The Sandpiper (1965)
Torin Thatcher: Judge Thompson
Quotes
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Judge Thompson : [referring to her son, Danny] Why did you take that boy out of school?
Laura Reynolds : His teacher was a fool. I've taught him more in two months than he learned at school in a full term.
Judge Thompson : In the course of his studies, what have you taught him about respect for the law?
Laura Reynolds : As he grows up, he'll learn that there are good laws, and bad ones. He'll respect the good ones.
Judge Thompson : And disobey the bad ones!
Laura Reynolds : At least I hope he does.
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Judge Thompson : [Danny has shot a wild deer for no apparent reason] If you didn't mean to do it, why did you?
Danny Reynolds : I guess I wanted to find out what the fun was.
Judge Thompson : [confused] "Fun"?
Danny Reynolds : My mother says, that men are the only animals that kill for fun.
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Judge Thompson : Is this the third time you and Danny have been brought up before me or the fourth?
Laura Reynolds : Third.
Judge Thompson : The first was...
Laura Reynolds : The girl.
Judge Thompson : Oh yes, of course. She was swinging, her skirts blew back, and Danny put his hand on her thigh.
Laura Reynolds : Right.
Judge Thompson : Well, the child was frightened.
Laura Reynolds : Oh, come on, she was delighted! It was a dirty minded mother who made the trouble.
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Judge Thompson : What are you trying to raise? A noble savage?
Laura Reynolds : What would you have me raise? A slick little specialist in weather cocksmanship?
Judge Thompson : I beg your pardon?
Laura Reynolds : You know, whirling around like a weather cock every time the wind changes.