The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series)

The Re-Collectors Affair (1965)

George Macready: Demos

Quotes 

• Demos : Some of the finest masterpieces ever painted. You think I'd let every uneducated lout drool over them? A great painting dies a little, step by step, with every uninformed glance that falls upon it. Did you know that? If it is great, it has life, and if it has life, it can die.

• Demos : You are an imaginative man.

  Napoleon Solo : Not really. Just stubborn.

• Demos : You know, I can't help wondering just who you expected to answer this ad of yours, and whether your apparent naiveté is natural or assumed. But we'll find out, won't we?

• Demos : How keen is your palate, Mr. Nassau? One of these wines is worthless. The other is virtually priceless. See if you can tell which is which.

  Napoleon Solo : I won't, if you don't mind. I promised my dear old mother that I wouldn't drink until I was 20.

  Demos : You hurt my feelings. That was not only discourteous, it was extremely dangerous.

  Napoleon Solo : I'm sure it's no more dangerous than your wine.

  Demos : Oh, there are subtler ways of making a man talk. Suppose you tell me who you really are.

• Demos : And you're concealing nothing from us?

  Napoleon Solo : No, I'm as innocent as an unborn child.

  Demos : And just as vulnerable. You know, there was a time once when one had to beat a man to find out what he was hiding. But these times are more civilized, don't you think?

  Napoleon Solo : I'd prefer not to have that done, if you don't mind. You see, I'm quite allergic to needles, Mr. - ?

  Demos : Demos. Claude Alphonse Demos. And when you know me better, you'll also know that I like to have my own way. It's part of the philosophy I live by.

• Demos : Even when you're playing a part, it pains me to see you with another man.

  Genevieve Fiamma : And all for nothing.

  Demos : Get him for me, darling. Bring Mr. Solo to the cellar.

  Genevieve Fiamma : I will.

• Demos : If the world were not full of fools, how would honest criminals make a living?

• Napoleon Solo : It seemed to me to pose a puzzle.

  Demos : And you have come up with an answer?

  Napoleon Solo : No, but I've come up with another question.

• Demos : The last time this weapon was used, it killed the great chevalier Bayard. You see, my dear, history lives on. Only people die. But how wonderful to be killed with so historical a weapon.

  Genevieve Fiamma : They are not worthy of it.

  Demos : Oh, you're wrong, my dear. To protect all this, no weapon could be more appropriate.

• Napoleon Solo : So this is the little lot that you smuggled out of Germany.

  Demos : What an imaginative way to describe the world's finest art collection. But you're an imaginative man, aren't you, Mr. Solo?

  Napoleon Solo : Mm, not really. Just stubborn.

• Napoleon Solo : It is beautiful.

  Demos : Yes. Too beautiful for the vulgar.