Palmer Joss You could call me a man of the cloth, without the cloth.
2nd most-quoted character in Contact (1997): in 11 of its 35 quotes
Most scenes with: Ellie Arroway (5)
What I'm asking is... are we happier? Is the world fundamentally a better place because of science and technology? We shop at home, we surf the Web, and at the same time we feel emptier, lonelier, and more cut off from each other than at any other time in human history...
More lines from Palmer Joss
5 quotes Palmer Joss Palmer Joss Ironically the thing that people are most hungry for, meaning, is the one thing that science hasn't been able to give them.
Palmer Joss I'm not against technology, doctor. I'm against the men who deify it at the expense of human truth.
Palmer Joss The reason I didn't vote for you to go Ellie, was a good reason but it wasn't the real one. I didn't vote for you to go, because I didn't want to lose you. Now you find your way home, alright?
Palmer Joss As a man of faith, I am bound by a different covenant than Dr. Arroway. But our goal is one and the same: the pursuit of truth. I for one believe her.
Scenes with Palmer Joss
5 scenes Palmer Joss What are you studying up there?
Oh, the usual. Nebulae, quasars, pulsars, stuff like that. What are you writing?
Palmer Joss The usual. Nouns, adverbs, adjective here and there.
Occam's razor. You ever heard of it?
Palmer Joss Hack-em's Razor. Sounds like some slasher movie.
Palmer Joss [Ellie challenges Palmer to prove the existence of God]
Did you love your father?
What?
Palmer Joss Your dad. Did you love him?
Yes, very much.
Palmer Joss Prove it.
Palmer Joss By doing this, you're willing to give your life, you're willing to die for it. Why?
For as long as I can remember, I've been searching for something, some reason why we're here. What are we doing here? Who are we? If this is a chance to find out even just a little part of that answer... I don't know, I think it's worth a human life. Don't you?
Why did you do it?
Palmer Joss Our job was to select someone to speak for everybody. And I just couldn't in good conscience vote for a person who doesn't believe in God. Someone who honestly thinks the other ninety five percent of us suffer from some form of mass delusion.
I told the truth up there. And Drumlin told you exactly what you wanted to hear.
