Independence Day quotes

View Quote Cpt. Jimmy Wilder: You scared, man?
Captain Steven Hiller: No. … You?
Cpt. Jimmy Wilder: Nope. … hold me!

View Quote David Levinson: Hey, all right, look at us! Take a look at the Earthlings. Good-bye!
Captain Steven Hiller: Y'all take care, all right! 'Nothing but love for ya. Nothing by love for ya. [to David] You think they have any clue what's about to happen to 'em?
David Levinson: [With a cigar clamped between his teeth] Not a chance in hell. Goodnight!

View Quote David Levinson: I was counting on this. They are bringing us in.
Captain Steven Hiller: When the hell was you gonna tell me?
David Levinson: Oops.
Captain Steven Hiller: We're going to work on our communication.

View Quote David Levinson: They're chasing us!
Captain Steven Hiller: Oh, really, YOU THINK?

View Quote 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?

View Quote General Grey: Is that glass bulletproof?
Major Mitchell: No, sir. [Shoots glass]

View Quote Jasmine Dubrow: There you go, 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.

View Quote Julius Levinson: David, see if they got those pens that they give away.
David Levinson: Dad, what?

View Quote Julius Levinson: What's the matter with you?
David Levinson: Genius.

View Quote Marilyn Whitmore: He's your son?
Jasmine Dubrow: He's my angel.
Marilyn Whitmore: Was his father stationed here?
Jasmine Dubrow: Nah, he, uh, he wasn't his father. But I was kinda hopin' he wanted the job, though.

View Quote Marilyn Whitmore: I didn't know that you'd recognized me.
Jasmine Dubrow: Well, I didn't wanna say nothing. I voted for the other guy.

View Quote Marty Gilbert: A countdown…wait, a countdown to what, David?
David Levinson: Uh, it's like in chess: First, you strategically position your pieces and when the timing is right you… strike. See? They're positioning themselves all over the world using this signal to synchronize their efforts. In approximately six hours the signal's gonna disappear and the countdown's gonna be over.
Marty Gilbert: And then what?
David Levinson: Checkmate.
Marty Gilbert: [Gasp] Oh, my God. Oh my God! I gotta call my brother, I'd better call my housekeeper, I gotta call my lawyer. Nah, forget my lawyer.

View Quote Patricia Whitmore: Happy Fourth of July, Daddy.
President Whitmore: Same to you, Munchkin.

View Quote President 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 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you?

View Quote President Whitmore: I have a confession to make. I'm sleeping next to a beautiful young brunette.
Marilyn Whitmore: You didn't let her stay up all night watching TV, did you?
President Whitmore: Of course not.
[…]
Patricia Whitmore: Daddy let me watch Letterman.
President Whitmore: Traitor.