What they forget is every time they build a better mousetrap, the mice get smarter, too.
— Whiplash Willie Gingrich (Walter Matthau)
5 seconds sound clip from the The Fortune Cookie (1966) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:44:39 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- What's that? Don't tell me it's chop suey.
- He's gonna give you a shot to help you pass those tests.
- Oh! I'm not taking any shots from a waiter.
- What do you mean, waiter? This is Doc Schindler from Chicago.
- Howdy.
- Those insurance guys, they think they're such geniuses.
- What they forget is every time they build a better mousetrap, the mice get smarter, too.
- You'll be careful, won't you, Doc?
- I'd better be because I'm on parole.
- They caught me tampering with a horse at Arlington Park.
- Well, actually, he's a dentist.
- Where do you want it? Right arm and left leg. Make them good and numb.
- Sure. We want those nerves blocked.
- Oh, then I better use the Novocaine. Because with this stuff, he'll run the mile in 1:34 flat.
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