The Day the Earth Stood Still 2008 quotes

Helen Benson

I need to know what is happening.

Klaatu

This planet is dying. The human race is killing it.

Helen Benson

So you have come here to help us.

Klaatu

No, I didn't.

Helen Benson

You said you came to save us.

Klaatu

I said I came to save the Earth.

Helen Benson

You came to save the Earth from us.

Klaatu

We can't risk the survival of this planet for the sake of one species.

Helen Benson

What are you saying?

Klaatu

If the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the Earth survives. There are only a handful of planets in the cosmos that are capable of supporting complex life.

Helen Benson

You can't do this.

Klaatu

This one can't be allowed to perish.

Helen Benson

We can change. We can still turn things around.

Klaatu:

We have watched. We have waited and hoped that you would change.

Helen Benson

Please.

Klaatu

It has reached the tipping point. We have to act.

Helen Benson

Please.

Klaatu

We will undo the damage you have done and give the Earth a chance to begin again.

Helen Benson

Don't do this. Please, we can change. We can change.

Klaatu

The decision is made. The process has begun.

Professor Barnhardt

There must be alternatives. You must have some technology that could solve our problem.

Klaatu

Your problem is not technology. The problem is you. You lack the will to change.

Professor Barnhardt

Then help us change.

Klaatu

I can not change your nature. You treat the world as you treat each other.

Professor Barnhardt

But every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually.

Klaatu

Most of them don't make it.

Professor Barnhardt

Yours did. How?

Klaatu

Our Sun was dying. We had to evolve in order to survive.

Professor Barnhardt

So it was only when your world was threatened with destruction that you became what you are now.

Klaatu

Yes.

Professor Barnhardt

Well that is where we are. You say we are on the brink of destruction and you are right. But it is only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment. Don't take it from us, we are close to an answer.

Regina Jackson

History has lessons to teach us about first encounters between civilizations. As a rule the less advanced civilization is either exterminated or enslaved. I'm thinking of Pizarro and the Incans, Columbus and the Native Americans, and the list goes on. Unfortunately in this case, the less advanced civilization is us.

Michael Granier

This is the representative of an extra-terrestrial civilization. This is the most important discovery in the history of Mankind!

Regina Jackson

It may well be the last discovery in the history of Mankind.

Regina Jackson

What is your purpose in coming here?

Klaatu

There is a gathering of world leaders not far from here. I will explain my purpose to them.

Regina Jackson

I am afraid that is not possible. Perhaps you should explain yourself to me instead.

Klaatu

Do you speak for the entire human race?

Regina Jackson

I speak for the President of the United States. Now please, tell me why have you come to our planet.

Klaatu

Your planet?

Regina Jackson

Yes. This is our planet.

Klaatu

No, it is NOT.

Klaatu

Klaatu barada nikto

Klaatu

Only at the precipice we change.