I put my trust in time and waited for the rock to wear down around me.

— H. George Wells (Rod Taylor)

7 seconds sound clip from the The Time Machine (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:44:56 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- The molten rock cooled.

- I prayed wondering how many centuries, how many eons must pass before the wind and rain could wear away the mountain that enclosed me.

- Darkness. Darkness for centuries.

- I wondered if there was still a war being waged on the ground above me, if man would still exist on earth, when I saw the sun again.

- The centuries rolled by.

- I put my trust in time and waited for the rock to wear down around me.

- I was free again.

- Thousands of centuries had passed, but the earth had stayed green.

- There was no winter, no wars.

- Had man finally learned to control both the elements and himself?

- I had to stop and find out.

[...]

The Time Machine (1960) Sound Clip

The Time Machine (1960) Poster

Sound clips of the most memorable quotes from The Time Machine (1960 film, based on the 1895 novella of the same name by H. G. Wells).

Actors: Rod Taylor (H. George Wells), Alan Young (David Filby / James Filby)

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