Coach Quote #70
Quote from Coach in The Spy Who Came In for a Cold One
Diane: Excuse me, we are about to make literary history here.
Eric Finch: [on the phone] Hello. "My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in the watered shoot;"
Diane: Now, that's a poet.
Sam: Thank you.
Eric Finch: "My heart is like an apple tree Whose bough is bent with thick-set fruit" [Coach joins in] "My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles on a halcyon sea"
Coach: "My heart is gladder than all these things Because my love has come to me." The nuns taught us that in school. I get tears just remembering.
Carla: No fooling. Tears?
Coach: Yeah. They whacked us with their beads.
‘The Spy Who Came In for a Cold One’ Quotes
Quote from Cliff
Cliff: All right, here's a little-known fact. The smartest animal...
Norm: Yeah?
Cliff: ...is the pig.
Norm: What? They look pretty stupid.
Cliff: Yeah, your average oinker. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Scientists say if a pig had thumbs and a language, he could be trained to do manual labor.
Norm: You mean they'd be part of the workforce?
Cliff: Yeah, yeah. They'd give you 30 years of loyal service, then at the retirement dinner, you could eat 'em.
Quote from Diane
Diane: This is a night I will never forget. It so happens that I am on speaking terms with one of the poetry editors at The Atlantic Monthly. Yes, he spoke at my college once. I'm going to call him and tell him about you.
Sam: Wait. Hey, aren't you getting a little carried away here?
Diane: May I have the phone? Yes, and loving it.
Sam: Humoring the guy is one thing. I mean, he can have all the fantasies he wants in my bar. But don't you think you're going too far to make him feel good.
Diane: Sam, the poem he wrote is excellent. Scratch a liar, find a poet.
Sam: So he memorized one. What's that prove?
Diane: Sam, we are now in my area of expertise. When we want to talk about poetry, we come to me. When we want to talk about jock itch, we come to you.
Quote from Sam
Diane: You bellowed?
Sam: Yeah. Yeah, I did. What are you trying to do?
Diane: I don't believe that guy's a spy for one minute. I think he's lying.
Sam: What? A customer in a bar is telling tall tales just to impress a waitress? Call 60 Minutes.
Diane: All right, when you put it that way. The thing is...
Sam: Look. Look, listen, why do you suppose people come to bars in the first place?
Diane: Oh, let me take a wild stab at that one. Perchance to drink?
Sam: Wrong. Wrong. They could do that at home. They come here to shoot off their mouths and get away with it. Listen, in this bar everybody gets to be a hero. Now, what's the harm?