Alfred Kinsey Quotes in Kinsey (2004)

Alfred Kinsey: Everybody's sin is nobody's sin, and everybody's crime is no crime at all.

Reporter: Any plans on a Hollywood picture based on the book?

Alfred Kinsey: I can't think of anything more pointless.

Thurman Rice: There's a cure for syphilis... and it's called abstinence.

Alfred Kinsey: Penicillin works just as well!

Clyde Martin: Just one more question. You've just told me your entire history: childhood, family, career, every person you've ever had sex with. But there hasn't been a single mention of love.

Alfred Kinsey: That's because it's impossible to measure love. And, as you know, without measurements there can be no science. But I have been thinking a lot about the problem lately.

Clyde Martin: Mmh, "problem"?

Alfred Kinsey: When it comes to love, we're all in the dark.

Clyde Martin: So, you do think it matters?

Alfred Kinsey: [Kinsey is teaching his first class] Who can tell me which part of the human body can enlarge a hundred times. You, miss?

Female Student: [indignantly] I'm sure I don't know. And you've no right to ask me such a question in a mixed class.

Alfred Kinsey: [amused] I was referring to the pupil in your eye, young lady.

[class laughs]

Alfred Kinsey: And I think I should tell you, you're in for a terrible disappointment.

Clyde Martin: [re: sexuality chart] So what do you think you are now?

Alfred Kinsey: [nervously] Probably around a... 3

Clyde Martin: Have you ever done anything about it?

Alfred Kinsey: [shakes his head]

Clyde Martin: Would you like to?

Alfred Kinsey: Mac, did I ever tell you about the Mbeere?

Clara McMillen: No, not that I recall.

Alfred Kinsey: They're an ancient East African tribe. They believe that trees are imperfect men... eternally bemoaning their imprisonment. The roots that keep them stuck in one place. But I've never seen a discontented tree. Look at this one! The way its roots are gripping the ground. I believe it really loves it.

[from trailer]

Alfred Kinsey: Love is the answer, isn't it? But sex raises a lot of very interesting questions...

Clyde Martin: You know, this thing between Prok and me was fine for a while, but I guess I just really miss sleeping with women.

Alfred Kinsey: That's perfectly understandable. It's clear from your history you have a greater sexual interest in women than men.

Clyde Martin: Good. Then you won't mind if I ask Mac to have sex with me. Only if it appeals to you, of course.

Clara McMillen: Would it be separately or together?

Clyde Martin: Oh, no, definitely just you and I.

Clara McMillen: I think I might like that. What do you think, Prok?

Alfred Kinsey: The doctors say my heart sounds like a cement mixer.

Clyde Martin: At least they found one.

Alfred Kinsey: When it comes to love, we are all in the dark.

Alfred Kinsey: I see marriage as a life-time partnership between equals.

[first lines]

Alfred Kinsey: Don't sit so far away. Anything that creates a distance should be avoided.

Clara McMillen: A gall wasp in amber! How old is it?

Alfred Kinsey: About 80 million years. Does Mrs. Kinsey like her wedding present?