Adrian Carsini quotes from Columbo

Adrian Carsini

Titian would have gone mad trying to mix so beautiful a red. And he would have failed dismally in the attempt.

[at a wine auction] Do you really need it, Mr. Carsini?

Adrian Carsini

Nobody really needs a $5000 bottle of wine, Karen. I just don't want anybody else to have it.

Adrian Carsini

That's ironic.

Lt. Columbo

Sir?

Adrian Carsini

Well, I-I'm probably one of the few men in the world that could have told you that wine was spoiled and-and told you it was because it was overheated.

Lt. Columbo

Yes, sir. It required a very delicate palate.

You're trying to turn me back into an employee.

Adrian Carsini

You were never anything but an employee.

Not anymore, Adrian, not anymore. I'm your partner now. And I intend on getting a great deal more from you than 700 a month and two weeks paid vacation. I gave you twelve years of my life. Now it's your turn to give me something.

Adrian Carsini

You can't force me into loving you, Karen.

Maybe not. But you don't have to love me to marry me. Lots of marriages have been built on much less.

Lt. Columbo

Do I get a confession, sir?

Adrian Carsini

Oh yes. I'll confess. There's no remorse attached to it. It's a great weight off my mind as a matter of fact.

Lt. Columbo

Why's that, sir?

Adrian Carsini

Well you see, Karen had guessed the truth. She was turning the thumbscrews on me. She's, uh, quite a little iron maiden, that lady. I guess freedom is purely relative.

Adrian Carsini

You've learned very well, Lieutenant.

Lt. Columbo

Thank you, sir. That's the nicest thing anybody's ever said to me.