Conseil Quotes in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Captain Nemo: Mr. Land, you saved my life. Why?

Ned Land: That's a good question. Well, there's only one thing a fella can do when he's made a mistake as big as this.

Conseil: What?

Ned Land: Get drunk!

[Boarding the Nautilus for the first time]

Professor Pierre Aronnax, narrator: There is great genius behind all this.

Conseil: Yes, and great evil. Don't forget this, this is an engine of destruction.

[Donning diving gear]

Ned Land: Fine way to go huntin'. I knew there'd be a catch to this.

Conseil: Seems you can't do anything on this boat without getting wet.

Ned Land: Hey, I feel like I'm keepin' a fish outta work.

[Upon arriving on a deserted beach with Ned Land]

Conseil: I don't see any native girls hungry for affection.

Conseil: I want to escape, too! You said you had a plan.

Ned Land: I do have a plan. Trouble is, it won't work.

Conseil: All those men. They didn't even have a chance.

Ned Land: They were sailors, same as me. Slaughtered by that monster you're trying to make friends with.

Conseil: Ned, don't...

Ned Land: I don't know about you, Professor, but I feel like a knife that's just stabbed a friend in the back.

Conseil: Cannibals! Hundreds of cannibals! Captain, Captain, scores of boats!

Ned Land: Captain, we're under attack!

Captain Nemo: Naturally, since you invaded their privacy, they have every right to invade ours.

Conseil: Don't forget the cannibals.

Ned Land: Oh, belay the cannibals. He said that to scare us.

Conseil: Notes in bottles? That went out with Robinson Crusoe! Need I remind you this is the 19th Century?