To celebrate our leaving for America tomorrow.
Carl : Oh, thank you very much. I thought you would ask me, so I brought the good brandy. And - a third glass!
Mrs. Leuchtag : At last the day is came!
Mr. Leuchtag : Mareichtag and I are speaking nothing but English now.
Mrs. Leuchtag : So we should feel at home when we get to America.
Carl : Very nice idea, mm-hmm.
Mr. Leuchtag : [ toasting ] To America!
Mrs. Leuchtag : To America!
Carl : To America!
Mr. Leuchtag : Liebchen - sweetnessheart, what watch?
Mrs. Leuchtag : Ten watch.
Mr. Leuchtag : Such watch?
Carl : Hm. You will get along beautiful in America, mm-hmm.
Mrs. Leuchtag : To celebrate our leaving for America tomorrow.
Carl : Oh, thank you very much. I thought you would ask me, so I brought the good brandy. And - a third glass!
Mrs. Leuchtag : At last the day is came!
Mr. Leuchtag : Mareichtag and I are speaking nothing but English now.
Mrs. Leuchtag : So we should feel at home when we get to America.
Carl : Very nice idea, mm-hmm.
Mr. Leuchtag : [ toasting ] To America!
Mrs. Leuchtag : To America!
Carl : To America!
Mr. Leuchtag : Liebchen - sweetnessheart, what watch?
Mrs. Leuchtag : Ten watch.
Mr. Leuchtag : Such watch?
Carl : Hm. You will get along beautiful in America, mm-hmm.
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[ denying an official of the German National Bank entrance to the casino ]
Rick : Your cash is good at the bar.
Banker : What? Do you know who I am?
Rick : I do. You're lucky the *bar's* open to you.
Rick : Your cash is good at the bar.
Banker : What? Do you know who I am?
Rick : I do. You're lucky the *bar's* open to you.
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Woman : What makes saloonkeepers so snobbish?
Banker : Perhaps if you told him I ran the second largest banking house in Amsterdam.
Carl : Second largest? That wouldn't impress Rick. The leading banker in Amsterdam is now the pastry chef in our kitchen.
Banker : We have something to look forward to.
Banker : Perhaps if you told him I ran the second largest banking house in Amsterdam.
Carl : Second largest? That wouldn't impress Rick. The leading banker in Amsterdam is now the pastry chef in our kitchen.
Banker : We have something to look forward to.
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Ugarte : Heh, you know, watching you just now with the Deutsche Bank, one would think you've been doing this all your life.
Rick : Oh, what makes you think I haven't?
Ugarte : Oh, n-n-n-nothing, but when you first came to Casablanca, I thought...
Rick : You thought what?
Ugarte : Hm, what right do I have to think, huh?
Rick : Oh, what makes you think I haven't?
Ugarte : Oh, n-n-n-nothing, but when you first came to Casablanca, I thought...
Rick : You thought what?
Ugarte : Hm, what right do I have to think, huh?
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Ugarte : You know, Rick, I have many a friend in Casablanca, but somehow, just because you despise me, you are the only one I trust.
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Berger : We read five times that you were killed, in five different places.
Victor Laszlo : As you can see, it was true every single time.
Victor Laszlo : As you can see, it was true every single time.
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Captain Renault : Carl, see that Major Strasser gets a good table, one close to the ladies.
Carl : I have already given him the best, knowing he is German and would take it anyway.
Carl : I have already given him the best, knowing he is German and would take it anyway.
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Captain Renault : In 1935, you ran guns to Ethiopia. In 1936, you fought in Spain, on the Loyalist side.
Rick : I got well paid for it on both occasions.
Captain Renault : The *winning* side would have paid you *much better*.
Rick : I got well paid for it on both occasions.
Captain Renault : The *winning* side would have paid you *much better*.
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Captain Renault : Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that *you've* never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open.
Rick : Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette.
Captain Renault : That is *another* reason.
Rick : Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette.
Captain Renault : That is *another* reason.
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Annina : Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?
Rick : Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.
Rick : Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.
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Ilsa : Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake.
Sam : [ lying ] I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.
Ilsa : Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By."
Sam : [ lying ] Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it.
Ilsa : I'll hum it for you. Da-dy-da-dy-da-dum, da-dy-da-dee-da-dum... [ Sam begins playing ]
Ilsa : Sing it, Sam.
Sam : [ singing ] You must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss / A sigh is just a sigh / The fundamental things apply / As time goes by. / And when two lovers woo, / They still say, "I love you" / On that you can rely / No matter what the future brings-...
Rick : [ rushing up ] Sam, I thought I told you never to play-... [ Sees Ilsa. Sam closes the piano and rolls it away ]
Sam : [ lying ] I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.
