Columbo (TV Series)

Mind Over Mayhem (1974)

José Ferrer: Dr. Marshall Cahill

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• Dr. Marshall Cahill : Neil, be as humble as you like. Einstein was the most modest man I ever met.

  Neil Cahill : Sure, he could afford to be. He was a genius.

• Dr. Marshall Cahill : [to Neil]  You know, sometimes you make humility sound more like a vice than a virtue.

• Dr. Marshall Cahill : Right now you are in an institution where any staff member, including your little friend Steve, will tell you that a theory isn't worth a damn unless it can be proved.

  Lt. Columbo : It's the same way at the institute that I work at, Doctor.

• Dr. Marshall Cahill : [to Columbo]  You know, you have a very transparent mind, which in no way implies clear thinking.

• Lt. Columbo : Oh, think tank! Oh, I read about that in the paper. Yeah, that's, uh, that's a place full of geniuses, right?

  Dr. Marshall Cahill : Well...

  Lt. Columbo : Right. Uh, may I ask, sir, uh, just what is it that YOU do here?

  Dr. Marshall Cahill : I'm the director.

• Dr. Marshall Cahill : You don't seem too pleased.

  Lt. Columbo : Well, you know, Doctor, I've been running into people by the dozens who couldn't have murdered Professor Nicholson. I wish I could run into one who COULD have.

• Dr. Marshall Cahill : Alright Lieutenant, you win. I did it.

  Lt. Columbo : Did ya Doctor?

  Dr. Marshall Cahill : I don't know whether or not you'd really hang this on Neil. You're a strange man. It was a bluff I couldn't afford to call.