Dark Star (1974)

Brian Narelle: Lt. Doolittle

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Quotes 

• Doolittle : [Doolittle convinces the bomb not to explode] 

  Doolittle : [1:12:12]  Hello, Bomb? Are you with me?

  Bomb #20 : Of course.

  Doolittle : Are you willing to entertain a few concepts?

  Bomb #20 : I am always receptive to suggestions.

  Doolittle : Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist?

  Bomb #20 : Well, of course I exist.

  Doolittle : But how do you know you exist?

  Bomb #20 : It is intuitively obvious.

  Doolittle : Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist?

  Bomb #20 : Hmmmm... well... I think, therefore I am.

  Doolittle : That's good. That's very good. But how do you know

  Doolittle : that anything else exists?

  Bomb #20 : My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun.

• Doolittle : [8:28]  Don't give me any of that intelligent life stuff, just give me something I can blow up

• Bomb #20 : [1:14:14]  Intriguing. I wish I had more time to discuss this.

  Doolittle : [frantic]  Why don't you have more time?

  Bomb #20 : Because I must detonate in 75 seconds.

• Boiler : [54:08]  What's Talby's first name?

  [pause as Doolittle thinks] 

  Lt. Doolittle : What's *my* first name?

• Lt. Doolittle : [1:19:38]  The bomb must have gone off inside the ship

  Talby : The ship blew up? What?

  Lt. Doolittle : Funny, I thought I had the damned thing convinced.

• Doolittle : [1:05:57]  Bomb, this Doolittle. You are *not* to detonate in the bomb bay. I repeat, you are NOT to detonate in the bomb bay!

• Commander Powell : [1:08:50] 

  [in cryogenic deep freeze after passing away] 

  Commander Powell : Tell me Doolittle. How are the Dodgers doing?

  Doolittle : They... they broke up. They disbanded over fifteen years ago!

  Commander Powell : Aah... pity. Pity.

• Boiler : [51:08]  He told us this story... four years ago, didn't he?

  Doolittle : No I think it was four years ago.

  Boiler : [pauses]  That's what I said.

  Boiler : [sometime later]  I'm sure it was four years ago.

• Sgt. Pinback : [9:11]  What are you gonna name it?

  Doolittle : What?

  Sgt. Pinback : The new star; what are you gonna name it?

  Doolittle : Who cares? Don't bother me.

• Doolittle : [42:54] 

  [reminiscing about surfing in Malibu] 

  Doolittle : You know, I wish I had my board with me... even if I could just wax it once in a while.