Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

Anthony Quayle: Wolsey

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• Cardinal Wolsey : Where the dove is, the hawk will not be far behind.

• King Henry VIII : Send the Boleyns, father, mother, son and eldest daughter, back to their castle in Kent. And send Anne with them, tonight. away from the court.

  Cardinal Wolsey : Yes, Sir.

  King Henry VIII : I'm bored, Wolsey. I'm bored with the court. Bored with my Spanish cow. I shall go hunting - in the beautiful country of Kent.

• King Henry VIII : How is the Vicar of Hell this chilly morning?

  Cardinal Wolsey : Oh, warm enough, Your Majesty. To be active on the King's business generates a certain heat.

  King Henry VIII : Yes, I'm sure, with your feet on the devil's fender and your buttocks toasting at God's altar.

• Cardinal Wolsey : A half grown steer and a leggy girl will not be allowed to overturn the policies of State.

• Cardinal Wolsey : Marriages of the nobility are affairs of State.

• Cardinal Wolsey : Let sleeping Kings lie, Thomas, and we'll see to the government of the country.

• Anne : The King has asked for me?

  Cardinal Wolsey : He has.

  Anne : And sent you to me?

  Cardinal Wolsey : It is sometimes my duty to anticipate his desires.

  Anne : Even in carnal matters, My Lord Cardinal? We have had the King in the bosom of this family for some years. My sister Mary is with child by him and of no further use. I shall *not* go the way of my sister. You would be wise to anticipate my answer and spare His Majesty any annoyance. I will not be a *mistress* of the King even with the blessing of a prince of the Church!

• Cardinal Wolsey : Madam, you do me wrong. I have no spleen against you, I am only a messenger.

• Cardinal Wolsey : Is the tide with or against us?

  Duke of Norfolk : I leave such details to the boatman and other riffraff, My Lord.

• Thomas Cromwell : She almost reigns. She entirely rules. And I believe gives - nothing for it. She could prove powerful.

  Cardinal Wolsey : Thomas, this is a man's world. The seat of power does not lie between a woman's legs.

• King Henry VIII : I will marry Anne!

  Cardinal Wolsey : It could mean war. It could mean the loss of your kingdom.

  King Henry VIII : I will marry Anne if it breaks the Earth in two and flings the two halves into the void!

• Cardinal Wolsey : The King has gone beyond me. Through that one woman, I am lost forever.