Brian Hawke Quotes in Against All Flags (1952)

Captain Moisson: I deeply regret the necessity for this flogging.

Brian Hawke: Thank you, sir. I don't think the flogger needed to have carried it out with such gusto.

Captain Moisson: You requested the customary lashing.

Brian Hawke: I know, sir. Of course, you could have done me the favor of denying it. I swear he took a particular pleasure in having an officer under his cat.

Captain Moisson: Should you fail, you'll look back on flogger Flower's lashing as a pleasant afternoon's pastime.

Brian Hawke: If only I had as much of the game as you give me the name.

Lord Portland: Brave men are not forgotten.

Brian Hawke: Thank you, but sometimes they don't live long enough to be remembered.

Prudence 'Spitfire' Stevens: You'rea regular rooster, aren't you?

Brian Hawke: And why not, Madam? You seem to be a high-spirited chick yourself.

Capt. Roc Brasiliano: [Threatening] I'm giving you fair warning, Hawke!

Brian Hawke: [Unconcerned] That's very generous of you, Captain. I'll give it the fair attention it deserves.

Brian Hawke: [to Spitfire] Well, Lass, in a minute it'll be Genoa or the devil with us.