The Quiet Man Quotes

The Quiet Man is a television show that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Quiet Man ended its run in 1970.

It features John Ford as producer, Victor Young in charge of musical score, and Winton C. Hoch as head of cinematography.

The Quiet Man is recorded in English, Irish and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Quiet Man is 129 minutes long. The Quiet Man is distributed by Republic Pictures.

The cast includes: Maureen O'Hara as Mary Kate Danaher, Charles B. Fitzsimons as Hugh Forbes, John Wayne as Thornton, James Fitzsimons as Father Paul, Harry Tyler as Pat Cohan, and Jack MacGowran as Ignatius Feeney.

The Quiet Man Quotes

John Wayne as Thornton

• (John Wayne) "Si' down, si' down. That's what chairs are for."

• (Michaleen Flynn) "None 'o that now, none 'o that. It's a bold sinful man y'are Sean Thornton. And who taught you to be playin' patty-fingers in the Holy Water?"
• (John Wayne) "Just bein' polite, is all."

• (Michaleen Flynn) "Well it's a nice, soft night, so I think I'll go and join me comrades and talk a little treason. G'night, Sean."
• (John Wayne) "G'night, Michaleen."

• ("Red Will" Danaher) "I'll count three, and if you're not out of the house by then, I'll loose the dogs on you."
• (John Wayne) "If you say "three," mister, you'll never hear the man count "ten.""

• (John Wayne) "There'll be no locks or bolts between us, Mary Kate -- except those in your own mercenary little heart."

• ("Red Will" Danaher) "Have ya had enough?"
• (John Wayne) "No."
• ("Red Will" Danaher) "Well then, give a man a hand."

• (John Wayne) "Can't you get it through your head that I don't care about your money?"
• (Maureen O'Hara) "But he does, and that's the whole point."

• (John Wayne) "Woman-of-the-house. I have brought the brother home to supper."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "He is kindly welcome."
• ("Red Will" Danaher) "God bless all in this house --"
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Wipe your feet."
• ("Red Will" Danaher) "Thank you mum."

• (John Wayne) "Thanks."

• ("Red Will" Danaher) "Mind you, I'm fresh as a daisy."
• (John Wayne) "You look more like a Black-Eyed Susan to me."

• (John Wayne) "If anybody had told me six months ago that today I'd be in a graveyard in Innisfree with a girl like you that I'm just about to kiss, I'd have told 'em --"
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Oh, but the kisses are a long way off yet."
• (John Wayne) "Huh?"
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Well, we just started a-courtin', and next month, we, we start the walkin' out, and the month after that there'll be the threshin' parties, and the month after that --"
• (John Wayne) "Nope."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Well, maybe we won't have to wait that month --"
• (John Wayne) "Yup."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "-- or for the threshin' parties --"
• (John Wayne) "Nope."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "-- or for the walkin' out together --"
• (John Wayne) "No."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "-- and so much the worse for you, Sean Thornton, for I feel the same way about it myself."

Harry Tyler as Pat Cohan

• (Harry Tyler) "Ah, what a day for Innisfree. On a day like this, I can say only one thing; Gentlemen, the drinks are on the house."
• (Harry Tyler) "Well, they are."

Maureen O'Hara as Mary Kate Danaher

• (Maureen O'Hara) "Father, could I -- tell you in the Irish?"
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "Sea, sea."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Níor lig mé m'fhear chéile isteach i mo leaba liom aréir. Chuir mé fuinneamh air a chodladh i; Ó, i mála codlata. Mála codlata."
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "Céad é sin? "Bag?""
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Sleeping bag, Father, with -- with buttons. Más breá é, níor rith sé ar a shon. An peaca é?"
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "Woman, Ireland may be a poor country, God help us. But here, a married man sleeps in a bed, not a bag."

