Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
Thomas a Becket:
Tonight you can do me the honor of christening my forks.
King Henry II: Forks?
Thomas a Becket: Yes, from Florence. New little invention. It's for pronging meat and carrying it to the mouth. It saves you dirtying your fingers.
King Henry II: But then you dirty the fork.
Thomas a Becket: Yes, but it's washable.
King Henry II: So are your fingers. I don't see the point.
King Henry II: Forks?
Thomas a Becket: Yes, from Florence. New little invention. It's for pronging meat and carrying it to the mouth. It saves you dirtying your fingers.
King Henry II: But then you dirty the fork.
Thomas a Becket: Yes, but it's washable.
King Henry II: So are your fingers. I don't see the point.
Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
Thomas a Becket:
We are both aware of the delicacy of my position. Let us trust that God will find a solution for it.
Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
Thomas a Becket:
We must manage the church. One can always come to a sensible little arrangement with God.
King Henry II: Becket, you are a monster.
Thomas a Becket: You flatter me, My Lord.
King Henry II: Becket, you are a monster.
Thomas a Becket: You flatter me, My Lord.
Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
Thomas a Becket:
Yes, we have soldiers disguised in the crowd to encourage enthusiasm.
King Henry II: Why must you destroy all my illusions?
Thomas a Becket: Because you should have none, My Prince.
King Henry II: Why must you destroy all my illusions?
Thomas a Becket: Because you should have none, My Prince.
Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
Brother John:
You betrayed your Saxon race, now you betray God.
Thomas a Becket: Perhaps you will succeed in teaching me humility, it's a virtue I've never really mastered.
Thomas a Becket: Perhaps you will succeed in teaching me humility, it's a virtue I've never really mastered.
Felix Aylmer
(as Archbishop of Canterbury)
Archbishop of Canterbury:
Those times are over. The priest is back in his sanctuary. It is peace time.
Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
Empress Matilda:
Oh, if I were a man!
King Henry II: Thank God, madam, He gave you breasts! An asset from which I derived not the slightest benefit.
King Henry II: Thank God, madam, He gave you breasts! An asset from which I derived not the slightest benefit.
Martita Hunt
(as Empress Matilda)
