Morris Finsbury:
I collect eggs, Doctor.
Doctor Pratt: Eggs, yes. Oh, I enjoy an egg myself, yes. They don't make good pets, though; you can never get them in at night.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Wrong Box
Doctor Pratt: Eggs, yes. Oh, I enjoy an egg myself, yes. They don't make good pets, though; you can never get them in at night.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Wrong Box
Morris Finsbury:
I was wondering - do you by any chance happen to have any - uh - death certificates?
Doctor Pratt: Do I happen to have any death certificates? What a monstrous thing, sir - what a monstrous thing to say to a member of the medical profession! Do you realize the enormity of what you have just said?
Morris Finsbury: Yes. Do you have any death certificates?
Doctor Pratt: How many do you want?
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Wrong Box
Doctor Pratt: Do I happen to have any death certificates? What a monstrous thing, sir - what a monstrous thing to say to a member of the medical profession! Do you realize the enormity of what you have just said?
Morris Finsbury: Yes. Do you have any death certificates?
Doctor Pratt: How many do you want?
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Wrong Box
Salter:
Am I to take it then that none of your family have ever been involved with plumbing?
John Lewis: Well, as a matter of fact, my father once had an unfortunate experience on Euston station during the blackout. Uh, what happened was... You see, it was dark at the time and he didn't realize that the train was actually standing at the station at the time... Apart from that, no.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in Only Two Can Play
John Lewis: Well, as a matter of fact, my father once had an unfortunate experience on Euston station during the blackout. Uh, what happened was... You see, it was dark at the time and he didn't realize that the train was actually standing at the station at the time... Apart from that, no.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in Only Two Can Play
Anna Fassbender:
[delivers a Wagnerian Valkyrie yodel]
Rita: Who is that thing?
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: That is no thing, it's my wife!
--Peter Sellers (as Dr. Fritz Fassbender) in What's New Pussycat
Rita: Who is that thing?
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: That is no thing, it's my wife!
--Peter Sellers (as Dr. Fritz Fassbender) in What's New Pussycat
Anna Fassbender:
Is she prettier than me?
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: Is she prettier than you? I'M prettier than YOU!
--Peter Sellers (as Dr. Fritz Fassbender) in What's New Pussycat
Dr. Fritz Fassbender: Is she prettier than you? I'M prettier than YOU!
--Peter Sellers (as Dr. Fritz Fassbender) in What's New Pussycat
General Snippet:
I warn you, madam - I know the entire Geneva Convention by heart!
Grand Duchess Gloriana: Oh, how nice! You must recite it for me some evening; I play the harpsichord.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Mouse That Roared
Grand Duchess Gloriana: Oh, how nice! You must recite it for me some evening; I play the harpsichord.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Mouse That Roared
Traffic warden #27:
What's your game, Mister?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [riffling a wad of bills under the warden's nose, to persuade him to eat a parking ticket] Grand is the name, and, uh - money is the game. Would you care to play?
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Magic Christian
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [riffling a wad of bills under the warden's nose, to persuade him to eat a parking ticket] Grand is the name, and, uh - money is the game. Would you care to play?
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Magic Christian
Guru:
[Walking on beach] Do you know youself?
Harold Fine: I'm trying to know myself.
Guru: You will know yourself when you stop trying.
Harold Fine: I'm trying to stop trying.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
Harold Fine: I'm trying to know myself.
Guru: You will know yourself when you stop trying.
Harold Fine: I'm trying to stop trying.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
Epifania Parerga:
After all Adrian, I am made of flesh and blood.
Dr. Ahmed el Kabir: You certainly are.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Millionairess
Dr. Ahmed el Kabir: You certainly are.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Millionairess
Hamlet:
[Laurence Harvey, onstage] "To be..."
Youngman Grand, Esq.: [loud enough to be heard, turning to Sir Guy] I've seen it.
Hamlet: "Or not to be... that is the question."
Youngman Grand, Esq.: Shakespeare, right?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [whispers, eyes toward the stage] Right, and double right.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Magic Christian
Youngman Grand, Esq.: [loud enough to be heard, turning to Sir Guy] I've seen it.
Hamlet: "Or not to be... that is the question."
Youngman Grand, Esq.: Shakespeare, right?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [whispers, eyes toward the stage] Right, and double right.
--Peter Sellers (as ) in The Magic Christian
