Skidoo (1968)

Austin Pendleton: Fred (The Professor)

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Quotes 

• Fred (The Professor) : Hey, look man, I don't know what this is all about, but I've dropped out of your gadget civilization. I've renounced all science and technocracy.

• Prisoner Question Machine : Please an-swer yes or no: Do you have a-ny chil-dren?

  [the men press their buttons, but the Professor looks puzzled] 

  Prisoner Question Machine : Someone hasn't pressed his but-ton! Someone hasn't pressed his but-ton!

  A Prison Guard : What's the idea here, buddy?

  Fred (The Professor) : These machines are silly!

  A Prison Guard : What's the big deal? You just press "yes" or "no".

  Fred (The Professor) : Yes, but suppose my answer is "maybe"...

• Fred (The Professor) : Find yourself in the water.

• Fred (The Professor) : The time has come to seek out the clear light. The light is the flame of your life. Your energy is the life process. Do not fear it. Surrender to it. Join it. It is part of you. You are part of it. Remember the final reality. The all good. The all peaceful. The light. The radiance. That mind and body separate.

• Fred (The Professor) : You may have a high ego retention. Most members of the establishment have. They don't realize the beauty of life without ego. They don't realize the beauty of an egoless life.

• Fred (The Professor) : Your time is come. Where in all things are like a void and cloudless sky. And the naked, spotless intellect is like a transparent vacuum.

• Fred (The Professor) : You need not be frightened. Just remember: wherever you go, you're still here.