Memorable Quotes from Danny Goldman
1 quoteA Question of Vermicelli and Movement
Student
Dr. Frank... Fronkensteen.
[Dr. Frankenstein gives him a stern look]
Dr. Frankenstein
Yes?
Student
Isn't it true that ] preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extraordinary means, it actually began to move with a voluntary motion?
[[Charles Darwin|Darwin]
Dr. Frankenstein
Are you speaking of the ] or the spaghetti?
[[worm]
Student
Why the worm, sir.
Dr. Frankenstein
Yes, it does seem I read something about that incident when I was a student. But, you got to remember that a worm, with very few exceptions, is not a human being.
Student
But wasn't that the basis of your grandfather's work? The reanimation of dead tissue?
Dr. Frankenstein
My grandfather was a very sick man.
[getting annoyed]
Student
But as a Fronkensteen, aren't you the least ] about it? Doesn't bringing back to life what was once dead hold any intrigue for you?
[air quotes; [curious]
Dr. Frankenstein
You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a ]. Dead is dead!
[getting more annoyed; [Madness|lunatic mind]
Student
But look at what has been done with hearts and kidneys!
Dr. Frankenstein
Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys! I'm talking about the central nervous system!
[raising voice]
Student
But sir...
Dr. Frankenstein
I am a ], not a ]! You have more chance of reanimating this scalpel than you have of mending a broken nervous system!
[shouting; [scientist; [philosopher]
Medical Student
But what about your grandfather's work, sir?
Dr. Frankenstein
My grandfather's work was doodoo! I am not interested in death! The only thing that concerns me is the preservation of life! Class...is...dismissed.
[jams the scalpel into his leg, lets go of the scalpel and it sticks upright out of his leg, grasps it again, then slowly crosses his legs to block the scalpel from view]
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