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Montag: "Torture and terror have always fascinated mankind. Perhaps whatever made your predecessors see the sadism of the Inquisition or the gore of a gladiator's arena is the same thing that makes you stare at bloody highway accidents and thrill to the terror of death in the bullring. Today, television and films give you the luxury of observing grisly dismemberments and deaths without anyone actually being harmed. But, ladies and gentlemen, have you ever seen the sight of human butchery in person? Well tonight, on this stage you will have the privilege of seeing such a sight!"Montag: "Isn't there one lady among you considerate enough to satisfy your fellow human beings' lust for blood?"
Montag: "I am Montag, master of illusion, defier of the laws of reason, a magician... if you will. But then, what is a magician? A person who tears asunder your rules of logic and crumbles your world of reality? So that you can go home and say, 'Oh, what a clever trickster he is. What a sly deceiver,' and go to sleep in the security of your own real world. [laughter] What...is real?"
Montag: "Isn't there one lady among you considerate enough to satisfy your fellow human beings' lust for blood?"
Montag: "Your mind may refuse to believe."
Montag: "But, ladies and gentlemen, have you ever seen the sight of human butchery in person?"