Quotes
Lady Newhouse
China, now that really scares me. Nine hundred million people breeding like rabbits.
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
You're wrong, Lady Newhouse.
Lady Newhouse
What do you mean, I'm wrong?
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
There are over a billion now. That's official.
Hugo Van Arkady
You're both wrong. They are only two people in China. And I know both of them.
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
Two people in China? I love it. OK, if there are two people in China, how many are there in the world?
Hugo Van Arkady
There are five thousand people in the world. That's it, five thousand.
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
And I suppose, Mr. Van Arkady, that you've met them all.
[the other dinner guests laugh]
Julian Shuttle
Five thousand? That's all that counts? What about the starving millions?
Dinner guest
A million isn't a number in any real sense.
Hugo Van Arkady
There's murder in nature. Millions are dying right now. Starved, bombed, in camps. Nobody gives a damn. You may deplore it, but it's a fact.
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
Those five thousand, who are they? How many of them are British?
Hugo Van Arkady
Forty five.
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
German?
Hugo Van Arkady
Sixty.
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
African?
Hugo Van Arkady
None. And more Arabs than you might think, but they're all here in London.
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
I suppose the rest are American. And naturally, Mr. Van Arkady, you're one of the five thousand.
Hugo Van Arkady
Bien entendu.
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
Tell me, how many are women?
Hugo Van Arkady
Interested, aren't we?
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
Very.
