Yesterday I announced on this program that I was going to commit public suicide. Admittedly, an act of madness. Well, I'll tell you what happened. I just ran out of bullshit.

— Howard Beale (Peter Finch)

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11 seconds sound clip from the Network (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:18:36.714 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- In five, four, three, two...

- One.

- One, cue VTA.

- Cue announcer.

- The UBS evening news with Howard Beale.

- Ready, two? Two, cue Howard.

- Good evening. Today is Wednesday, September the 24th, and this is my last broadcast.

- Yesterday I announced on this program that I was going to commit public suicide. Admittedly, an act of madness. Well, I'll tell you what happened. I just ran out of bullshit.

- All right, cut him off.

- Leave him on.

- Am I still on the air?

- If this is how he wants to go out, this is how he goes out.

[...]

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