Memorable Quotes from Chris Ellis
3 quotesContingency Plans Amidst Medical Concerns
Deke Slayton
Jim, we've got a problem.
[He and Dr. Chuck find Lovell observing the rocket and launch pad being transported]
Dr. Chuck
I just got some blood work back from the lab. Charlie Duke has the measles.
Jim Lovell
So, we need a new backup.
[Unconcerned]
Dr. Chuck
You've all been exposed to it.
Jim Lovell
Oh, I've had the measles.
Deke Slayton
Ken Mattingly hasn't.
Jim Lovell
You want to break up my crew two days before the launch; when we can predict each others moves, we can read the tone of each others voices?
Dr. Chuck
Ken Mattingly will be getting seriously ill precisely when you and Haise will be ascending from the lunar surface to rendezvous with him.
Deke Slayton
Jim, that's a lousy time for a fever.
Jim Lovell
All right, now look, Jack Swigert has been out of the loop for weeks.
Chris Kraft
He's fully qualified to fly this mission.
Jim Lovell
He's a fine pilot, but when was the last time he was in a simulator?
Chris Kraft
I'm sorry, Jim, I understand how you feel. Now we can do one of two things here. We can either scrub Mattingly and go with Swigert, or we can bump all three of you to a later mission.
Jim Lovell
I've trained for the Fra Mauro highlands, and this is flight surgeon horseshit, Deke!
Deke Slayton
Jim, if you hold out for Ken, you will not be on Apollo 13. It's your decision.
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A Dispute Over Pool Wager
Vinny
Hey, Vincent LaGuardia Gambini--
Lisa
His name's J.T.
Vinny
J.T., I believe you and Lisa played a game of pool for two hundred dollars, which she won; I'm here to collect.
J.T.
How bout if I just kick your ass?
Vinny
Oh, a counteroffer. That's what we lawyers, I'm a lawyer, call that a counteroffer. Let me see, this is a tough decision you're givin’ me here. Get my ass kicked or collect two hundred dollars? Hmm, let me think. I could use a good ass kickin’, I'll be very honest with you. Nah, I think I'll just go with the two hundred.
J.T.
Over my dead body.
Vinny
You like to renegotiate as you go along, huh? Okay then, here's my counteroffer: do I have to kill you? What if I was just to kick the ever-lovin’ shit outta ya?
J.T.
In your dreams.
Vinny
Oh, no, no, no, in reality. If I was to kick the shit outta ya, do I get the money?
J.T.
If you kick the shit outta me...
[contemplates this]
Vinny
Yeah.
J.T.
...then you get the money.
Vinny
What happened? Rear-ended?
Neck Brace
No, I fell.
Vinny
Oh. Okay, let’s see if we agree on the terms. The choice now is: I get my ass kicked, or, option B: I kick your ass, and collect the 200. I'm goin’ wit option B, kickin’ your ass and collectin two-hundred dollars.
[takes his coat off]
J.T.
Are we gon’ fight now?
Vinny
Yeah, first let me see the money.
J.T.
I have the money.
Vinny
All right, show it to me.
J.T.
I can get it.
Vinny
You can get it? All right, get it. Then we'll fight.
Vinny
Did you fall in your place, or somebody else’s?
Neck Brace
My place.
Vinny
Shit.
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Classroom Dispute Over Rocket Experiment
Principal Turner
In the first place, you are not a member of this classroom.
Homer Hickam Jr
Neither are you, Mr. Turner.
[students chuckle]
Freida Riley
Why don't you let the boy defend himself?
Turner
And in the second place, this rocket proves nothing. You've already admitted having lost a number of your rockets. You cannot prove conclusively that another one of them didn't start that fire.
Hickam
Yes, I can.
[starts drawing diagram of rocket trajectory]
Turner
Are we to conclude, Mr. Hickam, that since leaving school, you've not only become an expert in rocket science, but in the field of trigonometry?
Hickam
I didn't say that I was a rock-
Turner
Obviously, you learned more in the coal mines than you did in high school.
[students chuckle again]
Riley
Let the boy talk. Go ahead, Homer.
Hickam
Now, that fire was near Welch, just under three miles from our launch pad. And at the time of the fire, the best that we could do was 1.2 miles which is exactly where we found that rocket, Mr. Turner. See, Mr. Turner, that rocket fell for about 14 seconds, which means that it flew to an altitude of 3,000 feet according to the equation "S" equals one-half "A" "T" squared. Where "S" is the altitude, "A" is the gravity constant or 32 and "T" is the time it took for that rocket to come back down. Velocity equals acceleration times time.
[Explains diagram; writes on blackboard]
Quentin Wilson
Get him, Homer, get him.
[mutters]
Hickam
Are you following this, Mr. Turner?
[students laugh again]
Turner
All right, we're all duly impressed. But do you mind telling me, if you did not start that fire, who did?
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