Look, we're not gonna find a replacement for Howard Beale, so let's stop kidding ourselves. Fully fledged messiahs don't come in bunches. We either go with Howard Beale or we go without him.

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

You can hear this line at 01:45:45.972 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- What about that terrific new messiah that ABC was supposed to have signed up as our competition for next year?

- That's him.

- The bottomless pit is here!

- That's him? Jesus. Turn him off!

- I've got three more, but you've already seen the best ones.

- I've got a guru from Spokane and two more hellfires who see visions of the Virgin Mary.

- Look, we're not gonna find a replacement for Howard Beale, so let's stop kidding ourselves. Fully fledged messiahs don't come in bunches. We either go with Howard Beale or we go without him.

- My reports say we'll do better without him.

- It would be disaster to let this situation go on another week. By then, he'll be down 16 points and the trend irreversible, if it isn't already.

- I think we should fire Howard.

- Arthur Jensen has taken a strong personal interest in the Howard Beale Show.

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