Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane Quotes in Arabesque (1966)

Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane: May I have a word with you please Professor Pollock?

David Pollock: Well... if it's about that small outstanding bill at the bookstore there is a simple explanation: Poverty.

Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane: No, it's nothing like that.

David Pollock: Oh, in that case, how do you do?

Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane: I'm only checking your glasses. You look as though I want to drill your teeth. Do sit down, Professor Ragheeb. That doesn't sound English. Are you English, Professor Ragheeb?

Ragheeb: Why do you ask?

Major Sylvester Pennington Sloane: Oh, small talk, merely small talk. The weather's too dull and politics too explosive. I certainly didn't mean to pry.