Bill Crichton Quotes in Paradise Lagoon (1957)

Bill Crichton: One can't recapture a dream. Don't spoil it by trying to.

Lord Loam: They'll get used to the idea.

Bill Crichton: I sincerely hope not, my lord.

Lord Loam: None of that, now. Surely you don't object to meeting me as man-to-man. Haven't I always treated you as a human being?

Bill Crichton: No, certainly not, my lord. Your treatment of me has always been as it should be.

Lord Loam: That's enough. This afternoon at 4 o'clock, you will be my equal. I'll soon show you whether you are my equal or not.

Bill Crichton: Oh...

Lord Loam: You do as you are told!

Lady Mary: Are you ambitious?

Bill Crichton: Ambitious? For what?

Lady Mary: To better yourself.

Bill Crichton: My lady! I am the son of a butler and a lady's maid. The happiest of all combinations. To me the most beautiful thing in the world is a haughty English aristocratic home with everyone kept in his place.

Lady Mary: That's not how my father would have it.

Bill Crichton: Indeed, he would not, my lady. He would have equality for all. But what good would that do? Any satisfaction I might derive out of being your equal would be ruined by the footman being equal to me.

Lady Mary: Why don't you come deer hunting with me sometime?

Bill Crichton: Ooh! I might find myself chasing the wrong dear.

Ernest: You should be in the staff boat - not with us.

Bill Crichton: Shall I withdraw, sir?