I.Q. (film) Quotes

I.Q. (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . I.Q. completed its run in 1970.

It features Fred Schepisi as producer, Jerry Goldsmith in charge of musical score, and Ian Baker (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

I.Q. (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of I.Q. (film) is 95 minutes long. I.Q. (film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Walter Matthau as Albert Einstein, Walter Matthau as Albert, Meg Ryan as Catherine Boyd, Tim Robbins as Ed Walters, Gene Saks as Boris Podolsky, Stephen Fry as James Moreland, Lou Jacobi as Kurt Godel, Charles Durning as Louis Bamberger, Tony Shalhoub as Bob Rosetti, Frank Whaley as Frank, and Joseph Maher as Nathan Liebknecht.

I.Q. (film) Quotes

Tony Shalhoub as Bob Rosetti

• (Tony Shalhoub) "It's not that hard. You just call her up and say, "Hello, I'm a lying grease monkey.""

• (Tony Shalhoub) "This has gotta be the dumbest thing anybody ever did to impress a dame."

• (Tony Shalhoub) "You're Albert Einstein."
• (Walter Matthau) "Yes."
• (Tony Shalhoub) "E equals M C squared."
• (Walter Matthau) "I hope so."

Meg Ryan as Catherine Boyd

• (Meg Ryan) "He is a mechanic."
• (Walter Matthau) "I was a clerk in a patent office. Faraday was a carpenter. Isaac Newton was an insurance salesman."

• (Meg Ryan) "Uncle Albert."
• (Walter Matthau) "I'm steering ze boat --"

• (Meg Ryan) "Isaac Newton was not an insurance salesman."

• (Meg Ryan) "You took Albert Einstein for a ride on that thing?"
• (Tim Robbins) "Sure."
• (Meg Ryan) "Well don't ever do that again."
• (Tim Robbins) "Come on. He loved it. He went Wahoo."
• (Meg Ryan) "Wahoo?"
• (Tim Robbins) "When's the last time he said Wahoo?"
• (Meg Ryan) "Well I'm sure I don't know."
• (Tim Robbins) "When's the last time you said Wahoo?"
• (Meg Ryan) "Well I'm sure I don't know."

Joseph Maher as Nathan Liebknecht

• (Joseph Maher) "Ahh, he threw the racket up to get the birdie. He threw Godel's cane up there to get the racket."
• (Lou Jacobi) "I threw Podolsky's golf club up there to get even with him."

Walter Matthau as Albert

• (Walter Matthau) "If you had had a nickel for every nickel that he has, you would have a lot of nickels."

• (Walter Matthau) "Are you thinking what I am thinking?"
• (Tim Robbins) "Well what would be the odds of that happening?"

• (Walter Matthau) "Don't let your brain interfere with your heart."

Tim Robbins as Ed Walters

• (Tim Robbins) "Frank, this is Albert Einstein, the smartest man in the world."
• (Frank Whaley) "How they hanging?"

• (Tim Robbins) "-- nuclear configuration, is given given by the expectation value of the nuclear Hamiltonian of the state of n neutrons and n protons. Reaction will occur if the energy of the fused state is lower than the energy of the two separate nuclei."
• (Tim Robbins) "Go on. Go on."
• (Tim Robbins) "Our task is to see if the dynamics dictated by the interaction Hamiltonian generates a sufficiently rapid reaction to make cold fusion powered engines feasible."

• (Tim Robbins) "You see, you have a Lucas type four generator on a 12-volt system, and you know the British. They'd rather spend time gluing wood on a dashboard than getting the electrical system right."
• (Stephen Fry) "Fascinating, but what is wrong with the car?"
• (Tim Robbins) "Well, my guess is your stroke is too short and you're getting premature ignition. Does it ever feel that way?"

Gene Saks as Boris Podolsky

• (Gene Saks) "We're going to throw Godel up there next."

• (Gene Saks) "James. How's the rat business?"
• (Stephen Fry) "Well, actually it's mostly students I'm experimenting on now."
• (Lou Jacobi) "My God, the mazes must be enormous."

Charles Durning as Louis Bamberger

• (Charles Durning) ""New Jersey: Leader in Intergalactic Rocket Exploration." How's that sound for a license plate?"
• (Tim Robbins) "Long?"

• (Charles Durning) "Look at that; red, green, black. It's like having four pens in one. What an exciting time to be alive."

Stephen Fry as James Moreland

• (Stephen Fry) "I mean, it's not as if he has never shown signs of normal intelligence."
• (Meg Ryan) "Think of that. Nuclear fusion."
• (Stephen Fry) "I suppose these things happen. Idiot-savant, you know. A mental patient plays perfect chess. A nine year old from Alabama suddenly starts speaking in iambic pentameter --"

Lou Jacobi as Kurt Godel

• (Lou Jacobi) "I would rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right."

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