Oh, nuts. People were always rotten. But the world was beautiful.
— Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson)
9 seconds sound clip from the Soylent Green movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:35:49 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- And now you know what you've been missing. There was a world once, you punk.
- Yes. So you keep telling me.
- I was there. I can prove it.
- I know. I know. When you were young, people were better.
- Oh, nuts. People were always rotten. But the world was beautiful.
- It's late. I gotta get to work.
- What have you dug up on Simonson?
- I've got a handful of reference work 20 years out of date.
- You throw out a name and you expect a miracle.
[...]