[Throughout the film, Patrick, who prefers to be called Kitten, dismisses all politics as] serious, serious, serious. ... I love talking about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about. |
35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. |
A chemist on each side will approach the frontier with a bottle |
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want? |
A cynic is someon who knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. |
A damsel is a genius in the daytime and a beauty at night. |
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. |
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally. |
A kiss may ruin a human life. |
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. |
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her |
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies |
A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule. |
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. |
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. |