Lionel Atwill Quotes

Professor Moriarty Drop by drop, Holmes. Drop by drop. Ah, in a way I'm almost sorry. You were a stimulating influence to me but it was obvious that I should win in the end.

Dr. Jerry Xavier Now, it is my theory, that one of us in the past, through dire necessity, was driven to cannibalism. The memory of that act was hammered like a nail into the mind of that man. Shrewd and brilliant, he could conceal his madness from the human eye, even from himself... but he can't conceal it from the eyes of the radio sensitivity.

Professor Moriarty Brilliant man, Sherlock Holmes. Too bad he was honest.

Joe Worth I've got an idea that will get us out of all this, you and I have absolutely no money but we have got this.

Ivan Igor Fire insurance? Is this your idea of humor my friend?

Joe Worth Yes fire insurance, that's our way out.

Dr. Paul Rigas ...eventually a race of superior men can be developed, men whose only wants are electricity.

Dr. John Lawrence But, man, you're challenging the forces of Creation!

Dr. Paul Rigas The forces of Creation? Bah! You know as well as I do that more than half the people of the world are doomed to a life of mediocrity - born to be nonentities, millstones around the neck of progress, men who have to be fed, watched, looked over, and taken care of by a superior intelligence. My theory is to make these people of more use to the world. By successive treatments their bodies can be so electrolyzed that they are no longer subject to the pains and frailties of ordinary mankind.

Dr. John Lawrence Sometimes I think you are mad.

Dr. Paul Rigas I am! So was ], ], ], ], Lister, and all the others who dared to dream!

Dr. Jerry Xavier Good evening, Professor Duke, how are you feeling tonight?

Dr. Duke Horrible.

Dr. Jerry Xavier Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

Dr. Duke Well, if it makes you feel sorry to hear things like that, then don't ask questions!

Dr. Haine Professor, since we retired this body has been... It has been...

Dr. Jerry Xavier I know, but I don't want her to know.

Professor Moriarty Closer to the end, Holmes. Closer and closer. Each second a few more drops leave your desiccated body. And you can feel em can't you? You're perfectly conscious aren't you, Holmes?

Sherlock Holmes I shall be conscious long after you're dead, Moriarty.

Mayor Of Vasaria We must be more clever this time. We must pretend to be friends with the monster.

Vazec Yes, why not elect it mayor of Vasaria?

Eric Gorman Mr. Gates, never be afraid of a wild animal. Let it alone, and it'll leave you alone. That's more than we can say of most humans.

Peter Yates You mean that you really like these, eh?

Eric Gorman Beasts? I love them. They're honest in their simplicity, their primative emotions... They love, they hate, they kill.

Irena Borotyn I felt her deadly cold breath on my throat. I must have fainted. I knew no more.

Inspector Neumann I know. We all thought our vampire scheme was so simple, so certain of success. We never thought we'd fail.

Dr. Wells Dr. Xavier is still working on his theory that strong mental repressions, phobias hidden in the darkest corners of the subconscious mind, can be brought to the surface and made to register, through certain reactions of the heart. Am I correct, professor?

Dr. Jerry Xavier Precisely. And tonight I hope to prove my theory.

Police Commissioner Stevens What's your theory of the killer?

Dr. Jerry Xavier A neurotic, of course. Some poor devil suffering from a fixation.

Police Commissioner Stevens A fixation? What do you mean?

Dr. Jerry Xavier A knot or kink tied in the brain by some past experience. A madness that comes only at certain times when the killer is brought in direct contact with some vivid reminder of the past.

Police Commissioner Stevens It's hard to believe that.

Dr. Jerry Xavier Yes, for a policeman I suppose it is. But I tell you that locked in each human skull is a little world all its own.

Inspector Krogh One doesn't easily forget, Herr Baron, an arm torn out by the roots!

Dr. Paul Rigas Dan McCormack, as you knew him, was doomed the first day he came into this laboratory.

Ernie Paul Somebody get a doctor! Is there a doctor in the house?

Dr. Fish I'm a doctor.

Ernie Paul You're a doctor? See what you can do for him.

Dr. Fish There's nothing I can do for him. The man's dead!

Dr. Jerry Xavier I want every one of you to submit to a psycho-neurological test. An experiment that I have devised, which I hope will prove each one of us innocent.

Dr. Rowitz But, if it should prove otherwise?

Dr. Jerry Xavier Well then, my dear doctor, surely one's own... "farewell to life"... is preferable to that demanded by the law.

Maria Yes! Yes! He had a white face! A dead white face with burning eyes, and a ghastly wound on his head.

Prof. Zelin It was Count Mora.

Maria Yes! Yes!

Inspector Neumann Have you been drinking?

Maria No! No, sir! If I have, I hope to choke on the next one!

Prof. Zelin This is no time for levity!

Joe Worth I don't hope to impress you, but I've got to tell you we haven't a farthing.

Ivan Igor That is unfortunate.

Joe Worth You're right it's unfortunate, 15,000 pounds it's cost me and you say it's unfortunate as though I've spilled soup on my vest.

Ivan Igor Your money may have been very well invested you never know, something important may come of all this.

Joe Worth Something important has got to come of all this, you know the rent on this place isn't paid?

Ivan Igor Is that a fact?

Joe Worth No I'm lying to amuse myself.