Boy on a Dolphin

Monk at Meteora Monastery:
[Upon meeting Parmalee, who has just ascended to the Meteora Monastery via a hand-operated "elevator"] Welcome to Meteora.

Victor Parmalee:
May I ask, who carries your insurance?

Monk at Meteora Monastery:
We put our trust in the Almighty.

Victor Parmalee:
A very safe company.

Phaedra:
He's important man, Mr. Calder, huh?

Victor Parmalee:
In his pedestrian way. "Incorruptible Jim," I call him.

Phaedra:
You know him a long time?

Victor Parmalee:
Our paths have crossed and re-crossed: in Dresden, Rotterdam, Florence - wherever the Nazis looted. Raphaels, Rembrandts, even down to a dreary little china pot, which belonged to Madame Pompadour... there was always Captain Jim Calder of the U.S. Army, restoring priceless objects to their rightful owners - a typical middle-class gesture.

Victor Parmalee:
You'll dive with Calder - dive all over the Aegean Sea. Except in one spot: the spot with the boy on a dolphin.

Phaedra:
But sir...

Victor Parmalee:
[Cutting her off] Dive until he runs out of patience, runs out of ambition, out of money, out of oxygen, and hope!

Phaedra:
[Tapping her finger to her temple] Oh, Mr. Parmalee, you have plenty of noodle, you know?

Victor Parmalee:
Thank you.

Phaedra:
Now, we all have wine!

Victor Parmalee:
Jim, you're talking to me as if I were a man of honor... I'm not!

Dr. Hawkins:
[Suddenly realizing that he's going to receive a smaller share of the treasure than originally thought] Well, there's an old Greek proverb, that says a third of something is better than half of nothing.

Dr. James 'Jim' Calder:
May I remind you of Paragraph 9 of the Penal Code of Greece:

[reading from a book]

Dr. James 'Jim' Calder:
"Any and all objects of a historical value cannot under any circumstances be removed from Greek territory or territorial waters. They...

Victor Parmalee:
[quoting by memory]... they are to be considered the property of the Greek nation."

[pause]

Victor Parmalee:
Yes, Jim, I know all about Greek Paragraph 9 - *I'm* the reason they wrote it!