Memorable quotes for
The African Queen (1951) More at IMDbPro »

Charlie Allnut: Well I ain't sorry for you no more, ya crazy, psalm-singing, skinny old maid!

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Charlie: We can't do that!
Rose: How do you know? You never tried it.
Charlie: Well, yeah, but I never tried shooting myself in the head neither.

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Charlie Allnut: I don't know why the Germans would want this God-forsaken place.
Rose Sayer: God has not forsaken this place, Mr. Allnut, as my brother's presence here bears witness.

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Charlie Allnut: How'd you like it?
Rose Sayer: Like it?
Charlie Allnut: White water rapids!
Rose Sayer: I never dreamed...
Charlie Allnut: I don't blame you for being scared - not one bit. Nobody with good sense ain't scared of white water...
Rose Sayer: I never dreamed that any mere physical experience could be so stimulating!

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Charlie Allnut: A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it's only human nature.
Rose Sayer: Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.

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Captain of Louisa: By the authority vested in me by Kaiser William II, I pronounce you man and wife. Proceed with the execution.

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Rose: Dear?... Dear?... What is your first name?

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Charlie Allnut: [skitting Rose] Can you make a torpedo? Well do so Mr. Allnut.

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Charlie: All this fool talk about The Louisa. Goin' down the river...
Rose: What do you mean?
Charlie: I mean we ain't goin' to do nothin' of the sort.
Rose: Why, of course we're going! What an absurd idea!
Charlie: What an absurd idea! What an absurd idea! Lady, I may be a born fool, but you got ten absurd ideas to my one, an' don't you forget it!

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Charlie Allnut: [his stomach is growling] Ain't a thing I can do about it.

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Charlie Allnut: You know why did the chicken cross the road.
Rose Sayer: [missing the joke] I beg your pardon.
Charlie Allnut: Nevermind, miss.

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Rose Sayer: Mr. Allnut! Mr. Allnut, you may come in out of the rain!

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[repeated line]
Rose Sayer: Mr. Allnut?
Charlie Allnut: Yes, miss.

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Rose Sayer: [after travelling through the rapids] Now that I've had a taste of it I don't wonder why you love boating.

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Rose: [as Charlie tries to stop her from revealing their plan] Oh stop it, Charlie, we've been through all that. I'm certainly not going to outlive you and that's all there is to it!

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Captain of Louisa: I think I shall have to hang you twice.

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Charlie Allnut: One thing in the world I hate: leeches. Filthy little devils.

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Rose Sayer: Dear Lord, We've come to the end of our journey, and in a little while we'll stand before you. I pray for you to be merciful. Judge us not for our weaknesses, but for our love and open the doors of heaven for Charlie and me.

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Rose Sayer: Who do you think you are ordering me about?
Charlie Allnut: I'm the captain, that's what!

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Rose: [after Charlie checks the boat for damage after going down a rather rough set of rapids] Could you see anything, dear?
Charlie Allnut: Yeah. The shaft's twisted like a corkscrew and there's a blade gone off the prop.
Rose: We'll have to mend it, then.

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Charlie Allnut: There ain't nothing so complicated as the inside of a torpedo.

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