The Professor and the Madman (2019)

Mel Gibson: James Murray

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• James Murray : Who's she?

  Dr. William Chester Minor : The impossible.

  James Murray : The more impossible, the greater the love.

  Dr. William Chester Minor : Do you truly believe that? My heart is so sick.

  James Murray : Well... what I know of love is that the sickness often becomes the cure.

• James Murray : This is about recording the evolution of meaning.

• James Murray : For every word, in action, becomes beautiful in the light of its own meaning.

• James Murray : [When his Oxford interviewers learn he has no university degree]  Qualifications? Yes, well, I am fluent in Latin and Greek, of course. Beyond those, I have an intimate knowledge of the Romance tongues: Italian, French, Spanish, Catalan, and to a lesser degree Portuguese, Vaudois, Provençal, and other dialects. In the Teutonic branch, I am familiar with the German, Dutch, Danish, and Flemish. I have specialized in Anglo-Saxon and Moeso-Gothic, and have prepared works for publication on both these languages. I also have a useful knowledge of Russian. I have sufficient knowledge of Hebrew and Syriac to read at sight the Old Testament and Peshito, and to a lesser degree, Aramaic, Arabic, Coptic, and Phoenician to the point where it was left by Gesenius. Forgive me rattling on, I'm sure you have questions.

• Dr. William Chester Minor : You can leave the lunatic to his delusions.

  James Murray : I came here to see my friend.

  Dr. William Chester Minor : I am no man's friend, I am a murderer. Everything else is make believe. So leave, leave, leave!

• James Murray : Let paper and ink be our flesh and blood!