General Allenby: I've got orders to obey, thank God. Not like that poor devil. He's riding the whirlwind.Mr. Dryden: Let's hope we're not.
No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees. There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.
Colonel Brighton: Look, sir, we can't just do nothing.General Allenby: Why not? It's usually best.
Mr. Dryden: Well. It seems we're to have a British waterworks with an Arab flag on it. Do you think it was worth it?General Allenby: Not my business. Thank God I'm a soldier.Mr. Dryden: Yes, sir. So you keep saying.