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Donovan's Brain Quotes

"A dead man's brain in a hidden laboratory told him to KILL... KILL... KILL"

1953 · 1h 23m
62
Audience
62
Audience
3 quotes
A Conversation on Fame and Utility
Dr. Patrick J. Cory I think someday you'll be as famous as ].
[[Marie Curie|Madame Eve Curie]
Janice Cory We'll if I'm as useful to you as she was to her husband, I'll settle for that.
Dr. Patrick J. Cory You're just as useful and lots prettier.
Exploring the Chemistry of the Human Mind
Dr. Patrick J. Cory Perhaps I'll cure Frank and every other alcoholic if I can solve the mystery of Donovan's Brain. I think it's a matter of chemistry how the brain thinks. The problem is to find out what chemical combinations are responsible for success... failure... happiness... misery.
Janice Cory Sounds impossible.
Dr. Patrick J. Cory But it is not. It can't be. There has to be a way.
A Surgeon’s Struggle with Sobriety
Dr. Patrick J. Cory My dear Dr. Schratt, you sober up with more grace than anyone I ever saw. You're terrific. C'mon, let's go.
[after Cory wakes Scratt up from a drunken stupor; pauses and shrugs]
Dr. Frank Schratt Are you kidding? Look! Nope.
[He holds out his shaking hand]
Dr. Patrick J. Cory Frank, don't let me down.
Dr. Frank Schratt What's more useless than a surgeon with a hangover? I'm a drunken zero.! I pass!
Dr. Patrick J. Cory No, you don't. I'd rather have you do a corneal transplant for me drunk than anyone else sober. Let's go boy.
[Pulls him by the arm]
Dr. Frank Schratt You're brilliant but not normal.
Dr. Patrick J. Cory So are you, but are you and who is?
[Laughs]