Doctor Dolittle

"Did you know that an ant has more intelligence than a hippopotamus? And that a grasshopper, in relation to his size, has more power in his hind legs than a kangaroo. Absolutely, fascinating! There's no doubt about it, animals are much more interesting than people."

"We'll play a little game I invented. One of us opens the atlas at random, sticks a pin in the open page, wherever it lands, that's where we go."

"You know, bein' is prison is much the same as being on a boat. Except in prison there's less chance of drowning."

"You should never believe anybody who goes around telling the truth. They're not to be trusted."

"Tommy Stubbins: I was thinking, that if you sold your fish barrow and I sold my grandfather's watch, we could buy a boat and go to China!"

"Matthew Mugg: Oh, you're the middle of two ends of a fine fella, Tom, and it's a beautiful proposition. But, don't you see the problem?"

"Matthew Mugg: Well, do you speak Chinese?"

"Matthew Mugg: Then if you sell your grandfather's watch and we go to China, how are you going to tell the time?"