"A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent."
"You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us."
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Source: Inherit the Wind. Play by Jerome Lawrence, 1955.
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"Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a counter and says, "All right, you can have a telephone but you lose privacy and the charm of distance. Madam, you may vote but at a price. You lose the right to retreat behind the powder puff or your petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air but the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasoline.""
"Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape."