Mr. Leuchtag "Come sit down. Have a brandy with us." To celebrate our leaving for America tomorrow."
Carl "Oh, thank you very much. I thought you would ask me, so I brought the good brandy. And -- a third glass!"
Mrs. Leuchtag "At last the day is came!"
Mr. Leuchtag "Mareichtag and I are speaking nothing but English now."
Mrs. Leuchtag "So we should feel at home when we get to America."
Carl "Very nice idea, mm-hmm."
Mr. Leuchtag "To America!"
Mrs. Leuchtag "To America!"
Carl: "To America!"
Mr. Leuchtag "Liebchen-- sweetnessheart, what watch?"
Mrs. Leuchtag "Ten watch."
Mr. Leuchtag "Such watch?"
Carl "Hm. You will get along beautiful in America, mm-hmm."
Denying a refugee entrance.
Rick "Your cash is good at the bar."
Banker "What? Do you know who I am?"
Rick: "I do. You're lucky the bar's open to you."
A Woman "What makes saloonkeepers so snobbish?"
Banker "Perhaps if you told him I ran the second largest banking house in Amsterdam."
Carl "Second largest? That wouldn't impress Rick. The leading banker in Amsterdam is now the pastry chef in our kitchen."
Banker "We have something to look forward to."
Ugarte "Heh, you know, watching you just now with the Deutsche Bank, one would think you've been doing this all your life."
Rick Blaine "Oh, what makes you think I haven't?" Ugarte "Oh, n-n-n-nothing, but when you first came to Casablanca, I thought..."
Rick Blaine "You thought what?"
Ugarte "Hm, what right do I have to think, huh?"
"You know, Rick, I have many a friend in Casablanca, but somehow, just because you despise me, you are the only one I trust." Ugarte
Berger "We read five times that you were killed, in five different places."
Victor Laszlo "As you can see, it was true every single time."
"Carl, see that Major Strasser gets a good table, one close to the ladies.
Carl: I have already given him the best, knowing he is German and would take it anyway." Captain Louis Renault
Captain Louis Renault "In 1935, you ran guns to Ethiopia. In 1936, you fought in Spain, on the Loyalist side."
Rick Blaine "I got well paid for it on both occasions."
Captain Louis Renault "The winning side would have paid you much better."
Captain Louis Renault "Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that you've never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open." Rick Blaine: "Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette."
Captain Louis Renault "That is another reason."
Annina "Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?"
Rick "Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so."
Ilsa Lund "Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake."
Sam "I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa."
Ilsa Lund "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'"
Sam "Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it."
Ilsa Lund "I'll hum it for you. Da-dy-da-dy-da-dum, da-dy-da-dee-da-dum... [Sam plays it] Sing it, Sam." sam sings
Sam: "You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh;
The fundamental things apply,
As time goes by.
And when two lovers woo,
They still say, "I love you";
On that you can rely,
No matter what the future brings..."
[Rick Blaine "Sam, I thought I told you never to play..."
"I remember Paris perfectly. The Germans wore grey, you wore blue." Rick Blaine
Rick Blaine "Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or... aren't you the kind that tells
"As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man." Senor Ferrari
Rick Blaine " Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this? I mean what you're fighting for."
Victor Laszlo " You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die."
Rick Blaine "Well, what of it? It'll be out of its misery."
Victor Laszlo "You know how you sound, Mr. Blaine? Like a man who's trying to convince himself of something he doesn't believe in his heart."
Major Strasser "You give him credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American."
Captain Renault "We musn't underestimate American blundering. I was with them when they blundered into Berlin in 1918."
Ilsa Lund "A franc for your thoughts."
Rick Blaine "In America they'd bring only a penny, and, huh, I guess that's about all they're worth."
Ilsa Lund "Well, I'm willing to be overcharged. Tell me."
Rick Blaine "Well, I was wondering..."
Ilsa Lund "Yes?"
Rick Blaine "Why I'm so lucky. Why I should find you waiting for me to come along."
Ilsa Lund "Why there is no other man in my life?"
