Merchant: 'So you have lived on the possessions of others?' Saddhartha: 'Apparently. The merchant also lives on the possession of others.' Merchant: 'Well spoken...
Merchant: Look at this! Yes! Heh, heh. Combination hookah and coffee maker, also makes julienne fries. Will not break! [taps it on table] Merchant: Will not... [it falls apart] Merchant: It broke!
I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans ...
[first lines after the opening song] Merchant: Ahh! Salaam and good evening to you, worthy friend. Please, please, come closer. [camera hits him in the face] Merchant: Too close! A little too close. [camera backs up] Merchant: There. Welcome to Agrab...
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano!
Serve no one with your gift, but all.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
You speak an infinite deal of nothing.
The fiend gives the more friendly counsel.
If there are many buyers in the market, the merchant doesn't wash his turnips.
You are blessed with a knack for sucking the wonder out of the extraordinary.
When a merchant talks about sheep he means the hide.
Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain.
All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd.
The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself.
Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.
Whenever you look back and say "if" you know you're in trouble. There is no such thing as "if". The only thing that matters is what really happened.
By my soul I swear, there is no power in the tongue of man to alter me.
Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
I want to say right here that the easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends.
