- Well, if we do get canned, we won't be the only ones to lose our jobs because of a machine.
- I understand thousands of people are being replaced by these electronic brains.

— Peg Costello (Joan Blondell)

10 seconds sound clip from the Desk Set (1957) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:00:16 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Give me my bottle, quick.

- What do you suppose it'll be like here next Christmas when we're gone?

- Do you think EMMARAC will throw a party?

- Don't talk that way. It's bad luck to talk like that. It's Christmas!

- It's Christmas.

- Well, if we do get canned, we won't be the only ones to lose our jobs because of a machine.

- I understand thousands of people are being replaced by these electronic brains.

- Hey! Look, this one's from Mildred Pittinger.

- She had your job, Ruthie.

- I know what it is. It's a picture of herself and her husband.

- Ooh. Oh! They had a baby. Oh, it's cute.

- All babies are cute.

- Let's drink to Mildred's baby. Mildred's baby.

[...]

Desk Set (1957) Sound Clip

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Quotes from the movie Desk Set (1957), featuring short sound clips with voice, which you can use as ringtones or for sharing them with friends.

Actors: Spencer Tracy (Richard Sumner), Katharine Hepburn (Bunny Watson), Gig Young (Mike Cutler), Joan Blondell (Peg Costello)

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