Memorable Quotes from Lee Majdoub
1 quoteAuthority and Disagreement in Leadership
Dr. Robotnik
Are you in charge here?
Major Bennington
Yes, I am.
Robotnik
Nope!
Bennington
My–
Robotnik
Wrong!
Bennington
Name–
Robotnik
I'm in charge!
Bennington
Is Major—
[getting frustrated at Robotnik's interruptions]
Robotnik
Me!
Bennington
Ben–
Robotnik
I'm in charge. You've never seen anything like this before. This says I'm the top banana, in a world full of hungry little monkeys. Allow me to clarify. In a sequentially-ranked hierarchy, based on level of critical importance, the disparity between us is too vast to quantify. Agent Stone?
[whispers; makes zipping noise]
Agent Stone
The doctor thinks you're basic.
Robotnik
I'm initiating a sweep sequence. Ten miles in every direction should suffice. Is he still looking at me funny?
[glances back]
Stone
Yes, he is.
Robotnik
Tell him to stop, or I'll pull up his search history.
Stone
If you don't stop looking at the Doctor, he'll take a closer look at–
Bennington
I'm not deaf!
Robotnik
And tell him his men report to me now, blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah!
Bennington
Excuse me? Listen, pal. I don't know if you realize–
Robotnik
I'm sorry, Major. What was your name?
Bennington
Benning–
Robotnik
Nobody cares! Nobody cares. Listen, Major Nobody-Cares, you know why nobody cares who you are? Because nobody cares about your feeble accomplishments. And nobody cares how proud your Mommy is that you're now reading at a third-grade level. Have you finished ] yet? Spoiler alert: she dies in the end. But she leaves a big creepy egg sac. Ah, my babies! Look what came out of my egg sac! You know what I love about machines? They do what they're told. They follow their programming! They don't need time off to get drunk and put the boat in the water! And you do what you're told: stand over there on the edge of your personal abyss, and watch my machines do your job. Can you feel it, Stone?
[[w:Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web; as his egg-shaped drones emerge; chuckles; to Bennington; Bennington steps away with a bitter look]
Stone
I can feel it, Doctor.
Robotnik
It's evolution, Stone! It's evolution!
[sending commands to his drones]
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