Jennings Quotes in The Wrath of God (1972)

Jennings: We'll get along famously.

Father Oliver Van Horne: I would suggest that you not be here when he wakes up.

Jennings: Where would you suggest I go?

Father Oliver Van Horne: To Hell.

Jennings: [Looking out at an execution by firing squad] A bullring. What a terrible place to die.

Father Oliver Van Horne: Well, you've got a choice. Firing squad or your Irish friend. How would you like to die?

Jennings: From natural causes, naturally.

Jennings: [laughing] It's... it's the resurrection, and I didn't even wait three days!

Jennings: Life is full of constant surprises!

Emmet: Come on, fat man!

Jennings: My size is due to a glandular condition, Mr. Keogh, and is a subject on which I harbor absolutely no sensitivity.

Father Oliver Van Horne: What do you say to a drink?

Jennings: I never touch the rotten stuff except when I'm alone or with people.

Father Oliver Van Horne: Of course.

Father Oliver Van Horne: We three faced the firing squad together. Everything else is just borrowed time.

Jennings: God protects fools and drunks, not idiots.

Jennings: [laughing and wheezing] They think they'll make a hero out of me.

Jennings: Which way is north?

Moreno: That way, Senor.

Jennings: Mexico, here I come.

[Thinking]

Jennings: All my life I could have played it safe. Think of all the fun I would have missed.

Jennings: Teaching is just a way to pay the bills until I finish my novel.

Boon: How long you been workin' on it?

Jennings: Four and a half years.

Pinto: It must be very good.

Jennings: It's a piece of shit. Would anyone like to smoke some pot?

[None of his literature students are paying attention]

Jennings: Don't write this down, but I find Milton probably as boring as you find Milton. Mrs. Milton found him boring too. He's a little bit long-winded, he doesn't translate very well into our generation, and his jokes are terrible.

[Bell rings, students rise to leave]

Jennings: But that doesn't relieve you of your responsibility for this material. Now I'm waiting for reports from some of you... Listen, I'm not joking. This is my job!

[Handed his first joint]

Pinto: I won't go schizo, will I?

Jennings: It's a distinct possibility.

Pinto: OK, so that means that our whole solar system could be like one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being Giggle. This is nuts! That means that one tiny atom in my fingernail could be...

Jennings: ...could be one tiny little universe!

Pinto: Can I buy some pot from you?

Jennings: If this is a singing lesson I'm a ring-tailed monkey!

Professor Wagstaff: This is a singing lesson, and keep your family out of it.

Jennings: I love good music.

Professor Wagstaff: So do I, let's get out of here.

Jennings: Sit down!

Professor Wagstaff: [to the audience] I've got to stay here, but there's no reason why you folks shouldn't go out into the lobby until this thing blows over.

Jennings: What are you doing here?

Baravelli: Me? I'm the music teacher. I give her singing lessons.

Jennings: [to Connie] Since when are you taking singing lessons?

Baravelli: Since you came in.

Jennings: [to Wagstaff] What are you doing here?

Professor Wagstaff: I'm the plumber. I'm just hanging around in case something goes wrong with her pipes.

[to audience]

Professor Wagstaff: That's the first time I've used that joke in twenty years.

Jennings: [at the College Widow's apartment] Pretty popular place, huh?

Professor Wagstaff: Yes, a hot dog stand would clean up here.

Jennings: I want to talk to Baravelli. Now, you wouldn't mind stepping out, would you?

Professor Wagstaff: Well, I'd love to step out, but, I'd have to see the girl first.

Jennings: Baravelli, I've got a proposition for you.

Professor Wagstaff: Watch yourself, Baravelli. He's almost as crooked as you are.

Jennings: Now look, all you've got to do is to get to Professor Wagstaff. He's got the Huxley signals and I'm depending on you to get them here before the game.

Connie: Yes, but how?

Jennings: You know how! Romance him, baby. Romance him. And remember, all you're to get is football signals.

Walter Brown: Pardon me, I'd like to get through.

Jennings: Sorry, this train wasn't designed for my tonnage, heh. Nobody loves a fat man except his grocer and his tailor!

Jennings: Dr. Meadows, just for the record, I don't agree with any of this. Those people's lives are at stake.

Dr. Meddows: Don't you think I know that? This isn't one of you text-book exercises, Mr. Jennings. This is an experiment in biological warfare, or hadn't you noticed? That organism is potentially the greatest breakthrough in weapons research since man split the atom. What we do here will affect the balance of world power! Of course there are lives at stake - whole nations, in fact. And that's far more important than a handful of people in this small town. And that is my cross to bear, Mr. Jennings. Now carry out your orders.

Jennings: The organism is growing at a geometric rate. By all accounts, it's at least a thousand times its original mass.

White Suit #1: This will put U.S. defense years ahead of the Russians.

Jim Buchanan: Do you think I'm out of my mind?

Jennings: I'm hoping for the best sir!

Jennings: [Talking on the phone] I've just heard from him, Miss. He's fishing. Yes, Miss. Fishing for fish.

Jim Buchanan: Any new tips on what the well-mannered butler should do?

Jennings: Well, sir, it's mostly a matter of exercising good judgment. Except, no matter what you think, you never say it.

Jim Buchanan: Oh, that's important? You never say what you think, but you do think what you say.

Jennings: Well put, sir.