- Business Man: We have already sacrificed our youth. Can we do more?
- The speechwriter: My approach was a rather philosophical one. About being human year after year. This is how I see it. Life is time, and time is a stretch of road. That makes life a journey, a trip. Don't you think so?
- Stefan: Yes. I guess you could look at it that way.
- The speechwriter: Yet in order to travel you need a map and a compass. Otherwise you wouldn't know where you were. Would you?
- Stefan: No.
- The speechwriter: And our map and compass are our traditions. Our heritage, our history. Aren't they?
- Stefan: Yeah, sure.
- The speechwriter: If we don't understand this... Before we know it, we're fumbling around in the dark. Where are we?
- [throwing away Christ crucifixes he couldn't sell]
- Business Man: I am so embarrassed, my face is red. I staked everything on a loser.