Pvt. Jackson Leroy Quotes in Renaissance Man (1994)

[Rago tells Leroy about Leon Battista Alberti, the archetypal "Renaissance Man."]

Bill Rago: But you know what I remember most about him?

Pvt. Jackson Leroy: No.

Bill Rago: They said that he could stand, with his feet together like this, and spring straight over a man's head.

Pvt. Jackson Leroy: [laughs] Really?

Bill Rago: If Leon Battista Alberti couldn't have done that, I wouldn't have remembered a thing about him.

Pvt. Jackson Leroy: So, wait... he was sort of like a smart jock, wasn't he?

Bill Rago: That's right.

Pvt. Jackson Leroy: Now there's an oxymoron, isn't it?

Bill Rago: You got it.