- Do you suppose they even know what a microbe is?
- I doubt it. Some of them may have heard the word, but I expect they think it's a sort of fly.

— Dr Knock (Robert Morley)

jules romainsrobert morleyviruses

8 seconds sound clip from the Dr Knock (Theatre Royal 1954) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:10:30.844 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- But my dear sir, as a schoolmaster of this town, you really ought to face up to your responsibilities. Teaching people here the laws of health...

- Setting up the right standards of household hygiene, of good heavens, the hundred and one things a doctor and a schoolmaster can only do if they do them together.

- But Doctor Parpalaid never told me. Doctor Knock never once suggested...

- Good heavens, to think of these wretched people left to their own devices, hygienically, prophylactically.

- They certainly are.

- I'll wager they drink the water here and never give a thought to the billions of bacteria in every mouthful.

- No, I'm sure they don't.

- Do you suppose they even know what a microbe is?

- I doubt it. Some of them may have heard the word, but I expect they think it's a sort of fly.

- Terrible, terrible.

- Well, it'll naturally take a little time now to destroy this fool's paradise, but we must do our best, you and I. We must do our best.

- Oh, I'm quite willing. I only fear I shan't be of much help.

- Somebody who knows you very well tells me that you have one serious fault. You are too modest.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

Here in this town live some hundreds of people, a featureless, meaningless mess of humanity. What is my task? To rescue and resolve each one of them into a scientific individuality, into a medical existence of his own.
Do you suppose they even know what a microbe is? -I doubt it. Some of them may have heard the word, but I expect they think it's a sort of fly.
But now, like an organist at his keyboard, I pull a stop, I touch a note, and from far off, the sounds respond.
When I speak to you please answer 'yes, doctor' or 'no, doctor'. And when you talk of me say 'the doctor did this' or 'the doctor said so and so'. It's the thing I'm most particular about. -Er, yes doctor.
No old herb women? No white witches? -Oh, nothing like that. -Good. Then the reign of medical science can begin.

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

 

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy