Catherine Knowland Quotes in Green Fire (1954)

Catherine Knowland: Well, there's always the chance that Prince Charming may come riding down off the mountain someday.

Catherine Knowland: How do you feel?

Rian X. Mitchell: Hi there. You're late.

Catherine Knowland: I'm sorry, I was trying to arrange for a red carpet and a brass band.

Rian X. Mitchell: Look, what kind of a doctor do you call yourself? You haven't even inquired about my side.

Catherine Knowland: Well, I assumed you'd be bright enough to stay off bumpy roads. Forgive me, how is your side?

Rian X. Mitchell: Well, I think it's going to need a lot of attention.

Rian X. Mitchell: You two seem to be getting along.

Vic Leonard: Splendidly.

Catherine Knowland: You didn't tell me how charming your partner was.

Rian X. Mitchell: I never noticed.

Catherine Knowland: [Following her first kiss with Rian] I take it, you must be the expert on the romantic movement in South America.

Rian X. Mitchell: Donald tells me you're going to Bogata.

Catherine Knowland: Only for two weeks.

Rian X. Mitchell: To see anybody in particular?

Catherine Knowland: Of course, a coffee broker. Age seventy-three.

Rian X. Mitchell: Seventy-three? A wonderful time of life.

Catherine Knowland: Now, don't tell me you were jealous?

Rian X. Mitchell: Homocidally.

Rian X. Mitchell: Oh Cathy, stop thinking like a woman! You're fighting a losing battle down there. Why try and hang on there when the rainbow's up here?

Catherine Knowland: You're right, Rian. I was thinking like a woman. I was thinking of my Grandfather and how he hacked a plantation out of the wilderness. And my father who made it his life. And all that's gone into it: love and feeling and pride. Things you wouldn't know about. Things you can't buy with your emeralds!

Father Ripero: Cathy, you cannot do this thing.

Catherine Knowland: I'm sorry, Father, but, this is one fight I can't win by turning the other cheek.

Father Ripero: If you destroy the mountain, you will be destroying yourself, as well.