Jean Byron: Dr. Imogene Burkhart

Quotes 

• [Professor Burkhart is asking her students to suggest items to place in the school's time capsule] 

  Dr. Imogene Burkhart : Tell me, Mr Gillis, what article would you choose? Now, think carefully, it isn't a choice to be made lightly. Try to name a single object that represents, in a sense, what we believe in, what we're struggling for.

  Dobie Gillis : [without heistation]  A photograph. That's what I'd put in that capsule.

  Dr. Imogene Burkhart : A photograph? Of what?

  Dobie Gillis : Of a girl.

  Dr. Imogene Burkhart : I should have known. Any particular girl?

  Dobie Gillis : No, no, any girl, just so she's soft and round and creamy and lovable, because girls like that are the finest things our civilization's ever produced. And they're sure what I believe in, and struggle for.

  Dr. Imogene Burkhart : Constantly, Mr Gillis, constantly.