World on a Wire (1973)

Heinz Meier: Von Weinlaub, secretary of state

Quotes 

• Professor Henry Vollmer : [Holding up a mirror to von Weinlaub]  What do you see? Please, please, what do you see? Let me help you, Mr.?

  Von Weinlaub, secretary of state : Von Weinlaub

  Professor Henry Vollmer : Alright. von Weinlaub. You are nothing more than the image others have made of you. That's all.

• Fred Stiller : Crazy. Yes, he is. Is he? Stop! Your cigarette! Are you sure that's a cigarette?

  Von Weinlaub, secretary of state : It's...

  Fred Stiller : The idea of a cigarette. You see? The real cigarettes are somewhere else. Where real people sit on real chairs. Is that a chair? Say, "It's a chair."

  Von Weinlaub, secretary of state : It's a chair.

  Fred Stiller : It's not a chair. It's the idea of an idea of an idea.