T.E. Lawrence: The Law says the man must die... If he dies, would that content the Howitat? Auda abu Tayi: Yes. T.E. Lawrence: Sherif Ali. If none of lord Auda's men harms any of yours, will that content the Harith? Sherif Ali: Yes. T.E. Lawrence: Th...
General Allenby: I've got orders to obey, thank God. Not like that poor devil. He's riding the whirlwind. Mr. Dryden: Let's hope we're not.
Prince Feisal: And I must do it because the Turks have European guns. But I fear to do it. Upon my soul I do. The English have a great hunger for desolate places. I fear they hunger for Arabia.
[regarding the bullet wound on Lawrence's arm] Turkish Bey: Where did you get this wound? T.E. Lawrence: That is old, effendi. Turkish Bey: No, it is recent. You are a deserter. But from which army? Not that it matters at all. A man can't always be i...
Bartender: [after Lawrence enters with a dirty Bedouin] This is a bar for British officers! T.E. Lawrence: That's all right. We're not particular.
Auda abu Tayi: [his last words, to Ali] Being an Arab will be thornier than you suppose, Harith!
Jackson Bentley: Is Major Lawrence in there? Is he in trouble? Mr. Dryden: I would suspect so. We all have troubles. Life is a vale of troubles.
General Allenby: I fight like Clausewitz, then you fight like Saxe! T.E. Lawrence: We should do very well, then, shouldn't we?
Majid: Aurens! Can you pass for an Arab in an Arab town? T.E. Lawrence: If one of you will lend me some dirty clothes.
General Allenby: What about your Arab friends? What about them? T.E. Lawrence: I have no Arab friends. I don't want Arab friends ! General Allenby: What in Hell do you want, Lawrence? T.E. Lawrence: I told you! I just want my ration of common humanit...
[Lawrence and Ali watch as British cannons fire in the distance] Sherif Ali: God help the men that lie under that. T.E. Lawrence: They are Turks. Sherif Ali: God help them.
T.E. Lawrence: I'm to "assess the situation". Colonel Brighton: Hmph! Well that won't be too difficult. The situation's bloody awful.
General Murray: I may as well tell you, it's my considered opinion and that of my staff that any time spent on the Bedouin will be time wasted.They're a nation of sheep-stealers. Mr. Dryden: They did attack Medina. General Murray: And the Turks made ...
T.E. Lawrence: Sherif Ali!. So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people. Greedy, barbarous and cruel, as you are. Sherif Ali: Come. I will take you to Feisal. T.E. Lawrence: I do not want your ...
Colonel Brighton: I've been waiting for you. T.E. Lawrence: Did you know I was coming? Colonel Brighton: I knew someone was coming. I mean Feisal told me. T.E. Lawrence: How did he know? Colonel Brighton: Not much happens within 50 miles of Feisal th...
Auda abu Tayi: [Auda starts the attack on Aqaba with these words] Make God your agent!... Aqaba!
Farraj: Lord, can we not rest? [riding on the camel along with Lawrence and Daud] T.E. Lawrence: I told you, no rest till they know that I have Aqaba... Have you two slept in beds? Farraj? Daud? With sheets? [they nod like saying no] T.E. Lawrence: T...
Colonel Brighton: Damn it, Lawrence! Who do you take your orders from?
