“You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.”

“I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.”

“I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.”

“The destruction of this universe would have no significance on a cosmic scale.”

“The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.”

“I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful filmmaker-in that a number of people speak well of me. But none of my films have received unanimously positive reviews, and none have done blockbuster business.”

“I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.—Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper”