It Came from Beneath the Sea Quotes

Deputy Bill Nash Say, you mean to tell me the Navy sent you down here in one of those jets just so you could go fishing?

Cmdr. Pete Mathews That's about it.

Prof. Lesley Joyce A - you'd want me to miss the opportunity to see this specimen, one that may never come again; B - you'd be making up my mind for me; and C - I not only don't like being pushed around, but you underestimate my ability to help in a crisis.

Prof. John Carter My sympathies are entirely on her side.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Didn't take me very long to lose that argument, did it?

Taglines Havoc! Chaos! Destruction!

Prof. John Carter Look, Pete, you don't see many women in the Seagoing Navy.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Are you kidding me?

Prof. John Carter Oh, shoreside women, sure. But there's a whole new breed who feel they're just as smart and just as courageous as men. And they are. They don't like to be overprotected. They don't like to have their initiative taken away from them.

Prof. John Carter Here, gentlemen, is your villain.

Naval Asst. Sec. Robert David Chase It would take an enormous number of those to disable a Navy submarine.

Prof. Lesley Joyce Or just one of enormous size, Mr. Chase.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews The next time I cruise in these waters I'm going to have torpedoes with warheads on them.

Taglines Can IT Be Stopped?

Taglines IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS!

Narrator From her beginnings on a Navy drawing board, through the months of secret field experiments out on the Western desert, then through the desperate search for new metals with the properties she needed, she was designed to be the nation's greatest weapon of the seas - the atom-powered submarine. Her engines were to be a miracle of speed and power, her sides strong enough to withstand any blow, her armament and fire power of greater force than the worst enemy she might encounter. The mind of man had thought of everything - except that which was beyond his comprehension!

Taglines Out of primordial depths to destroy the world!

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Thought we had the thing figured out. What happened?

Prof. Lesley Joyce I can't tell you. Instead of being driven off, it attacked.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Maybe it wants to fight.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews This is a submarine, John. If it can go underwater, it can go under ships, too. This is a deep channel. Better run below if you don't wanna get wet.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Well, I guess that's it. The sub's been ordered on patrol. We'll be on sea duty for a few months. We'll be seeing you, John.

Prof. John Carter Soon, I hope.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Will I be seeing you, Leslie?

Prof. Lesley Joyce Do you mean when I get back from Cairo?

Cmdr. Pete Mathews I mean, women can change, move away, get married, have families.

Prof. Lesley Joyce Well, there is that possibility; but, uh, A - there isn't time for that to happen to me; B - I can be reached at the school; and C - how would you like to collaborate with me on a book, "How To Catch A Sea Beast"?

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Say, doctor, you were right about this new breed of women!

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Doctor, what kind of a sea beast would be that large? And what do you call it so I can stop calling it It?

Prof. John Carter I have no idea.

Prof. Lesley Joyce Nor have I.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews Do you mind if I make a mental comment upon the nature of women?