Why is it that we usually ignore the forth dimension? Because we have no freedom of movement within it. You see, we can move in the other three: Up, down, forward, sideways, backward, but when it comes to time, we are prisoners.
— H. George Wells (Rod Taylor)
15 seconds sound clip from the The Time Machine (1960) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:09:10 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Let's take that box. It has the first three dimensions, as you said.
- All right. What's in that box?
- No!
- You've given a most lucid explanation, but I'm afraid I don't quite understand.
- There are many things in this world you don't understand, aren't there?
- You don't refuse to believe in them, because of that, do you?
[...]