Andy Ostergaard Quotes in Unknown World (1951)

Andy Ostergaard: [Reflecting on the expedition's status deep beneath the Earth] You know once when I was working on the Holland Tunnel, I got cut off from my crew for ten hours. I felt this way then.

Wright Thompson: [referring to the scientists] Don't they ever talk?

Andy Ostergaard: Not unless they got something to say. That's the way it is with smart people,

Wright Thompson: Maybe they're not so smart. Maybe they don't know what they're doin' down here.

Andy Ostergaard: Listen, buster. Each one of them has taught at more colleges than you flunked out of.

Wright Thompson: So what are you doing down here among all those brains?

Andy Ostergaard: I manage to make myself useful. It might be well if you did the same thing.