Rick Blaine "Uh-huh."
Ilsa Lund "T
hat's easy... there was. And he's dead."
Major Strasser "Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?"
Rick Blaine "It's not particularly my beloved Paris."
Heinz "Can you imagine us in London?"
Rick Blaine "When you get there, ask me!"
Captain Renault "Hmmh! Diplomatist!"
Major Strasser "How about New York?" Rick Blaine "Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade."
Captain Renault "This is the end of the chase."
Rick Blaine "Twenty thousand francs says it isn't."
Captain Renault "Is that a serious offer?"
Rick Blaine "I just paid out twenty. I'd like to get it back."
Captain Renault "Make it ten. I'm only a poor corrupt official."
Ugarte "You despise me, don't you?"
Rick Blaine "If I gave you any thought I probably would."
Yvonne "Where were you last night?"
Rick Blaine "That's so long ago, I don't remember."
Yvonne: Will "I see you tonight?"
Rick Blaine "I never make plans that far ahead."
Rick Blaine "You want my advice?"
Annina "Oh, yes, please."
Rick Blaine "Go back to Bulgaria."
Captain Louis Renault "How extravagant you are, throwing away women like that. Some day they may be scarce."
Captain Louis Renault "What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
Rick Blaine "My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters"
Captain Louis Renault "The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
Rick Blaine "I was misinformed."
Rick Blaine "I stick my neck out for nobody."
Major Strasser "What is your nationality?"
Rick Blaine "I'm a drunkard."
Captain Louis Renault "That makes Rick a citizen of the world."
Victor Laszlo "I know a good deal more about you than you suspect. I know, for instance, that you're in love with a woman. It is perhaps a strange circumstance that we both should be in love with the same woman. The first evening I came to this café, I knew there was something between you and Ilsa. Since no one is to blame, I-- I demand no explanation. I ask only one thing. You won't give me the letters of transit: all right, but I want my wife to be safe. I ask you as a favor, to use the letters to take her away from Casablanca."
Rick Blaine "You love her that much?"
Victor Laszlo "Apparently you think of me only as the leader of a cause. Well, I'm also a human being. Yes, I love her that much."
Rick Blaine "I congratulate you."
Victor Laszlo "What for?"
Rick Blaine "...your work."
Victor Laszlo "I try."
Rick Blaine "We all try. You succeed."
Rick Blaine "You know what I want to hear."
Sam "No, I don't."
Rick Blaine "You played it for her, you can play it for me!"
Sam "Well, I don't think I can remember..."
Rick Blaine "If she can stand it, I can! Play it!"
Captain Louis Renault "We are very honored tonight, Rick. Major Strasser is one of the reasons the Third Reich enjoys the reputation it has today."
Major Heinrich Strasser "You repeat *Third* Reich as though you expected there to be others!"
Captain Louis Renault "Well, personally, Major, I will take what comes."
Rick Blaine "Who are you really, and what were you before? What did you do, and what did you think, huh?"
Rick Blaine "Here's looking at you, kid."
Customer "Are you sure this place is honest?"
Carl "Honest? As honest as the day is long!"
Jay Brandel "Captain Renault ... may I?"
Captain Louis Renault "Oh no! Not here please! Come to my office tomorrow morning. We'll do everything businesslike."
Jay Brandel "We'll be there at six!"
Captain Louis Renault "I'll be there at ten."
Rick Blaine "How can you close me up? On what grounds?"
Captain Louis Renault "I'm shocked ... shocked to find that gambling is going on in here."
Croupier "Your winnings, sir."
Captain Louis Renault "Oh, thank you ... very much. Everybody out at once!"
Rick Blaine "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
Ilsa Lund "Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time."
Rick Blaine "And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart."
Captain Louis Renault "That is my least vulnerable spot."
[The Renault watches Rick do the shooting, and gives orders to his police]
Captain Louis Renault "Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects."
Ilsa Lund "When I said I would never leave you."
Rick Blaine "And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, now... Here's looking at you kid."
Rick Blaine "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
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