Sam Cornelius Quotes in Lost Horizon (1973)

Sam Cornelius: Are you an American?

Sally Hughes: No, Mongolian.

Sam Cornelius: You'll have to teach me the language some time.

[considering possible reasons why their plane has been hijacked]

Sam Cornelius: For good measure, they've got two journalists and - by his own account - a famous comedian.

Harry Lovett: Very funny. But what about you, Cornelius? Maybe they want you? Who are you?

Sam Cornelius: I'm somebody flying in a strange plane with a lunatic pilot and I'm trying to find out why - that's who I am!