Primer Quotes

Aaron So...does it hurt?

Abe Yeah. Yeah it does a little.

Bradshaw You know what they do with engineers when they turn 40? They take them out and shoot them.

Taglines What happens if it actually works?

Aaron How many times would it take before he got it right? Three? Four? Twenty? I've decided to believe that only one more would have done it. I can almost sleep at night, if there's only one more. Slowly and methodically, he reverse-engineered a perfect moment. He took from his surroundings what was needed, and made of it something more. And once the details had been successfully navigated, there was nothing left to do but wait for the conflict. Maybe the obligatory, last minute moral debate until the noise of the room escalates into panic and background screams, as the gunman walks in. And eventually, he must have got it perfect, and it must have been beautiful with all the praise and adoration he had coming. He had probably saved lives, after all. Who knows what would have happened if he hadn't been there?

Abe Whoa. You're bleeding.

Aaron I got it.

Aaron Is this normal? This isn't normal.

Abe For the machine?

Aaron No, for people! What you think, it's the machine?

Aaron All right, I got it!

Aaron Do you feel like a steak?

Aaron To eat?

Aaron I am trying, okay, I really am here.

Aaron Meticulous, yes. Methodical. Educated. They were these things. Nothing extreme. Like anyone, they varied. There were days of mistakes and laziness and infighting. And there were days, good days, when by anyone's judgment, they would have to be considered clever. No one would say that what they were doing was complicated. It wouldn't even be considered new. Except maybe in the geological sense. They took from their surroundings what was needed, and made of it something more.

Abe I just want you to see it the way I saw it.

Aaron I am trying, okay, I really am here.

Abe Look, everything we're putting into that box becomes ungrounded, and I don't mean grounded like to the earth, I mean, not tethered. I mean, we're blocking whatever keeps it moving forward and so they flip-flop. Inside the box it's like a street - both ends are cul-de-sacs. I mean, this isn't frame dragging or wormhole magic, this is basic mechanics and heat 101.

Aaron This is not mechanics and heat.

Abe And I don't think there's ever been any reason to show you what I'm capable of...but I'm telling you this now. Go out there and do whatever it is you want. There's no way in the world I can stop you, but don't come back here. And don't come near them. Any of them.

Abe Aaron, I can imagine no way in which this thing could be considered anywhere remotely close to safe. All I know is I spent six hours in there and I'm still alive... You still want to do it?

Aaron Are you hungry? I haven't eaten since later this afternoon.

Aaron What's worse, thinking you're being paranoid or knowing you should be?

Taglines If you always want what you can't have, what do you want when you can have anything?

Abe Maybe it was the dramamine kicking in, but I remember this moment in the dark with the reverberation of the machine. It was maybe the most content I've ever been.

Kara Did you call pest control?

Aaron Babe, I'm telling you, they're birds. You don't want a bunch of dead baby birds up there. Do you?

Kara They don't sound like birds.

Aaron She thinks there are rats in the attic.

Aaron You're talking about making a bigger one.

Aaron That is no static shock.

Abe Do you have anything important going on at work today?

Aaron I hope you're not implying that any day is unimportant at Cortex Semi.