I want to do things according to Hoyle.
2 seconds sound clip from the When Worlds Collide (1951) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:55:11.321 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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[...]
- Hello, Dave. I've been looking for you.
- Not to quarrel about your sense of ethics, just to ask you why.
- I haven't any more right to a ride on that ship than any other man in this camp.
- I'll grant you that. I'll even admit my motive was a selfish one.
- I want to do things according to Hoyle.
- But, well, Joyce is pretty important to me.
- I'd do anything to insure her chances, wouldn't you?
- It isn't a free ride for Joyce. She's qualified to go.
- No. Now, look, Doctor, I've wrestled with this thing for weeks.
- I can give you a dozen reasons why I shouldn't go. Can you give me one good reason to include me?
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