The Spiral Road (1962)

Burl Ives: Dr. Brits Jansen

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• Dr. Anton Drager : Dr. Jensen?

  Dr. Brits Jansen : Who did you expect, Robinson Crusoe?

• Dr. Anton Drager : I don't give a damn whether you think I'm suited to this work or not.

  Dr. Brits Jansen : Well said. Well said. There's hope for you yet.

• Dr. Brits Jansen : [to Dr. Drager]  I'll bunk in with you. I snore like an elephant but that's your problem.

• Dr. Brits Jansen : I take it you don't believe in God.

  Dr. Anton Drager : Frankly, no.

• Dr. Brits Jansen : All I need is a half bottle of gin and a ton of breakfast.

• Dr. Brits Jansen : The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. And I had no right to play God.

• Dr. Brits Jansen : You know, totuk, as you get older, it's the relationship that counts, not the nature of it.

• Dr. Brits Jansen : Back in so-called civilization, you can ignore God and get away with it. But out here in the jungle, God takes people who say he doesn't exist, pushes them with his finger, and makes them squirm a little. There are times out here when you can almost hear the Old Boy humming.

• Dr. Brits Jansen : Willem said you had a cross to bear, and you do. And sooner or later, it's going to break you, boy. But not here. I can't afford it. I'll get a replacement as quickly as I can.

• Dr. Brits Jansen : You don't give a damn about what we're trying to do out here.

  Dr. Anton Drager : I don't intend to bury myself forever, sweating my life away in these islands. For what?

  Dr. Brits Jansen : I thought you knew, but you don't. And there's no way that I can explain it to you.

  Dr. Anton Drager : Explain what? Killing yourself for people who can't even say your name?

  Dr. Brits Jansen : I know my name. But I'm beginning to forget yours fast, because I don't know what you care about or who you care about.