'All you need is love.' John Lennon, smart man, shot in the back - very sad.
Captain Steven Hiller
Will Smith · 31 quotes
David Levinson
Jeff Goldblum · 25 quotes
President Thomas Whitmore
Bill Pullman · 21 quotes
Julius Levinson
Judd Hirsch · 15 quotes
Connie
9 quotes
Russell Casse
Randy Quaid · 9 quotes
General Grey
Robert Loggia · 8 quotes
Albert Nimzicki
James Rebhorn · 5 quotes
Jasmine Dubrow
Vivica A. Fox · 4 quotes
Cpt. Jimmy Wilder
Harry Connick Jr. · 3 quotes
Marilyn Whitmore
Mary McDonnell · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Captain Steven Hiller & David Levinson (7), David Levinson & Julius Levinson (4), David Levinson & Connie (4)
Independence Day quotes
Page 1 of 8Two words, Mr. President: "Plausible deniability".
Anchorman
Once again, the L.A.P.D. is asking Los Angelenos not to fire their guns at the visitor spacecraft. You may inadvertently trigger an interstellar war.
Captured Alien
[Speaking through Dr. Okun]
Release...me. Release me. Now. Now!
Now he gets ambitious.
Our official position is: We have no official position.
He's on me like white on rice, big daddy!
Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!
Dr. Okun [Before showing the aliens to the President Whitmore]
This is the vault. Or as some of us have come to call it: The Freak Show.
Dr. Okun Mr. President! Wow! This is…what a pleasure. As you can imagine, they…they don't let us out much.
Elvis Enthusiast
Oh, I hope they bring back Elvis!
John McLaughlin
The visitors have arrived, but the president remains at the White House. Question: Are Mr. Whitmore's actions A, ultra-brave or B, fool-hardy?
Major Mitchell You'll have to forgive the expression, but you're about to get a crash course in modern avionics.
Marty Gilbert
[As the shock wave from the alien weapon approaches]
Oh, crap.