WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 30 May 2026 17:13:18 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg regarding – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Bolt, Robert -- Lawrence of Arabia, Part 1, sc. 18 (1962) [with Michael Wilson] https://wist.info/bolt-robert/77145/ https://wist.info/bolt-robert/77145/#respond Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:14:43 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=77145 CORPORAL: [trying to copy Lawrence’s snuffing a match with his fingers] Ow! It damn well ‘urts!

LAWRENCE: Certainly it hurts.

CORPORAL: Well what’s the trick then?

LAWRENCE: The trick, William Potter, is not minding if it hurts.


Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
Lawrence of Arabia, Part 1, sc. 18 (1962) [with Michael Wilson]
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