[Connie left David to pursue a career] Constance: Haven't you ever wanted to be part of something special? David Levinson: I was part of something special
(37 votes)
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David Levinson: [trying to make a break for the exit] Tunnel. Tunnel. Tunnel. Left, exit, exit. Captain Steven Hiller: Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! [shouts] Captain Steven Hiller: Shut up! David Levinson: Must go faster. Must go faster! Go, go, go, go! Captain Steven Hiller: [screaming] Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh! Captain Steven Hiller: [escapes from the alien ship] [shouts] Captain Steven Hiller: Oh! Oh! Elvis has left the building! David Levinson: Oh, thank you very much. Oh, I love you man!
(34 votes)
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"You know how I'm always trying to save the planet? Well, here's my chance." -- David Levinson (JEFF GOLDBLUM)
(34 votes)
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"What's the rush? You think we'll get to Washington, it won't be there?" -- Julius Levinson (JUDD HIRSCH), to his son, David Levinson (JEFF GOLDBLUM), while the two frantically drive to the capital city.
(32 votes)
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Gen. Gray: Are you all right? President Thomas Whitmore: I saw... its thoughts. I saw what they're planning to do. They're like locusts. They're moving from planet to planet... their whole civilization. After they've consumed every natural resource they move on... and we're next. Nuke 'em. Let's nuke the bastards.
(29 votes)
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"Welcome to Earth." -- Capt. Steven Hiller (Will Smith), after punching the daylights out of an alien who has crash-landed in Arizona.
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[At the secret government lab] President Thomas Whitmore: I don't understand, where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this? Julius Levinson: You don't actually think they spend $20,000.00 on a hammer, $30,000.00 on a toilet seat do you?
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David Levinson: Must go faster.
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Captain Steven Hiller: [after crashing the alien spaceship by the Grand Canyon] *That's* what you get! Ha Ha! Look at you! Ya ship's all banged up! [shouts] Captain Steven Hiller: Who's the man? Huh? Who's the man? Wait till I get another plane! I'm a line ya friends up right beside you! Where ya at, huh? Where ya at? [Hiller opens the spaceship, the alien screams, Hiller smacks him in the head] Captain Steven Hiller: [beat] Welcome to earth.
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Julius Levinson: If I had known I was gonna meet the president I would've worn a tie. Look at me, I look like a schliemiel.
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Julius Levinson: Everyone's trying to get out of Washington, and we're the only schmucks trying to get in.
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Julius Levinson: If you're so smart, tell me something, how come you go to M.I.T. for 8 years to become a cable repairman?
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Captain Steven Hiller: Oops. David Levinson: W-what do you mean, oops? Captain Steven Hiller: Some jerk put this... David Levinson: Don't say "oops". Captain Steven Hiller: What do you say we try that again? David Levinson: Yes, yes. Yes. Without the "oops". Thataway.
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Captain Steven Hiller: I ain't heard no fat lady! David Levinson: Forget the fat lady. You're Obsessed with fat lady. Just get us out of here!
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David Levinson: You really think you can fly that thing? Captain Steven Hiller: You really think you can do all that bullshit you just said?
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David Levinson: They're chasing us! Captain Steven Hiller: Really, YOU THINK?
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Russel Casse: I picked a helluva day to quit drinkin'.
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President Thomas Whitmore: The only mistake I ever made was to appoint a sniveling little weasel like you Secretary of Defense. However, that is a mistake, I am happy to say, that I don't have to live with. Mr. Nimzicki... you're fired.
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Julius Levinson: All you need is love, John Lennon, smart man, shot in the back very sad.
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Russel Casse: In the words of my generation: Up Yours!
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[Dr. Oaken meets President Whitmore] Dr. Okun: Mr. President! Wow! This is... what a pleasure. As you can imagine, they... they don't let us out much.
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President Thomas Whitmore: What do you want us to do? Captured Alien: Die. Die.
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[aliens have settled in over the major cities, waiting until the countdown is up] Older Boy: [to his girlfriend] This may be our last night on earth. You don't want to die a virgin, do you?
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Captain Steven Hiller: Oh, no. no, you are NOT shootin' that green shit at me!
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[Julius discards a styrofoam cup] David Levinson: Hey, you have any idea how long it takes for those cups to decompose? Julius Levinson: If you don't move soon, I'm gonna start to decompose.
