Banacek (TV Series)
Project Phoenix (1972)
George Peppard: Thomas Banacek
Quotes
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Thomas Banacek : "Read the whole library, my son, but the cheese will still smell after four days." That's an old Polish proverb.
Felix Mulholland : Really? Well maybe it just takes an old Pole to understand it.
Thomas Banacek : No, it means that no matter how much you know, natural laws are natural laws, and you must put your faith in the Boston police.
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Joe Taddenhurst : Hello, Bana-SEK.
Thomas Banacek : Bana-CHEK. How are you, Taddenhurst?
Joe Taddenhurst : Impressed. I looked up and I thought "Is it a bird? Is it s plane?" Then I realized, "No! It's Super-Pole!"
Thomas Banacek : Cute. You meant that to be cute, didn't you?
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Joe Taddenhurst : Why do I always have the feeling you're zinging me?
Thomas Banacek : I suppose you're a very sensitive man.
Joe Taddenhurst : I really can't stand the sight of you. You know that?
Thomas Banacek : [laughs] Does that mean you're gonna change your will?
Joe Taddenhurst : No. That means I'm gonna do everything I can to beat your arrogant rear end to that car.
Thomas Banacek : Just when I was gonna tell you my theory. Too bad.
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Felix Mulholland : I'm learning karate.
Thomas Banacek : Sitting down?
Felix Mulholland : Do I detect a note of cynacism in your voice?
Thomas Banacek : I took combat judo in the Marine Corps, but as I remember, they didn't issue us any easy chairs.
Felix Mulholland : Well, some people HAVE to do things the hard way, but I find that once I've got it up here, the rest of me flows along with perfect harmony.
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Jay Drury : How was the lady engineer?
Thomas Banacek : Electrical but not civil.