Interstate 60 Quotes
Bob Cody: Ever hear of Frederick Turner, Mr. Oliver?
Neal Oliver: No, Sir.
Bob Cody: Well, he was an historian. About a hundred years ago he came up with a theory about the frontier. He said the frontier was a safety valve for civilization, a place for people to go to keep from goin' mad. So, whenever there were folks who couldn't fit in with the way things were, nuts, and malcontents, and extremists, they'd pack up and head for the frontier. That's how America got started - all the crackpots and troublemakers in Europe packed up and went to a frontier which became the Thirteen Colonies. When some people couldn't fit in with that, they moved farther west, which is why all the nuts eventually ended up in California. Turner died in 1932, so he wasn't around long enough to see what happened to the world when we ran out of frontier. Some people say we have the frontier of the mind, and they go off and explore the wonderful world of alcohol and drugs, but that's no frontier. It's just another way for us to fool ourselves. And we've created this phony frontier with computers, which allows people to, you know, think they've escaped. A frontier with access fees?
Neal Oliver: What about space? You know, the final frontier!
Bob Cody: Ah, Star Trek, that isn't space. That's television - fine ****in' frontier that is. Besides, how many folks can just pack up and go to space?
Neal Oliver: No, Sir.
Bob Cody: Well, he was an historian. About a hundred years ago he came up with a theory about the frontier. He said the frontier was a safety valve for civilization, a place for people to go to keep from goin' mad. So, whenever there were folks who couldn't fit in with the way things were, nuts, and malcontents, and extremists, they'd pack up and head for the frontier. That's how America got started - all the crackpots and troublemakers in Europe packed up and went to a frontier which became the Thirteen Colonies. When some people couldn't fit in with that, they moved farther west, which is why all the nuts eventually ended up in California. Turner died in 1932, so he wasn't around long enough to see what happened to the world when we ran out of frontier. Some people say we have the frontier of the mind, and they go off and explore the wonderful world of alcohol and drugs, but that's no frontier. It's just another way for us to fool ourselves. And we've created this phony frontier with computers, which allows people to, you know, think they've escaped. A frontier with access fees?
Neal Oliver: What about space? You know, the final frontier!
Bob Cody: Ah, Star Trek, that isn't space. That's television - fine ****in' frontier that is. Besides, how many folks can just pack up and go to space?
Movie: Interstate 60
Neal Oliver: [voice over] Mr. Cody had rather unique tastes in audio stimulation.
Woman on radio: The choice is clear. The Arion 620, the American-made car for the American driver.
Bob Cody: That's a lie. The Arion engines are made in Japan.
Man on radio: Kill Signal, the movie everyone's talking about, from Weber Films.
Bob Cody: [laughs] That's another lie. You're not talking about it.
Another man on radio: We're the U.S. post office, and we care.
Bob Cody: Oh! That's the biggest whopper of all.
Woman on radio: The choice is clear. The Arion 620, the American-made car for the American driver.
Bob Cody: That's a lie. The Arion engines are made in Japan.
Man on radio: Kill Signal, the movie everyone's talking about, from Weber Films.
Bob Cody: [laughs] That's another lie. You're not talking about it.
Another man on radio: We're the U.S. post office, and we care.
Bob Cody: Oh! That's the biggest whopper of all.
Movie: Interstate 60
Neal Oliver: So what are you? An angel or a god?
O.W. Grant: No, no, I'm just a guy that likes to mess with people's heads.
O.W. Grant: No, no, I'm just a guy that likes to mess with people's heads.
Movie: Interstate 60
Neal Oliver: [voice over] I worked graveyard shift at a grocery warehouse, filling orders for the trucks to take to the various stores in the morning. I liked it for three reasons: I'd gotten the job on my own, it paid enough that I did not have to ask the old man for cash, and it annoyed Daniel that his son was even working at such a low class job.
Movie: Interstate 60
O.W. Grant: [after a truck runs over Baker's cell phone and Grant's bike] Oh they say everything happens for a reason... Me? I guess I just needed a new bike.
Movie: Interstate 60