Prof. Killick Quotes in The Captain's Paradise (1953)

Prof. Killick: [With Capt. St. James and others at table in the ship's dining room] Captain, the trouble with the human race is, that it's entirely sub-human.

Capt. Henry St. James: There, Professor, I must raise a small cry of protest.

Prof. Killick: I ignore it. Mankind has consistently misused science, ever since Prometheus brought down fire from Heaven.

Capt. Henry St. James: In my opinion... I was just going to say, that the only hope for civilization...

Prof. Killick: [Interrupting] There isn't any!

Capt. Henry St. James: ...is that every device of science - radio, television, all of them - shall be used to show one half of the world how the other lives.

Mr. Wheeler: Well put, Captain.

Capt. Henry St. James: Within reason, of course...