Preston B. Whitmore Quotes in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Preston B. Whitmore: Now, let's go over it again, just so we got it straight: you didn't find anything.

Vinny: No. Just a lot of rocks. And fish, little fish. Sponges.

Preston B. Whitmore: What happened to Helga?

Cookie: Well, we lost her when a flaming zeppelin come down on her...

[Audrey hits him with her parasol]

Cookie: Uh, missing.

Preston B. Whitmore: That's right. And Rourke?

Dr. Sweet: Nervous breakdown. You could say he went all to pieces.

Cookie: In fact, you could say he was transmogrified and then busted into a zillion...

[Audrey raises her parasol]

Cookie: He's missing too.

Preston B. Whitmore: For years, your granddad bent my ear with stories about that old book. I didn't buy it for a minute. So finally, I got fed up and I made a bet with the old coot. I said, "Thatch, if you ever actually find that so-called journal, not only will I finance the expedition, but I'll kiss you full on the mouth." Imagine my embarrassment when he found the darn thing.

Milo: I'll have to quit my job.

Preston B. Whitmore: It's done. You resigned this afternoon.

Milo: I did?

Preston B. Whitmore: Yep. Don't like to leave loose ends.

Milo: Oh, my apartment. I-I'm gonna have to give a notice.

Preston B. Whitmore: Taken care of.

Milo: My clothes?

Preston B. Whitmore: Packed.

Milo: My books?

Preston B. Whitmore: In storage.

Milo: My cat?

[Milo's cat appears on his shoulder]

Milo: My gosh.

Preston B. Whitmore: Your grandad had a saying: "Our lives are remembered by the gifts we leave our children." This journal is his gift to you, Milo. Atlantis is waiting. What do you say?

Preston B. Whitmore: Atlantis is waiting

[Holds Milo's coat towards Milo]

Preston B. Whitmore: What do you say?

Milo: [Grabbing his coat fiercely] I'M Your Man Mr Whitmore!

[He puts his coat on the wrong side]

Milo: You will not regret this why I'm so excited I can't even hold it in.

[Milo is seasick over the side of a ship]