Jo de Vries Quotes in One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

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Jo de Vries Quotes:

  • [as RAF bombers approach]

    Jo de Vries: You see. That's what you're doing for us. Can you hear them running for shelter? Can you understand what that means to all the occupied countries? To enslaved people, having it drummed into their ears that the Germans are masters of the Earth. Seeing those masters running for shelter. Seeing them crouching under tables. And hearing that steady hum night after night. That noise which is oil for the burning fire in our hearts.

  • Tom Earnshaw, Copilot in B for Bertie: We want to get back, raid or no raid. Now look here, Mrs. de Vries, I don't...

    Jo de Vries: Are you in command of this party?

    Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie: No, no, no, he's just a Yorkshireman.

  • Jo de Vries: I give you a toast. Louis?

    [Her servant fills all of their glasses]

    Jo de Vries: It has been our motto since the House of Orange drove out the Spaniards 300 years ago. "Je Maintiendrai."

    [All drink]

    Jo de Vries: It's nice to be a woman again, even for half an hour.

    Geoff Hickman, Front Gunner in B for Bertie: What do they reckon that motto of yours means, then, ma'am?

    Jo de Vries: "We can take it."

  • Jo de Vries: [Thinking about a toast] Being a Dutch woman, i think Dutch water is better than French champagne.

  • Jo de Vries: [to Frank] No Englishman would kiss a woman's hand - except perhaps an actor.

    Frank Shelley - Observer: Snub or compliment?

    Jo de Vries: Compliment.

  • Jo de Vries: [about the three unconscious Germans] Don't worry about these Germans. We didn't invite them to this country, but we can take care of them once they're here.

  • Frank Shelley - Observer: The way you handled those Germans taught me something about acting.

    Jo de Vries: It isn't so difficult. They're an unhappy people. I would rather be a Dutchman in Holland than any German soldier. They want to believe that somebody's their friend, and that's the whole trick.

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