"What are the attributes of an ideal quarry? It must have courage, cunning, and above all it must be able to reason."
"My dear fellow, there is one that can."
"But no animal can reason."
"And why not?"
"But you can't mean..."
"Why should I not be serious, I am speaking of hunting"
"I can believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a Grisly joke.."
(Laughter)
"Hunting? Good god, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder."
"I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man as you seem to be harbors romantic ideas about the value of human life. Surely your experiences in the war..."