Rian X. Mitchell Quotes in Green Fire (1954)

Pedro, the Bartender: Any luck, Señor Mitchell?

Rian X. Mitchell: Yes, all of it bad.

Pedro, the Bartender: Perhaps you would like a drink, off the house?

Rian X. Mitchell: She's a blonde vision of loveliness. Yeah. She'll be waiting on the dock, just where I left her. Makes all the others look like lampshades.

Rian X. Mitchell: Hi there. You're late.

Catherine Knowland: I'm sorry, I was trying to arrange for a red carpet and a brass band.

Rian X. Mitchell: Look, what kind of a doctor do you call yourself? You haven't even inquired about my side.

Catherine Knowland: Well, I assumed you'd be bright enough to stay off bumpy roads. Forgive me, how is your side?

Rian X. Mitchell: Well, I think it's going to need a lot of attention.

Rian X. Mitchell: You two seem to be getting along.

Vic Leonard: Splendidly.

Catherine Knowland: You didn't tell me how charming your partner was.

Rian X. Mitchell: I never noticed.

Rian X. Mitchell: Greed is stronger than fear.

Rian X. Mitchell: Donald tells me you're going to Bogata.

Catherine Knowland: Only for two weeks.

Rian X. Mitchell: To see anybody in particular?

Catherine Knowland: Of course, a coffee broker. Age seventy-three.

Rian X. Mitchell: Seventy-three? A wonderful time of life.

Catherine Knowland: Now, don't tell me you were jealous?

Rian X. Mitchell: Homocidally.

Rian X. Mitchell: Oh Cathy, stop thinking like a woman! You're fighting a losing battle down there. Why try and hang on there when the rainbow's up here?

Catherine Knowland: You're right, Rian. I was thinking like a woman. I was thinking of my Grandfather and how he hacked a plantation out of the wilderness. And my father who made it his life. And all that's gone into it: love and feeling and pride. Things you wouldn't know about. Things you can't buy with your emeralds!