Evil begets evil, Mr. President. Shooting will only make it stronger.
Korben Dallas
Bruce Willis · 19 quotes
Leeloo
Milla Jovovich · 19 quotes
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
Gary Oldman · 10 quotes
Ruby Rhod
Chris Tucker · 9 quotes
Father Vito Cornelius
Ian Holm · 7 quotes
President Lindberg
Tommy Lister Jr. · 4 quotes
Aknot
3 quotes
Professor Pacoli
John Bluthal · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Korben Dallas & President Lindberg (3), Korben Dallas & Leeloo (2), Korben Dallas & Father Vito Cornelius (2)
The Fifth Element quotes
Page 1 of 5Weddings?
What are you doing?
Korben Dallas: Trying to save your ass so you can save the world.
Where's the robot to pat you on the back? Or the engineer? Or the children, maybe? There, you see now, how all your so-called power counts for absolutely nothing now, how your entire empire can come crashing down because of one... little... cherry.
Gemini Croquet
[in contest commercial]
Perfect meal for a perfect world.
Aziz! Light!
Aziz! Light! [powerful lights from the Mondoshawan spaceship turn on] Much better. Thank you, Aziz.
Dispatch
All units respond in pursuit of yellow cab, Level 10.
Police officer getting lunch at McDonalds
(talking into mic)
Unit 47, we're on the way (hangs up mic) soon as we finish lunch. I'm too old, too tired, too hungry to go chase some hot rod. And I'm definitely too thirsty.
LOOK OUT! (sideswips police officer, causing his lunch to go all over him, and his drink to spatter in his face)
Police officer
(moment later)
WHOA!
Diva Plavalaguna The stones...are...in me.
For the honor.
It's showtime!
Mr. Shadow
Money...is of...no importance! I...want...the...STONES!
David We're never gonna make it.
General Steadret
My motto is shoot first, ask questions later. I don't like uninvited guests.
Flight attendent
Miss?
General Munro [after telling Korben about the mission]
Any questions?
Yeah. Just one. Why me? I retired six months ago. You remember?
General Munro Three reasons. One - as a member of the elite special forces unit of the Federated Army, you are expert in the use of all major weapons & space craft needed for this mission. [unravels a list five feet long] Two - of all the members of your unit, you were the most highly decorated.
…and the third one?
General Munro Of all the members of your unit, you're the only one left alive.
It's nice to see you again, Father.
Priest Vito Cornelius Ah, I remember you now. The so-called art dealer.
I'm glad you got your memory back. Because you're gonna need it.
Priest Vito Cornelius I don't know. And even if I did know, I wouldn't tell somebody like you.
Why? What's wrong with me?
Priest Vito Cornelius I try to serve life. But you only... seem to want to destroy it.
Oh, Father, you're so wrong. Let me explain. [closes office door, places an empty glass on desk] Life, which you so nobly serve, comes from destruction, disorder and chaos. Take this empty glass. Here it is, peaceful, serene and boring. But if it is... [pushes glass off table] destroyed... [robot cleaners move to clean broken glass] Look at all these little things. So busy now. Notice how each one is useful. What a lovely ballet ensues so full of form and color. Now, think about all those people that created them. Technicians, engineers, hundreds of people who'll be able to feed their children tonight so those children can grow up big and strong and have little teeny weeny children of their own, and so on and so forth. Thus, adding to the great chain... of life. [Desk prepares a glass of water and a bowl of fruit] You see, Father, by creating a little destruction, I'm actually encouraging life. In reality, you and I are in the same business. Cheers. [drinks water with cherry, only to choke on cherry stuck in throat. Zorg frantically presses all buttons on his desk in an attempt to get something to clear his throat]
Priest Vito Cornelius Where's the robot to pat you in the back? Or the engineer? Or their children, maybe? [Desk brings out Zorg's pet Picasso; Zorg motions it to try and help him] There, you see how all your so-called power counts for absolutely nothing? How your entire empire of destruction comes... crashing down. All because of one little... cherry. [Slaps Zorg in the back, causing him to spit the cherry at Picasso]
[opens doors, throws Cornelius to guards]
You saved my life, and in return, I'll spare yours... for now.
Priest Vito Cornelius You're a monster, Zorg.
I know.
[directs guards to take Cornelius away] [snaps fingers]
Torture who you have to. The President, I don't care. Just bring me those stones. You have one hour.
This case is empty.
[Switches to conversation between Cornelius and Leeloo, who is laughing]
What do you mean, empty?
[Back to conversation between Zorg and Aknot]
Empty. The opposite of full. This case is supposed to be FULL!!! Anyone care to explain?
[Back to Leeloo, speaking in the Divine Language]
The guardians... gave the stones.. to someone they could trust... who-who another route... she's supposed to contact this person... in a hotel... and she's looking for the address. Easy.
David It's-it's planet Fhloston, in the Angel Constellation!
We're saved.
You asked for a case. We brought you a case.
A case with four stones in it! Not one or two or three but FOUR! FOUR STONES! Wha... What the hell am I supposed to do with an empty case?!
We are warriors, not merchants.
"But you can still count! Look, it's easy. Look at my fingers. Four stones, (Lead Mangalore looks away, Zorg slaps face back to position) four crates [of guns]. Zero stones, ZERO CRATES!!!
We need to find the leader. Mangalores don't fight without their leaders.
[he stands up holding a pistol to Father Vito Cornelius' head]
One more shot and we start killing hostages!
That would be the leader.
Send someone in to negotiate!
Ship's officer
[shrugging]
I…I never negotiated before.
You mind if…I…?
Ship's officer
Uh…yeah…sure. [yells to the Mangalores] We're sending someone in to negotiate!
[Korben strides through the door, levels his weapon and fires a single shot into Aknot's forehead. The Mangalore leader falls to the floor with a thump, and his troops look down at him uncertain what to do next] [pointing the gun around]
Anyone else want to negotiate?
Ship's officer
[to Ruby Rhod]
W-where did he learn to negotiate like that?
[in the war room with Ruby Rhod's radio transmission being heard, looks distastefully at General Munroe]
I wonder.