Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 31

"He came to my house once, and I put a bottle of cognac in front of him, and he finished it in one
  sitting. When his eyes were flickering - he wasn't drunk - I said this is the time to ask him the
  question 'why'? His answer was 'I was a Nazi, and I believed that the Germans were doing wrong...
  when they started killing innocent people - and it didn't mean anything to me that they were Jewish,
  to me they were just human beings, menschen - I decided I am going to work against them and I
  am going to save as many as I can'. And I think that Oscar told the truth, because that's the way
  he worked."

- Murray Pantirer, a Schindler survivor asked Oskar Schindler why he helped the Jews and he was given this
  answer.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 30

"Jesus!" Luke exclaimed.
"Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling."

- City of Bones (Mortal Instruments)

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sunday, February 6, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 28

"What truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me to the physical, the metaphysical,
 the delusional, and back. I've made the most important discovery of my career... the most important
 discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be
 found. [looking at Alicia]
 I'm only here tonight because of you. You're the only reason I am... You are all my reasons.

- From John Nash's Nobel speech in A Beautiful Mind

Saturday, February 5, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 27

Marge: What kind of civilized people eat the body and blood of their savior!?
[Camera pans to Reverend Lovejoy nervously fidgeting with his Clerical collar.]
- The Simpsons

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 26

Jim Tigerfish: What the hell is this?
Speed: That's a warrant to search the premises.
Jim Tigerfish: For what?
Speed: For items looted from an air-crash site. What'd you think, you were going to sell them
            on eBay?
- CSI: Miami