He wants to bind all men together in common action and common slavery.

The common, the vulgar, and the trite.

Do you wish to defy our common standards?

and that'll give you grounds to make the arrest.

No. I've found we have a great deal in common, you and I.

Too much association with bad architects.

NARRATOR: With the coming of the Second World War...

No. We'll take the Mitchells. They're just as bad.

Well, this is the biggest thing since radio. And I'm letting you in on the ground floor.

You can put the star up.

Highbrow stories about the bad art. Scare stories about the girders collapsing.

Mr. Francon, that stairway, it's not bad. It's a clever idea.

...but who made a bad mistake about the way he chose.

Farben has men in South America, planted there before the war.

- Who do you think will win the war? - I haven't the slightest idea.

Jane, I offered to let George in on the ground floor in plastics and he turned me down cold.

- Whom do you recommend? - The rising star of the profession...

- Do you want it pretty badly? - I think I'd almost give my life for it.

Bert the cop was wounded in North Africa, got the Silver Star.

And he never knew, and the girl kept this bad thing locked in her heart...