Dr. Amusa Quotes in The Hot Rock (1972)

Dr. Amusa: I won't pay a penny more than $25,000 a man.

Dortmunder: I didn't ask for any more.

Dr. Amusa: It comes to a total of exactly $100,000. Four men. If you need five, you'll each take less.

Kelp: What if we can do it with three?

Dr. Amusa: That will still be $25,000. I wouldn't want to encourage greed.

Kelp: There's no greed around here, Doctor. We're all men of goodwill.

Dr. Amusa: If I weren't a man of goodwill, I might think that some of us lied about the prison records of others of us. As it is, I know it was only an oversight.

Dr. Amusa: I'm really quite disenchanted with the results you're getting.

Kelp: Things could be worse, Doctor. I mean, at least we know where it is. Now, all we need is a little plan.

Dr. Amusa: [in a mocking tone] "Here's the matériel request, Doctor. You'll notice there's a SUBMARINE on it! But don't get excited, we don't need anything atomic. Just your standard, ordinary sub. We're used to hardships."

Dr. Amusa: [On being presented with yet another request for assistance] I've heard of the habitual criminal, of course. But I never dreamed I'd become involved with the habitual CRIME.

Dr. Amusa: Someday the schoolbooks of my country will sing your praises.

Kelp: I don't think we want this noised around, do we, Doctor?

Dr. Amusa: I was taking poetic license.