The Last Man on Earth (1964) - Quotes

Alone in a World of Darkness

Tagline: Alive among the lifeless... alone among the crawling creatures of evil that make the night hideous with their inhuman craving!

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Contemplating Life as the Last Human Survivor

Tagline: Do you dare to imagine what it would be like to be... the last man on Earth... or the last woman?

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Nighttime Haunts in Desolate Streets

Tagline: By night they leave their graves, crawling, shambling, through empty streets, whimpering, pleading, begging for his blood!

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The Concept of Choice in Isolation

Ruth Collins: But you lived through all this. Do you know why?

Robert Morgan: Perhaps I was chosen.

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Hope Amid Uncertainty in Humanity's Survival

Dr. Mercer: You're the only one who wasn't afraid to come here today.

Robert Morgan: What's going to happen, Dr. Mercer? Is everybody in the world going to die before someone finds the answer?

Dr. Mercer: No, I don't think so. I don't deny there's some strange evolutionary process going on, but mankind won't be destroyed. The fact that you and I are working here today is evidence of that.

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Late Arrival and Unchanging Attitude

Ben Cortman: Who is it?

Robert Morgan: It's me, Ben! We're late!

Robert Morgan: Ben, what's the matter with you?

Ben Cortman: Nothing and I'm going to keep it that way.

Robert Morgan: Ben, look, let's talk about this.

Ben Cortman: There's nothing to talk about. You think I'm out of my mind. You laughed at me and my theory. You might be one of them.

Robert Morgan: Ben, look, you're ill. You ought to see a doctor.

Ben Cortman: No doctors! You take care of your life, I'll take care of mine. Now get away from here. You understand, get away from here!

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A Comment on Lab Work and Mortality

Ben Cortman: You're whistling past the graveyard.

Robert Morgan: Is that a commentary on my work at the lab?

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Debating the Nature of Fear and Stories

Ben Cortman: There are stories being told, Bob.

Robert Morgan: By people who are out of their minds with fear.

Ben Cortman: Maybe. But there are too many to be just coincidental. Stories about people who have died and have come back.

Robert Morgan: They're stories, Ben, stories.

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Desperation in a Darkened World

Kathy Morgan: Mommy, where are you? Mommy, I can't see.

Ben Cortman: Morgan! Do you hear, Morgan? Morgan, come out!

Virginia Morgan: [after becoming a vampire] Let... me... in.

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Isolation and Identity in a Changed World

Robert Morgan: Freaks! All of you, freaks! Mutations! I'm a man! The last... man...

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Skepticism Towards New Societal Ideas

Robert Morgan: Your new society sounds charming.

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Desperate plea for connection in isolation

Robert Morgan: This is Robert Morgan. If somebody can hear me, answer me. For God's sake, answer me!

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A New Beginning Each Day

Robert Morgan: Another day... another day to start all over again.

The Burden of Proximity to Evil

Robert Morgan: Better put that garlic back where it belongs. I can't live a heartbeat away from hell and forget it.

Struggle for Survival in Isolation

Robert Morgan: [filling up a bag with stakes] How many more of these will I have to make before they're all destroyed? They want my blood. It's their lives or mine. I still get squeamish.

The Dangers of Anger and Vulnerability

Robert Morgan: I can't afford the luxury of anger. Anger can make me vulnerable. It can destroy my reason and reason's the only advantage I have over them.