Other Titles • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World • The Far Side of the World
Quotes from Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship *is* England.
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: There! I have you! You're completely dished. Do you not know that in the service [pause] Capt. Jack Aubrey: one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: Name a shrub after me - something prickly and hard to eradicate.
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[last lines] Capt. Jack Aubrey: Well, Stephen... the bird's flightless? Dr. Stephen Maturin: Yes. Capt. Jack Aubrey: It's not going anywhere.
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: Right lads, now, I know there's not a faint heart among you, and I know you're as anxious as I am to get into close action. But we must bring them right up beside us before we spring this trap. That will test our nerve, and discipline will count just as much as courage. The Acheron is a tough nut to crack ... more than twice our guns, more than twice our numbers, and they will sell their lives dearly. Topmen, your handling of the sheets to be lubberly and un-navy like. Until the signal calls, you're to spill the wind from our sails, this will bring us almost to a complete stop. Gun crews, you must run out and tie down in double quick time. With the rear wheels removed, you've gained elevation. and without recoil, there'll be no chance for re-load, so gun captains, that gives you one shot from the lardboard battery ... one shot only. You'll fire for her mainmast. Much will depend on your accuracy ... however ...even crippled, she will still be dangerous, like a wounded beast. Captain Howard and the marines will sweep their weather deck with swivel gun and musket fire from the tops. They'll try and even the odds for us before we board. They mean to take us as a prize. [all chuckling] Capt. Jack Aubrey: And we are worth more to them undamaged. Their greed ... will be their downfall. England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship, is England. So it's every hand to his rope or gun, quick's the word and sharp's the action. After all ... surprise is on our side. Crew: Huzzah, huzzah!
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[Toasting] Capt. Jack Aubrey: To wives and sweethearts. Officers: To wives and sweethearts. Capt. Jack Aubrey: May they never meet.
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: This is the second time he's done this to me. There will not be a third.
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[performing brain surgery on the ship's deck] Dr. Stephen Maturin: May I have the coin, please?
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: Do you want to see a guillotine in Piccadilly? Crew: No! Capt. Jack Aubrey: Want to call that raggedy-ass Napoleon your king? Crew: No! Capt. Jack Aubrey: You want your children to sing the "La Marseillaise?" Crew: NO!
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[the crew watch brain surgery performed on the ship's deck] Able Seaman: Is that his brain, sir? Dr. Stephen Maturin: No, that's just dried blood. [the crew grumbles in disappointment] Dr. Stephen Maturin: [after wiping away the dried blood] THAT is his brain.
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Dr. Stephen Maturin: Well, Mr. Blakeney, it would appear that you have the makings of a naturalist. Blakeney: Well, sir, perhaps I could combine them to be a sort of... fighting naturalist, like you, sir.
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Dr. Stephen Maturin: By comparison, the Surprise is a somewhat aged man-o-war. Am I not correct? Capt. Jack Aubrey: Would you call me an aged man-o-war, doctor? The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seabird: weatherly, stiff and fast... very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime.
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[At the dinner table, Aubrey is asked about the first time Lord Nelson spoke to him] Capt. Jack Aubrey: He leaned across the table, he looked me straight in the eye, and he said, "Aubrey - may I trouble you for the salt?" [everyone bursts out laughing] Capt. Jack Aubrey: I've always tried to say it exactly as he did, ever since.
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: For England, for home, and for the prize!
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Barrett Bonden, Coxswain: [after pulling Calamy, Midshipman, from the water] Hello! We've caught a fish!
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[first lines] Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward: [taking egg from chicken coup] Come on, come on. It's all right.
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Nehemiah Slade, Able Seaman: Never met a dead man that bought me a drink. Joe Plaice, Able Seaman: And I never met a live one that you bought one for, neither.
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: [HMS Surprise is being pursued by the Acheron] Run like smoke and oakum!
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Capt. Jack Aubrey: [to Midshipman Calamy on being pulled from the sea] Tell me that wasn't fun!
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