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The Abyss

The Abyss quotes

43 total quotes

Alan "Hippy" Carnes
Catfish De Vries
Lindsey Brigman
Lt. Coffey
Multiple Characters
Virgil "Bud" Brigman




View Quote "There was a time that I wouldve asked why"
View Quote Bendix: Oh no, look who's with them. It's Queen Bitch of the Universe.
View Quote USS Montana Captain: 60 knots, no wave lines; the Reds don't have anything that fast.
View Quote Bud: Hippy, you think everything's a conspiracy.
Hippy: Everything is.
View Quote Bud: Linds, I want you to stay away from that guy. I mean it.
Hippy: The guy is gone. Did you see his hands?
Lindsey: What? He's got the shakes?
Bud: Look, he's operating on his own. He's cut off from his chain of command, he's showing signs of pressure-induced psychosis and he's got a nuclear weapon. So as a personal favor to me, will you try to put your tongue in neutral for a while?
View Quote Hippy: So these guys are SEALs, huh?
Catfish: Eh, those guys ain't so tough. I fought guys plenty tougher'n them.
Hippy: So, is this where you tell us how you "coulda been a contender"?
View Quote Hippy: What is all this stuff?
Monk: Fluid breathing system. We just got them. You use it when you go really deep.
Hippy: How deep?
Monk: Deep.
Hippy: How deep?
Monk: It's classified.
View Quote Hippy: You know, we got Russian subs creepin' around here; somethin' goes wrong they can say whatever they want happened.
Bud: Relax, will ya? You're makin' the women nervous.
Lindsey: Cute, Virgil.
View Quote Lindsey: Bud, how much oxygen you've left?
Bud: [typing] About 5 minutes.
Lindsey: Bud, if you drop all your ballast you can still make it...
Bud: [typing] Gonna stay for a while... I knew this was a one-way trip.
View Quote Lindsey: Explorer, this is Cab 3, starting the descent along the umbilical.
Finler: Roger that, Cab 3. Good luck.
Lindsey: Luck is not a factor.
View Quote Lindsey: Hi, Brigman.
Bud: Hi, Mrs. Brigman.
View Quote Lindsey: I had over four years invested in this project.
Bud: Yeah, you only had three years invested in me.
Lindsey: Well you have to have priorities.
View Quote Lindsey: There is something down there. Something not us.
Catfish: You could be more... specific.
Bud: Something that zigs—
Lindsey: Not us! Not human. Get it? Something non-human, but intelligent. [long pause] A non-terrestrial intelligence.
Hippy: A non-terrestrial intelligence! NTIs. Oh man, that's better than UFOs! Oh, but that works too, huh? "Underwater Flying Objects".
View Quote Lindsey: You know, you got some huevos bringin' that thing into my rig! With all that's going on up in the world, you bring a nuclear weapon IN HERE?!
Coffey: Mrs. Brigman...
Lindsey: Does this strike anyone as particularly psychotic, or is it just me?
Coffey: Mrs. Brigman, you don't need to know the details of our operation. It's better if you don't.
Lindsey: You're right! I don't need to know! What I need to know is that thing is off this rig! Do you hear me, Roger Ramjet?!
View Quote Lisa "One Night" Standing: This tells us how much radiation we're getting?
Hippy: Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I ain't going near no radiation. No way.
Catfish: Aw, Hippy, you pussy.
Hippy: Well what good's the money [if] six months later your dick drops off?