Dr. Moreau: Did you see that, Montgomery? She was tender like a woman. Oh, how that little scene spurs the scientific imagination onward.

- Charles Laughton (as Dr. Moreau) in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Dr. Moreau: Have you forgotten the house of pain?
Sayer of the Law: You! You made us in the house of pain! You made us... things! Not men! Not beasts! Part man... part beast! Things!

- Béla Lugosi (as Sayer of the Law) in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Dr. Moreau: Mr. Parker, do you know what it means to feel like God?

- Charles Laughton (as Dr. Moreau) in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Dr. Moreau: She's never seen anything like him.
Mr. Montgomery: No?
Dr. Moreau: You and I don't count. The only reactions we get from her are fear and terror.
Mr. Montgomery: That's understandable.
Dr. Moreau: But how will she respond to Parker where there's no cause for fear? Will she be attracted? Is she capable of being attracted? Has she a woman's emotional impulses? I could scarcely hope for a chance like this short of London.

- Charles Laughton (as Dr. Moreau) in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to eat meat, that is the law. Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?
Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to go on all fours, that is the law. Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?
Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to spill blood, that is the law. Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?

- Béla Lugosi (as Sayer of the Law) in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Captain Donahue: What kind of a place did you say this was, Doc?
Dr. Moreau: I didn't say.

- Charles Laughton (as Dr. Moreau) in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Edward Parker: Those poor things out there in the jungle. Those animals. They - They talk.
Dr. Moreau: That was my first great achievement. Articulate speech controlled by the brain. And it was a great achievement! Oh, it takes a long time and infinite patience to make them talk.
[Moreau gives an impish smile and a chuckle]
Dr. Moreau: Someday I will create a woman and it'll be easier.

- Charles Laughton (as Dr. Moreau) in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Ruth Thomas: [hearing chanting] What's that?
Dr. Moreau: The natives, they have a curious ceremony. Mr. Parker has witnessed it.
Ruth Thomas: Tell us about it, Edward.
Edward Parker: Oh, it's... it's nothing.
Dr. Moreau: They are restless tonight.

- Charles Laughton (as Dr. Moreau) in Island of Lost Souls (1932)