quotes from the classic movie Casablanca




Ugarte: You despise me, don't you?
Rick: Well, if I gave you any thought, I probably would.


Yvonne: Where were you last night?
Rick: That's so long ago I don't remember.
Yvonne: Will I see you tonight?
Rick: I never make plans that far ahead.


Louis: And what in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Louis: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.


Louis: I am making out the report now. We haven't quite decided if he committed suicide or died trying to escape.


Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Louis: I'm shocked - shocked - to find gambling is going on in here!
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Louis: Oh, thank you very much.


Rick: Remember this gun is pointed right at your heart.
Louis: That is my least vulnerable spot.


Ilsa: Let's see ... The last time we met ...
Rick: It was La Belle Aurore.
Ilsa: How nice - you remembered. But of course that was the day the Germans marched into Paris.
Rick: Not an easy day to forget. I remember every detail. The Germans wore grey, you wore blue.


Louis: Come to my office in the morning.
Jan: We'll be there at six.
Louis: I'll be there at ten.


Strasser: My impression was that he was just another blundering American.
Louis: We mustn't underestimate American blundering. I was with them when they blundered into Berlin in 1918.


Englishman: We hear very little, and we understand even less.


Ilsa: Play it once, Sam. For old time's sake.
Sam: I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.
Ilsa: Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'.


Rick: You know what I want to hear.
Sam: No, I don't.
Rick: You played it for her, you can play it for me.
Sam: Well, I don't think I can remember -
Rick: If she can stand it, I can. Play it.


("Play it again, Sam" is never actually heard in the movie)


Rick: Here's looking at you, kid.


Rick: Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.


Rick: We'll always have Paris.


Louis: Round up the usual suspects.


Rick: Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.


Strasser: The murder of the couriers - what has been done?
Louis: Realizing the importance of the case, my men are rounding up twice the usual number of suspects.


Rick: Victor Laszlo!
Renault: Rick, that is the first time I have ever seen you so impressed.
Rick: He's succeeded in impressing half the world.
Renault: It is my duty to see that he doesn't impress the other half.


Renault: ... In 1935 you ran guns to Ethiopia. In 1936 you fought in Spain on the Loyalists' side.
Rick: And got well paid for it on both occasions.
Renault: The winning side would have paid you much better.


Renault: ... you overestimate the influence of the Gestapo. I don't interfere with them and they don't interfere with me. In Casablanca I am master of my fate. I am captain of my...
Aide: Major Strasser is here, sir.
Rick: Yeah, you were saying..?
Renault: Excuse me.


Renault: ... it is a little game we play. They put it on the bill, I tear the bill up. It is very convenient.


Rick: Well, my interest in whether Victor Laszlo stays or goes is purely a sporting one.
Strasser: In this case, you have no sympathy for the fox, huh?
Rick: Not particularly. I understand the point of view of the hound, too.


Laszlo: I'm sure you'll excuse me if I am not gracious, but you see, Major Strasser, I'm a Czechoslovakian.
Strasser: You were Czechoslovakian. Now you are a subject of the German Reich!
Laszlo: I've never accepted that privilege.


Laszlo: This is hardly the time or the place.
Strasser: Then we shall state another time and another place. Tomorrow at ten in the Prefect's office.
...
Renault: A very clever tactical retreat, Major.


Berger: We read five times that you were killed in five different places.
Laszlo: As you see, it was true every single time.


Rick (to Annina): You want my advice?... Go back to Bulgaria.


Louis: Did you have a good night's rest?
Laszlo: I slept very well.
Louis: That's strange. Nobody is supposed to sleep well in Casablanca.


Strasser: Captain Renault, are you entirely certain which side you're on?
Renault: I have no conviction, if that's what you mean. I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy.


Laszlo: Isn't it strange that you always happened to be fighting for the underdog?
Rick: Yes. I found that a very expensive hobby, too. But then I never was much of a businessman.


Renault: Ricky, I'm going to miss you. Apparently you're the only one in Casablanca who has even less scruples than I.