Our destruction could have been avoided but for the vanity of some who consider us indestructible.
9 seconds sound clip from the Superman (1978) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:39:10 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- First, you cannot serve humanity 28 hours a day.
- 24.
- Or 24 as it is in Earth time.
- Second, your enemies will discover their only way to hurt you: By hurting the people you care for.
- Our destruction could have been avoided but for the vanity of some who consider us indestructible.
- Were it not for vanity, why at this very moment I could embrace you in my arms... my son.
- Reports are coming in of a miraculous saving of Air Force One...
- A burglar was apprehended by a man in a blue suit and red cape...
- Rescuing Miss Lois Lane writer on the Daily Planet, with one hand, and a...
- Yeah, that'll be the day, huh? I said, that'll be the day when a guy could fly, huh?
[...]
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Actors: Marlon Brando (Jor El), Christopher Reeve (Clark Kent Superman), Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor), Margot Kidder (Lois Lane), Jackie Cooper (Perry White), Glenn Ford (Jonathan Kent), Ned Beatty (Otis)
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