Favorite Sweeney Todd Quote- Page 2

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 1/18/06 at 2:47pm

It would be easier for me to open up my own barber/pie shop and eat half of New York than to pick one SWEENEY quote above the others.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 1/18/06 at 3:05pm

"Business never better using only pussie cats and toast, and a ****'s good for maybe 6 or 7 at the most, and I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste"

"Todd:
The sound of the world out there,
Mrs.Lovett:
What,Mr.Todd?What,Mr.Todd?What is that sound?
Todd:
Those crunching noises pervading the air,
Mrs.Lovett:
Yes,Mr.Todd.Yes,Mr.Todd.Yes,all around.
Todd:
It's man devouring man my dear
BOTH:
And who are we to deny it in here"

And the first time I heard: "We've got some sheperd's pie peppered with actual sheperd on top" I think I laughed really hard, had a mini-orgasm, and fell in love with Sondheim since then.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 1/18/06 at 3:09pm

"It is perhaps remiss of me to close the court so early, but the stench of those miserable wretches at the bar was so offensive to my nostrils I feared my eagerness for fresher air might well impair the soundness of my judgment."

Please correct me if I am wrong in saying that that quote is perhaps one of the most long winded sentences you ever heard

[jv92]

Posted: 1/18/06 at 3:24pm

"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it's filled with people who are filled with ****."

Love it.

[OverTheBoone]

Posted: 1/18/06 at 10:14pm

For some reason, one of my favorite lines is this:
"So what if none of their souls were saved? They went to their maker impeccably shaved."

And some of the puns in A Little Priest are so stupid that they are hilarious.

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 1/19/06 at 12:24am

Freshman year our Opera Dept. did Sweeney (don't get me started...) and all the theatre kids kept quoting "Mrs. Lovett, you're a bloody wonder eminently practical and yet appropriate as always. Mrs. Lovett, how I looooooove you. Push you in the oven!" We sung it in this horrid German-type accent (lord knows why) and actually convinced (she didn't know the score) that the phrase "Push you in the oven" was a lyric. It wasn't until she saw the production that she realized it was us singing a stage direction.

[twogaab2]

Posted: 1/19/06 at 9:49am

"You are young, You will learn".

Something for ALL of us to think about.

[littleredridinghood]

Posted: 1/19/06 at 11:21am

"locksmith?"

[wherethehorizonlies]

Posted: 1/19/06 at 11:03pm

hahaa! i love the pause after "locksmith" and the reactions on both of the DVD's...brilliant comedy moment!

[lady godiva]

Posted: 1/20/06 at 1:37am

if i cannot fly, let me sing.

[TheaterChick04]

Posted: 1/20/06 at 7:55am

I love Sweeney Todd! But my two favorites are:

"It's Priest, have a little priest.."

"Good things come to those who wait" -I love that quote!

[broadway betty]

Posted: 1/20/06 at 9:35am

"you shall drip rubies, you'll soon drip precious rubies" --love it!

"and the vermin of the world inhabit it--but not for long! they all deserve to die..." --I always get chills during this part.

[Luvinbroadway]

Posted: 1/20/06 at 12:25pm

Mrs. L. (the setup for A Little Priest)
"Yes, we could do that....."
"You know me...bright ideas just pop into my head".

[MimiJudith]

Posted: 1/20/06 at 12:39pm

Both from "By the Sea":

"You and me, Mr. T, we could be alone
In a house wot we'd almost own..."

"Have a nice sunny suite for the guest to rest in,
Now and then, you could do the guest in!"

[the_shrew]

Posted: 1/21/06 at 2:23pm

Not a song lyric, but I love the harmonium line.

"...and a real bargain it was, too, it being only partly singed when the chapel burnt down."

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 1/21/06 at 6:06pm

Choosing a favorite Sweeney Todd lyric is almost impossible. Most of my faves have already been mentioned, but I have to add these lyrics, cause they're really silly, funny and cute (words not usually associated with Sweeney Todd! lol):

Johanna: I think I heard a noise
Anthony: Fear not
Johanna: I mean another noise!
Anthony: Like what?
Johanna: Oh, never mind,
Just a noise
Something in the street,
I'm a silly little
Ninnynoddle!

Anthony: (at the same time)
You musn't mind
It's a noise
Just another noise
Something in the street
You silly...

And, from the same song:

J: I'll take my reticule
I need my reticule
You musn't think
me a fool
But my reticule
Never leaves my side
It's the only thing
My mother gave me-
Kiss me!

A: (at the same time)
Why take your reticule?
We'll buy a reticule
I'd never think
you a fool
But a reticule...
Leave it all aside
And begin again and
Kiss me!

[jam_man]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 2:49am

"Slow, love, slow.
Time's so fast.
Now goes quickly -
See, now it's past!
Soon will come, soon will last.
Wait."

[jasonf]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 10:27am

"uhh...how many bells ARE there?"

[pattifan2]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:01pm

'I am, sir, entirely at your disposal.' - speaks for itself.

And when Mrs. Lovett puts the muffler around Toby's neck and says 'How warm it'll keep you when the nights draw in'. Not necessarily a favourite line, but it gives you the chills (especially with that underscoring) when you know what she's got in mind for him.

[wherethehorizonlies]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:54pm

how intersting - i've seen the show so many times and i never realized that Mrs. L wanted to kill Toby...weird!

that's one of my favorite things about the theatre...discovering things :)

sorry for the threadjack - back to business

[PerforMeg]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:01pm

In the finale when Sweeney sings "Lucy...I've come home again." Chills up the spine every time, and I think sometimes people miss it because they are listening to Lovett-two brilliant sections overlapping! Arrrgh!

"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it and it's morals aren't worth what a pig could spit.."

On bad days I think this about New York.

Also. "Good, you got it" in Little Priest

[pattifan2]

Posted: 1/23/06 at 7:34am

WYHL - not sure that she actually wants to kill him but she knows at that point that 'the boy - he's guessed' and she knows that she's got to do something to silence him. That whole 'uneasy' underscoring signals this and creates a great moment for the actress.

Updated On: 1/23/06 at 07:34 AM

[Katurian2]

Posted: 1/23/06 at 8:40am

Yes- I also got the same impression. Mrs. Lovett only keeps Toby in beacuse she doesn't want him blabbing to everyone. She has not compassion for him.

[BroadwayPhil]

Posted: 1/23/06 at 9:48am

"Freinds.... you shall drip rubies" chilling moment from My Friends. Duet with Mrs. Lovett

[jasobres]

Posted: 1/23/06 at 11:04am

I'd say my all-time favorite meaningful quote would have to be:
"To seek revenge may lead to Hell/But everyone does it and seldom as well."