Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney quotes

View Quote If I had only known then who I was now.

View Quote For what I am about to receive, may I make myself truly thankful.

View Quote I was only trying to do what's expected me. I recall as a sign of normalcy in our circle to slaughter anything that moves.

View Quote Behaviour which would be considered insanity in a tradesman is looked upon as mild eccentricity in a lord.

View Quote Sometimes God turns His back on His people and breaks wind. And the stench clouds the globe!

View Quote [as Grace is about to kiss him] Not here in the garden. Last time I was kissed in a garden it turned out rather awful.

View Quote [after electro-shock therapy] Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time into this breeding world. I'm cured of fantasy obsessions, paranoid delusions. I master words. 'I' - straighten up there. 'AM' - close up with 'I' - you horrible little word. 'GOD.' I AM GOD. Not the god of love, but God Almighty. I massacred the Amalekites and the Seven Nations of Canaan. I hacked Agag to pieces and blasted the barren fig tree, for the day of vengeance is in my heart! You lunar jackass, she betrayed you. Guilty, guilty, guilty. The punishment is death. I've finally been processed. They made me adjust to modern times. This is 1888, isn't it? I'm Jack, Cunning Jack, Quiet Jack. Jack whose sword never sleeps. Hats off, I'm Jack. Not the good shepherd, not the prince of peace. I'm red Jack, spring-heeled Jack, Jack from Hell. Trade name: Jack the Ripper! [He produces a knife, flicks it open, and slashes at a bag of flour] Mary, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, Alice, Mary Kelly. [singing] 'Six little whores, glad to be alive. One sidles up to Jack, and then there are five.'