John Brent Quotes in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

John Brent: That thing out there, an atomic bomb... is your god?

Cornelius: If you are caught by the gorillas, you must remember one thing.

John Brent: What's that?

Cornelius: Never to speak!

John Brent: What the hell would I have to say to a gorilla?

John Brent: [indicating Nova] She can't help you. She can't even talk! Don't harm her.

Albina: *We* never harm anyone, Mr. Brent. *You're* going to harm her.

John Brent: [Dr. Zira pours a powder on Brent's wound] Ow! What is that damn stuff?

Dr. Zira: You wouldn't know if I told you. Just relax. Among other things, I'm a trained vet.

John Brent: [to a sleeping Nova] Are you... what we were... before we learned to talk and made a mess of everything?

John Brent: When may we hope to be released?

Caspay: You may hope whenever you wish.

Taylor: [as Nova slowly dies, gunned down by a gorilla] Well, that tears it. Maybe we should just let the world blow up. The gorillas, every damned... what it comes to.

[with a dry little man-sob of despair]

John Brent: [Intense, full of fury] Taylor, come on. Come on!

Taylor: Yeah.