I'd hoped to take back the knowledge and the advancement that mankind had made. Instead, I find vegetables.

— H. George Wells (Rod Taylor)

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

You can hear this line at 01:06:21 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- As a matter of fact, I'm from right here.

- That's where my house used to be many thousands of years ago.

- You see there? From there up to those panels was my laboratory. And beyond the panels was where my garden used to be.

- Right there. That was my library. Where I once sat talking with friends about the time machine.

- You know, I'd hoped to learn such a great deal.

- I'd hoped to take back the knowledge and the advancement that mankind had made. Instead, I find vegetables.

- The human race reduced to living vegetables.

- They're gone.

- Are you all right? (2)

- That was a Morlock, was it?

[...]

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