Extended Reading
  • Zechariah 2022-10-02 14:48:31

    Quiet man

    Grace Kelly once said that of all the directors she has worked with, John Ford disappointed him the most.

    She said that as a director, he doesn't seem to know how to communicate with actresses.

    Although this view is extremely emotional and personal, it also shows to a large extent that in John...

  • Zechariah 2022-10-02 17:17:45

    Brave irish

    2021.06.10

    "The voice of the young man who left the hometown has not changed. The children's voice has not changed. The children don't know each other, and they laugh and ask where the guests come from." Said it is a refreshing and happy thing. Shang Thornton, who immigrated with his family at a...

The Quiet Man quotes

  • Mary Kate Danaher: It's a bold one you are! Who gave you leave to be kissin' me?

    Thornton: So you can talk!

    Mary Kate Danaher: 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!

    Thornton: Don't worry - you've got a wallop!

    Mary Kate Danaher: You'll get over it, I'm thinkin'.

    Thornton: Well, some things a man doesn't get over so easy.

    Mary Kate Danaher: Like what, supposin'?

    Thornton: 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...

    Mary Kate Danaher: Saint indeed!

    Thornton: ...and now coming to a man's house to clean it for him.

    Mary Kate Danaher: But... that was just my way of bein' a good Christian act.

    Thornton: I know it was, Mary Kate Danaher. And it was nice of you.

    Mary Kate Danaher: Not at all.

  • "Red Will" Danaher: So the I.R.A.'s in this too, huh?

    Hugh Forbes: If it were, Red Will Danaher, not a scorched stone 'o your fine house'd be standin'.

    Michaleen Flynn: A beautiful sentiment!