• (Maureen O'Hara) "It's a bold one you are. Who gave you leave to be kissin' me?"
• (John Wayne) "So you can talk."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Yes I can, I will and I do. And it's more than talk you'll be gettin' if you step a step closer to me."
• (John Wayne) "Don't worry; you've got a wallop."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "You'll get over it, I'm thinkin'."
• (John Wayne) "Well, some things a man doesn't get over so easy."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Like what, supposin'?"
• (John Wayne) "Like the sight of a girl coming through the fields with the sun on her hair -- kneeling in church with a face like a saint --"
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Saint indeed."
• (John Wayne) "-- and now coming to a man's house to clean it for him."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "But -- that was just my way of bein' a good Christian act."
• (John Wayne) "I know it was, Mary Kate Danaher. And it was nice of you."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Not at all."

• (Maureen O'Hara) "I have a fearful temper. You might as well know about it now instead of findin' out about it later. We Danahers are a fightin' people."
• (John Wayne) "I can think of a lot of things I'd rather do to one of the Danahers; Miss Danaher."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Shhh, Mr. Thornton. What will Mr. Flynn be thinkin'?"

• (Maureen O'Hara) "What manner of man is it that I have married?"
• (Charles B. Fitzsimons) "A better one, I think, than you know, Mary Kate."

• (Michaleen Flynn) "I have -- I have come."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Oh, I can see that. But from whose pub was it?"
• (Michaleen Flynn) "Pub? Pub? You've the face of an angel with the tongue of an adder. I have a good mind to go about me own business and tell Thon Shorton he's better off without ya."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Wait a minute, what was that?"
• (Michaleen Flynn) "Well ye be listenin' then and not interrupting the shockelhorn; the matchmaker -- I have come at the request of Thon Shorton --"
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Sean Thornton."
• (Michaleen Flynn) "Shut up -- bachelor and party of the first part, to ask if you, uh; strictly informally, mind you; eh, Mary Kate Danaher, spinster, and party of the second part."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Well. Go on. You were sayin'?"
• (Michaleen Flynn) "Actually -- me mouth is like a dry crust and the sun is that hot on me pate."
• (Maureen O'Hara) "Will you be steppin' into the parlor? The house may belong to my brother, but what's in the parlor belongs to me."
• (Michaleen Flynn) "I will then -- and I hope there's a bottle there, whoever it belongs to --"

Charles B. Fitzsimons as Hugh Forbes

• (Charles B. Fitzsimons) "Then, a toast: May their days be long and full of happiness; may their children be many and full of health; and may they live in peace -- and freedom."

• ("Red Will" Danaher) "So the I.R.A.'s in this too, huh?"
• (Charles B. Fitzsimons) "If it were, Red Will Danaher, not a scorched stone 'o your fine house'd be standin'."
• (Michaleen Flynn) "A beautiful sentiment."

Jack MacGowran as Ignatius Feeney

• (Jack MacGowran) "Is that a bed, or a parade ground? A man would have to be a sprinter to catch his wife in a bed like that."

• (Jack MacGowran) "I, I think your in-laws are commin' to pay you visit, Squire darlin'."

• (Jack MacGowran) "A pound on Thornton against the Squire."
• (Michaleen Flynn) "Go away, ye traiter, ya."

James Fitzsimons as Father Paul

• (James Fitzsimons) "Father. Father Lonergan."
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "Ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh."
• (James Fitzsimons) "It's a big fight in the town."
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "Listen, there's a big fight in this fish right here, too."
• (James Fitzsimons) "I'd have put a stop to it, but seeing it's --"
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "You do that, lad. It's your duty."
• (James Fitzsimons) "But seeing it was Danaher and Sean Thornton --"
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "WHO?"
• (James Fitzsimons) "Danaher and Sean Thornton."
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "WELL WHY THE DEVIL DIDN'T YOU TELL ME? Oh, you young --"
• (James Fitzsimons) "Father, shouldn't we put a stop to it now?"
• (Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator) "Ah, we should, lad, yes, we should, it's our duty."

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