Marvin Miller: Michael Anthony

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Michael Anthony : [to the viewers]  My name is Michael Anthony. In my middle twenties, I applied for the position of executive secretary to John Beresford Tipton, one of the world's few multibillionaires. I never dreamed that my hard but fascinating job would turn me into a biographer. It is said that a man's home is his castle. John Beresford Tipton's home was literally a castle. Silverstone, 60,000 acres of beauty and privacy, included a model dairy.

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters the dairy area of Silverstone where he discovers Tipton milk-bottle feeding a calf. Tipton is off-camera with only his hands visible to the viewers as he feeds his calf]  You sent...

  John Beresford Tipton : Sssshhh.

  [Continues feeding the calf] 

  Michael Anthony : [Quieter]  You sent for me, sir?

  John Beresford Tipton : [chuckling]  Look at her, Mike. Isn't she a bonnie lass?

  Michael Anthony : Indeed, she is, sir. She could truly be called a Holstein version of the Golden Calf.

  John Beresford Tipton : [chuckles]  The Golden Calf. The Bible cautions us against worshiping the Golden Calf.

  Michael Anthony : And calls the love of money the root of all evil.

  John Beresford Tipton : Right, Mike. Not money, but the love of money.

  [Hands an envelope to Anthony] 

  John Beresford Tipton : Let's see whether one million dollars turns this person into a worshipper of the Golden Calf.

• Michael Anthony : [Removing a case history folder from a locked cabinet and speaking to the viewers]  This person, like many of us, had affluence for a goal. But many snares and pitfalls lay along the path to that goal.

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony raps at the door of Don Lewis, who responds]  Mr. Lewis?

  Don Lewis : Yes.

  Michael Anthony : Donald Boynton Lewis?

  Don Lewis : Yes.

  Michael Anthony : My name is Michael Anthony. May I come in?

  Don Lewis : Well, sure.

  [Lewis motions to the chair on which Anthony can sit] 

  Michael Anthony : [Removing items from his briefcase]  Mr. Lewis, I represent an anonymous donor who has authorized me to present you with $1,000,000.

  Don Lewis : What?

  Michael Anthony : It's true, Mr. Lewis.

  [Presenting a check] 

  Michael Anthony : This is a cashier's check for $1,000,000 made out to you.

  Don Lewis : A million dollars? Nobody is going to hand me a million dollars.

  Michael Anthony : Somebody has, Mr. Lewis.

  Don Lewis : It doesn't make sense.

  Michael Anthony : You're not the first person to receive this gift. There have been many others..

  [Unfolding a document] 

  Michael Anthony : Now these are the terms governing it. By signing this document, you pledge yourself to reveal to no one, except your wife, the exact amount of this gift or the circumstances under which you received it. If you break this pledge, whatever money you still have will be reclaimed by the donor.

  [Extracts a pen from his pocket]