Banacek (TV Series)

Project Phoenix (1972)

Murray Matheson: Felix Mulholland

Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.