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Danny Goldman Quotes

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Memorable Quotes from Danny Goldman

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A 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]