Ilsa : Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By."
Sam : [ lying ] Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it.
Ilsa : I'll hum it for you. Da-dy-da-dy-da-dum, da-dy-da-dee-da-dum... [ Sam begins playing ]
Ilsa : Sing it, Sam.
Sam : [ singing ] You must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss / A sigh is just a sigh / The fundamental things apply / As time goes by. / And when two lovers woo, / They still say, "I love you" / On that you can rely / No matter what the future brings-...
Rick : [ rushing up ] Sam, I thought I told you never to play-... [ Sees Ilsa. Sam closes the piano and rolls it away ]
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Ilsa : I wasn't sure you were the same. Let's see, the last time we met...
Rick : Was La Belle Aurore.
Ilsa : How nice, you remembered. But of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris.
Rick : Not an easy day to forget.
Ilsa : No.
Rick : I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.
Rick : Was La Belle Aurore.
Ilsa : How nice, you remembered. But of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris.
Rick : Not an easy day to forget.
Ilsa : No.
Rick : I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.
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Rick : Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or - aren't you the kind that tells?
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Ilsa : Rick, I have to talk to you.
Rick : [ Rick is drunk ] Uh-huh. I saved my first drink to have with you. Here. [ passes her a drink ]
Ilsa : No. No, Rick, not tonight.
Rick : *Especially* tonight.
Ilsa : Please... [ he pours a drink ]
Rick : Why did you have to come to Casablanca? There are other places.
Ilsa : I wouldn't have come if I'd known that you were here. Believe me Rick, it's true I didn't know...
Rick : It's funny about your voice, how it hasn't changed. I can still hear it. "Richard, dear, I'll go with you anyplace. We'll get on a train together and never stop - "
Ilsa : Don't, Rick! I can understand how you feel.
Rick : [ scoffs ] You understand how I feel. How long was it we had, honey?
Ilsa : [ on the verge of tears ] I didn't count the days.
Rick : Well, I did. Every one of 'em. Mostly I remember the last one. The wild finish. A guy standing on a station platform in the rain with a comical look in his face because his insides have been kicked out.
Ilsa : Can I tell you a story, Rick?
Rick : Has it got a wild finish?
Ilsa : I don't know the finish yet.
Rick : Well, go on. Tell it - maybe one will come to you as you go along.
Ilsa : It's about a girl who had just come to Paris from her home in Oslo. At the house of some friends, she met a man about whom she'd heard her whole life. A very great and courageous man. He opened up for her a whole beautiful world full of knowledge and thoughts and ideals. Everything she knew or ever became was because of him. And she looked up to him and worshiped him... with a feeling she supposed was love.
Rick : [ bitterly ] Yes, it's very pretty. I
Rick : [ Rick is drunk ] Uh-huh. I saved my first drink to have with you. Here. [ passes her a drink ]
Ilsa : No. No, Rick, not tonight.
Rick : *Especially* tonight.
Ilsa : Please... [ he pours a drink ]
Rick : Why did you have to come to Casablanca? There are other places.
Ilsa : I wouldn't have come if I'd known that you were here. Believe me Rick, it's true I didn't know...
Rick : It's funny about your voice, how it hasn't changed. I can still hear it. "Richard, dear, I'll go with you anyplace. We'll get on a train together and never stop - "
Ilsa : Don't, Rick! I can understand how you feel.
Rick : [ scoffs ] You understand how I feel. How long was it we had, honey?
Ilsa : [ on the verge of tears ] I didn't count the days.
Rick : Well, I did. Every one of 'em. Mostly I remember the last one. The wild finish. A guy standing on a station platform in the rain with a comical look in his face because his insides have been kicked out.
Ilsa : Can I tell you a story, Rick?
Rick : Has it got a wild finish?
Ilsa : I don't know the finish yet.
Rick : Well, go on. Tell it - maybe one will come to you as you go along.
Ilsa : It's about a girl who had just come to Paris from her home in Oslo. At the house of some friends, she met a man about whom she'd heard her whole life. A very great and courageous man. He opened up for her a whole beautiful world full of knowledge and thoughts and ideals. Everything she knew or ever became was because of him. And she looked up to him and worshiped him... with a feeling she supposed was love.
Rick : [ bitterly ] Yes, it's very pretty. I
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Captain Renault : [ to Ilsa ] I was informed that you were the most beautiful woman ever to visit Casablanca. That was a *gross* understatement.
Ilsa : [ genuinely pleased ] You're very kind.
Ilsa : [ genuinely pleased ] You're very kind.
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Senor Ferrari : As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man.
