– We must not abandon faith! Faith is the most important thing!
– Then why did God plague us with the capacity to think? Mr. Brady, why do you deny the one thing that sets above the other animals? What other merit have we? The elephant is larger, the horse stronger and swifter, the butterfly more beautiful, the mosquito more prolific, even the sponge is more durable. Or does a sponge think?
– I don’t know. I’m a man, not a sponge!
– Do you think a sponge thinks?
– If the Lord wishes a sponge to think, it thinks!
– Does a man have the same privilege as a sponge?
– Of course!
– Then this man wishes to have the same privilege of a sponge, he wishes to think!!!!!!
1): But your client is wrong. He is deluded. He has lost his way. 2): It’s a shame we don’t all possess your positive knowledge of what is right and what is wrong, Mr. Brady.
1): I do not think about things that I…..do not think about. 2): Do you ever think about things that you DO think about?
1): You poor slob! You’re all alone. When you go to your grave, there won’t be anybody to pull the grass up over your head. Nobody to mourn you. Nobody to give a damn. You’re all alone. 2): You’re wrong, Henry. YOU’LL be there. You’re the type. Who else would defend my right to be lonely?
1): You’re the stranger, ain’tcha? Are you looking for a nice, clean place to stay? 2): Madam, I had a nice clean place to stay… and I left it, to come here.
1/ We must not abandon faith! Faith is the most important thing!_____
2/ Then why did God plague us with the capacity to think? Mr. Brady, why do you deny the one thing that sets above the other animals?….. What other merit have we?…. The elephant is larger, the horse stronger and swifter,…. the butterfly more beautiful, ….the mosquito more prolific, …..even the sponge is more durable…… Or does a sponge think?_____
1/ I don’t know. I’m a man, not a sponge!___
2/ Do you think a sponge thinks? ____
1/ If the Lord wishes a sponge to think, it thinks!___
2/ Does a man have the same privilege as a sponge?____
1/ Of course!______
2/ Then this man wishes to have the same privilege of a sponge, HE WISHES TO THINK!!!
1: You ever been in love, Hornbeck?
2: Only with the sound of my own words, thank God
All motion is relative maybe it is you that has moved away by standing still
All motion is relevant, Matt. Perhaps it was you who moved away by standing still.
All of you know what I stand for – what I believe!
All of you know what I stand for – what I believe! I believe in the truth of the Book of Genesis! Exodus! Leviticus! Numbers! Deuteronomy! Joshua! Judges! Ruth! First Samuel! Second Samuel! First Kings! Second Kings! Isaiah! Jeremiah! Lamentations! Ezekiel!…….
An idea is a greater monument than a catherdral.
Darwin was wrong. Man’s still an ape. His creed’s still a totem pole.
Disillusionment is what little heroes are made of.
Don’t you see, that if we ban the teaching of evolution in the public schools today, that tomorrow you can make it illegal to teach it in the private schools. Then, you can make it illegal to print it in newspapers and magazines. Then, you’ll be burning books, if you can do one you can do the other. And soon, your honor, we’ll be marching…BACKWARD, through the glorious ages of the 1600’s, when bigots burned the man who dared bring intelligence and enlightenment to the world.
Every man has a dream.
He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon.
He’s the only man I know who can strut sitting down.
Hello, Devil Welcome to Hell.
Henry – unaware microphone is live): Radio! God, this is going to break down a lot of walls. Radio Announcer – covering microphone with his hand): You’re not supposed to say *God* on the radio! Henry): Why the hell not? Radio Announcer): You’re not supposed to say *Hell* either. Henry): This is going to be a barren source of amusement!
Hooligans of the world unite. You have nothing to burn but your intellectuals.
Hornbeck, I’m getting tired of you. You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something.
I am loved for my detestability. I may be rancid butter, little Eva, but I’m on your side of the bread.
I am more interested in the Rock of Ages than in the age of rocks.
I am more interested in the Rock of Ages then in the age of rocks.
I do hateful things for which people love me, and I do loveable things for which they hate me. I’m admired for my detestability. Now don’t worry, Little Eva. I may be rancid butter, but I’m on your side of the bread.
I don’t swear for the hell of it. Language is a poor enough means of communication. We’ve got to use all the words we’ve got. Besides, there are damn few words anybody understands.
I don’t swear just for the hell of it.
I don’t think about things I don’t think about.
I don’t think that Matt would have made a great president, but I would have voted him for king – just to have you as queen.
I may be rancid butter but I’m on your side of the bread.
I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy.
inherit the wind
It’s the duty of a newspaper to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
Mr. Brady, it is the duty of a newspaper to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
That’s why he hasn’t got an enemy in the world. Only his friends hate him.
The Bible is a book. It’s a good book. But it is not the only book.
The future’s already obsolete.
We’re growing a strange crop of agnostics this year.
What does he think I’m going to do???…. karate-chop him with my loose-leaf note-book???
You’ll be there, Henry. You’re the type. Who else would defend my right to be lonely?
You’re still trying to make sense out of what is laughingly referred to as the human race. Why don’t you take your blinders off? Don’t you know the future is already obsolete?
You’re that type. Who else would defend my right to be lonely?
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