Quotes

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Worth: I have nothing to live for out there. Leaven: What is out there? Worth: Boundless human stupidity. Leaven: I can live with that.

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Quentin: Listen, we can't go climbing around in here. Holloway: Why not? Quentin: There's traps. Holloway: What do you mean, traps? Quentin: Traps. I looked in the room down there and something almost cut my head off.

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Leaven: Shouldn't we wait here? Holloway: For what? Leaven: To see if anybody comes. Worth: No one's going to come.

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Quentin: This guy's the Wren. Holloway: The what? Quentin: He's the wren. The bird of Attica. Flew the coop on six major prisons. Rennes: Seven.

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Quentin: Don't you have a wife, or a girlfriend, or something? Worth: Nope. I've got a pretty fine collection of pornography.

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Kazan: This room is…green. Holloway: Yes it is. Kazan: I want to go back to the blue room.

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Quentin: You could try and help me out here, buddy. Worth: No I couldn't.

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Holloway: I'm talking about where do you hide something this big. Hey, I'm sorry to shake your foundations, Quentin, but you have no idea where your tax dollars go. Quentin: Free clinic doctors? Holloway: Only the military-industrial complex could afford to build something this size. Quentin: Holloway? What is the military-industrial complex? Have you ever been there? I'm telling you, it's not that complex.

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Quentin: That your two bits worth…Worth? Worth: For what it's worth.

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Quentin: Somebody has to take responsibility around here. Worth: And that somebody has to be you. Quentin: Not all of us have the luxury of playing nihilist. Worth: Not all of us are conceited enough to play hero.

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Worth: Holloway, you don't get it. Holloway: Then help me, please. I need to know. Worth: This may be hard for you to understand, but there is no conspiracy. Nobody is in charge. It's a headless blunder operating under the illusion of a master plan. Can you grasp that? Big Brother is not watching you.

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Quentin: Why put people in it? Worth: Because it's here. You have to use it, or you admit it's pointless. Quentin: But it is pointless! Worth: Quentin, that's my point.

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Leaven: If this were right, then we would be outside of the cube. Leaven: No, not outside of the cube. Quentin: Oh. Guess that means we're not having dinner.

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Holloway: How long did you know people were being put in here? Worth: A couple of months. Holloway: That's not long…if you consider your whole life. Worth: I am.

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Leaven: We'll come back for him... Holloway: That's a lie, and you know it.

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Quentin: Sure you can. It's your gift. Leaven: It's not a gift. It's just a brain.

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Leaven: This room moves to 0, 1, and -1 on the X-axis, 2, 5, and -7 on the Y and 1, -1, and 0 on zed. Quentin: And what does that mean? Leaven: You suck at math.

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Holloway: It's so much worse than I thought. Worth: Not really, just more pathetic.

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Leaven: With those numbers, the room should be safe. Quentin: [Laughing] Only one way to find out! [Calmly throws Worth into the room]