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Capt. Jimmy Wilder: Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!
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Captain Steven Hiller: Is that an earthquake? Jasmine Dubrow: Not even a four pointer. Go back to sleep.
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[People have gathered to welcome the aliens] Elvis Fanatic: Oh god, I hope they bring back Elvis.
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Captain Steven Hiller: I'm just a little anxious to get up there and whup E.T.'s ass.
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[after smacking the alien in the head] Captain Steven Hiller: Welcome to Earth!
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Gen. Gray: Mr. President, I'd sure like to know what you're doing. President Thomas Whitmore: I'm a combat pilot, Will. I belong in the air.
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[the President briefs the pilots before the final attack] President Thomas Whitmore: Good morning. [PA doesn't work. Turns it on] President Thomas Whitmore: Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!" We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day! [Crowd cheers]
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David Levinson: A toast, to the end of the world.
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Captain Steven Hiller: Y'know, this was supposed to be my weekend off, but noooo. You got me out here draggin' your heavy ass through the burnin' desert with your dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin' all big and bad... and what the hell is that smell? I could've been at a barbecue! But I ain't mad.
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Captain Steven Hiller: Now that's what I call a close encounter
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Albert Nimzicki: I'm not Jewish. Julius Levinson: Well, nobody's perfect.
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Captain Steven Hiller: Look, I really don't think they flew 90 billion light years to come down here and start a fight. Get all rowdy.
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Jasmine Dubrow: There you go, thinking you're all that. But you are not as charming as you think you are, sir. Captain Steven Hiller: Yes, I am.
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David Levinson: They're bringing us in. Captain Steven Hiller: When the hell was you gonna tell me? David Levinson: Oops. Captain Steven Hiller: We're gonna have to work on our communication.
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[David Levinson is getting air sick] Julius Levinson: It's Air Force One for crying out loud and still he gets sick!
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Julius Levinson: David. What the hell are you doing? David Levinson: Making a mess! Julius Levinson: Yes, this I can see.
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Constance: Now what do we do? President Thomas Whitmore: Address the nation. There's gonna be a lot of frightened people out there. Constance: Yeah. I'm one of 'em.
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Captain Steven Hiller: THAT'S RIGHT! Thats what you get! Look at you, ship all banged up! WHOSE THE MAN? HUH? WHOSE THE MAN? Wait until I get another plane! I am going to lower your friends RIGHT BESIDE YOU!
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Monica Soloway: The 3 choppers are steadily approaching what has unanimously agreed to be the front of these spaceships, a parabolic indentation 9 city blocks in diameter. [Connie whispers in the Presidents ear. He gets up and follows her out] Albert Nimzicki: You're leaving now?
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[Russell Casse needs an opening to attack during the final battle] President Thomas Whitmore: Okay, boys, let's give Mr. Casse some cover. Gentlemen! Let's plow the road!
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Capt. Jimmy Wilder: [impersonating Rev. Jesse Jackson] Why we are on this particular mission, we'll never know. But I do know, here today, that the Black Knights will emerge victorious once again.
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Area 51 Guard: I'm sorry, Captain. This is a restricted area. I can't let you pass without clearance. Captain Steven Hiller: Okay. Come here. You wanna see my clearance? [shows the officer an alien wrapped up in a parachute, freaking out the guard] Captain Steven Hiller: Maybe I'll just leave this here with you. Area 51 Guard: Let them pass! Let them pass!
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Julius Levinson: Hey don't you tell him to shut up! You'd all be dead now if it weren't for my David! None of you did anything to prevent this! General: There was nothing we could do! Julius Levinson: Oh don't give me that! You knew about this for a long time! What with that spaceship you found in New Mexico! What was it called... Roswell, New Mexico! And that other place... uh... Area 51, Area 51! You knew then! And you did nothing! Thomas Whitmore: Mr. Levinson, you're mistaken. There is no Area 51. There is no spaceship: Albert Nimzicki: Uh... Mr. President. That's not entirely accurate. David Levinson: What, which part?
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[as they launch a nuclear missile into the mother ship] Captain Steven Hiller: Peace!
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Patricia Whitmore: [speaking to her mother on the telephone] Daddy let me watch Letterman. President Thomas Whitmore: Traitor.
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