Paul:
We control our thoughts which mean nothing, and not our emotions which mean everything.
Paul:
Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill thousands and you're a conqueror. Kill everyone and you're a god.
Elisabeth:
I don't think God exists.
Paul:
We shall see.
Catherine-Isabelle:
Give us a TV and a car, but deliver us from liberty.
Robert:
Ever notice there's the word "mask" in masculine? And also "ass"?
Paul:
And in feminine?
Robert:
Nothing.
Paul:
We'd often go to the movies. We'd shiver as the screen lit up. But more often, Madeline and I would be disappointed. More often we'd be disappointed. The images flickered. Marilyn Monroe looked terribly old. It saddened us. It wasn't the film we had dreamed, the film we all carried in our hearts, the film we wanted to make... and secretly wanted to live.
Paul:
How's it going?
Robert:
[
Seated at cafe table] Terrible!
Paul:
What's wrong?
Robert:
I'm saying things are terrible until 10:00.
Paul:
[
To the waiter] An espresso.
[
To Robert]
Paul:
It's 10.05 now.
Robert:
Really? Then everything's all right.
Paul:
Man's conscience doesn't determine his existence. His social being determines his conscience.
Paul:
Times had changed, It was the age of James Bond and Viet Nam. Hope swept the French left as the December elections loomed. I turned 21 two days before.
Paul:
To have a conscience is to be open to the world.
Paul:
To be faithful is to act as if time didn't exist.
Paul:
Wisdom would be to see life, truly see it. That would be wisdom.
Scene title:
The mole has no consciousness, yet it burrows in a specific direction.
Scene title:
This film should be called "The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola."
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