If you put a seven-foot Triceratops head into a small living room, there's apt to be no room left for anything else.

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dinosaurs l. sprague de camp

8 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp classic radio drama series.

You can hear this line at 00:06:21 in the radio play.

Quote context

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- Well, you see, I've always run a grocery store till my uncle died and I've got a great deal of money now.

- I'm building a new house. I'm engaged, you know, getting married...

- Well, I'm determined to hang a dinosaur head over my fireplace or die in the attempt.

- A ceratopsian, I think. That's the one with the big horned head and the frill over the neck, isn't it?

- Well, you want to think twice about that, you know.

- If you put a seven-foot Triceratops head into a small living room, there's apt to be no room left for anything else.

- I know it's ridiculous but I'm determined to do something big for once.

- Since there's no more real big-game hunting, I'm going to shoot a dinosaur and hang his head over my mantel. I'll never be happy otherwise.

- We decided to make it to the Middle Cretaceous. That's about... eight-five million years ago. It's the best period for dinosaur in Missouri.

- So we drove Holtzinger into the country to let him try the six-nought-nought.

- It's rather heavy.

- Look, you look out... there's quite a kick.

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X Minus One Sound Clip

Quotes with audio samples from the old-time science fiction radio drama series "X Minus One" that was broadcast from 1955 to 1958 on NBC.

Actors: Fred Collins (Announcer), Wendell Holmes, Bill Zuckert, Peter Capell

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