Mr. Burns Discusses Power/Quotes
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- Kent Brockman: With our country prosperous and at peace, and with The Grateful Dead no longer touring, America's malcontents—hippies, if you will—are bored. But now they've rediscovered an old nemesis: nuclear power.
- Kent Brockman: We're here with C. Montgomery Burns, owner of the Springfield nuclear power plant. Mr. Burns, while nuclear power does present a slight risk of destroying life on Earth, other energy forms have their foibles. Isn't that right?
- Mr. Burns: That's true, Kent. Take solar power, for instance. It's a question of reliability. Simply assuming that because the sun rose today, it will rise tomorrow might be good enough for sally sun-bather and Johnny wheat-farmer... ...but when it comes time to power up my electric barbed wire fence, I need to be sure!
- Kent Brockman: What about hydro power?
- Mr. Burns: Hydro power! Hmph! In my day, a gentleman knew that water was for two things only: watering horses and reviving bare-knuckle boxers!
- Lisa: Mr. Burns, what about wind power? It’s a bit old-fashioned but...
- Mr. Burns: Wind power?! While we’re at it, let’s turn back the clock and live without science’s other great gifts like pureed food and napalm!
- Kent Brockman: Now, on the slim, slim chance that there is a melt-down that decimates the planet, any tips?
- Mr. Burns: Frankly I welcome it. Since we licked the ruskies, a meltdown is my best chance to make use of my 38 room bunker. It seems a shame to waste it.
- Kent Brockman: Hmm... when you put it that way...