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Rick : Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this? I mean what you're fighting for.
Victor Laszlo : You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.
Rick : Well, what of it? It'll be out of its misery.
Victor Laszlo : You know how you sound, Mr. Blaine? Like a man who's trying to convince himself of something he doesn't believe in his heart.
Victor Laszlo : You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.
Rick : Well, what of it? It'll be out of its misery.
Victor Laszlo : You know how you sound, Mr. Blaine? Like a man who's trying to convince himself of something he doesn't believe in his heart.
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[ about Rick ]
Major Strasser : You give him credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American.
Captain Renault : We musn't underestimate "American blundering". I was with them when they "blundered" into Berlin in 1918.
Major Strasser : You give him credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American.
Captain Renault : We musn't underestimate "American blundering". I was with them when they "blundered" into Berlin in 1918.
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Ilsa : A franc for your thoughts.
Rick : In America they'd bring only a penny, and, huh, I guess that's about all they're worth.
Ilsa : Well, I'm willing to be overcharged. Tell me.
Rick : Well, I was wondering...
Ilsa : Yes?
Rick : Why I'm so lucky. Why I should find you waiting for me to come along.
Ilsa : Why there is no other man in my life?
Rick : Uh-huh.
Ilsa : That's easy: there was. And he's dead.
Rick : In America they'd bring only a penny, and, huh, I guess that's about all they're worth.
Ilsa : Well, I'm willing to be overcharged. Tell me.
Rick : Well, I was wondering...
Ilsa : Yes?
Rick : Why I'm so lucky. Why I should find you waiting for me to come along.
Ilsa : Why there is no other man in my life?
Rick : Uh-huh.
Ilsa : That's easy: there was. And he's dead.
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Major Strasser : Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?
Rick : It's not particularly my beloved Paris.
Heinz : Can you imagine us in London?
Rick : When you get there, ask me!
Captain Renault : Hmmh! Diplomatist!
Major Strasser : How about New York?
Rick : Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.
Rick : It's not particularly my beloved Paris.
Heinz : Can you imagine us in London?
Rick : When you get there, ask me!
Captain Renault : Hmmh! Diplomatist!
Major Strasser : How about New York?
Rick : Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.
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[ Rick and Renault discussing Victor Laszlo's chances of escaping Casablanca ]
Captain Renault : This is the end of the chase.
Rick : Twenty thousand francs says it isn't.
Captain Renault : Is that a serious offer?
Rick : I just paid out twenty. I'd like to get it back.
Captain Renault : Make it ten. I'm only a poor corrupt official.
Captain Renault : This is the end of the chase.
Rick : Twenty thousand francs says it isn't.
Captain Renault : Is that a serious offer?
Rick : I just paid out twenty. I'd like to get it back.
Captain Renault : Make it ten. I'm only a poor corrupt official.
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[ Ugarte sells exit visas ]
Ugarte : You despise me, don't you?
Rick : If I gave you any thought I probably would.
Ugarte : You despise me, don't you?
Rick : If I gave you any thought I probably would.
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Ilsa : I can't fight it anymore. I ran away from you once. I can't do it again. Oh, I don't know what's right any longer. You have to think for both of us. For all of us.
Rick : All right, I will. Here's looking at you, kid.
Ilsa : [ smiles ] I wish I didn't love you so much.
Rick : All right, I will. Here's looking at you, kid.
Ilsa : [ smiles ] I wish I didn't love you so much.
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Ugarte : Rick, think of all the poor devils who can't meet Renault's price. I get it for them for half. Is that so... parasitic?
Rick : I don't mind a parasite. I object to a cut-rate one.
Rick : I don't mind a parasite. I object to a cut-rate one.
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Yvonne : Where were you last night?
Rick : That's so long ago, I don't remember.
Yvonne : Will I see you tonight?
Rick : I never make plans that far ahead.
Rick : That's so long ago, I don't remember.
Yvonne : Will I see you tonight?
Rick : I never make plans that far ahead.
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[ Annina is contemplating Renault's offer of exit visas for sex ]
Annina : Oh, monsieur, you are a man. If someone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her?
Rick : Nobody ever loved me that much.
Annina : And he never knew, and the girl kept this bad thing locked in her heart? That would be all right, wouldn't it?
Rick : You want my advice?
Annina : Oh, yes, please.
Rick : Go back to Bulgaria.
Annina : Oh, monsieur, you are a man. If someone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her?
Rick : Nobody ever loved me that much.
Annina : And he never knew, and the girl kept this bad thing locked in her heart? That would be all right, wouldn't it?
Rick : You want my advice?
Annina : Oh, yes, please.
Rick : Go back to Bulgaria.
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