The Prisoner

The Prisoner Quotes

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.

Number 6: Be seeing you.
Number 6: I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own. I resign.
Number 6: I am not a number. I am a person.
Number Two: [about The Prisoner] He's an individual, and they're always trying.
Labour Exchange Manager: Good, you are honest. That is of use. Honesty attracts confidence, and confidence is our core of our business. See how honest I am being with you?
[Postman delivers a letter]
Postman: Special delivery. Sign your number here, Number Six.
Number 48: Thanks for the trip, dad.
Number 6: Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your imprisonment, and will die here like rotten cabbages.
Number 6: Everybody votes for a dictator.
Number 6: I also have a problem. I'm not sure which side runs this Village.
Number 6: If I knew where I was sailing from I could calculate where I was sailing to.
Woman: [Tearfully] How can you doubt me?
Number 6: It's easy, and I'm waterproof; a little drizzle won't wash away my doubt.
Number 6: Bad habit of mine, playing with lighters. I'll probably start a fire one day.
Number 6: Last week, Number 14 was an old lady in a wheelchair. You're new here, and you're one of them.
Number 2: [shouting] Why, why, why did you resign?
The Double: The trouble with science is that it can be perverted.
Number Two: I'm the boss.
Number 6: No. One is the boss.

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