Independence Day quotes
112 total quotesJulius Levinson
Multiple Characters
President Thomas Whitmore
Russell Casse
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We gotta burn the rain forest, dump toxic waste, pollute the air, and rip up the OZONE! 'Cause maybe if we screw up this planet enough, they won't want it anymore!
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It's Air Force One, for crying out loud, and still he gets sick! Look at me, like a rock. Could be bad weather could be good weather, doesn't matter. We could go up, we could go down, we could go back, we could go forward, we could go side to side. [David runs away, about to throw up] What-what did I say?
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Elvis Enthusiast: Oh, I hope they bring back Elvis!
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[Steve sees an unattended helicopter and gets in]
Burly Soldier: [Pointing his gun at him] What the hell are you doing? Get out of there!
Captain Steven Hiller: Look, I got something I gotta handle, I'm just borrowing it.
Burly Soldier: No you're not, Sir
Captain Steven Hiller: Do you really want to shoot me?
[Pause, then he lowers the gun]
Captain Steven Hiller: Just tell 'em I hit you
[Soldier gives him a look saying, 'who would believe that?']
Bomber PilotMr President this is RetailOp! Squadron is in the air and procceding to target.
Burly Soldier: [Pointing his gun at him] What the hell are you doing? Get out of there!
Captain Steven Hiller: Look, I got something I gotta handle, I'm just borrowing it.
Burly Soldier: No you're not, Sir
Captain Steven Hiller: Do you really want to shoot me?
[Pause, then he lowers the gun]
Captain Steven Hiller: Just tell 'em I hit you
[Soldier gives him a look saying, 'who would believe that?']
Bomber PilotMr President this is RetailOp! Squadron is in the air and procceding to target.
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Connie Spano: Our official position is: We have no official position.
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Must go faster. Must go faster. Must go faster! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! [Note: Jeff Goldblum also said this line in Jurassic Park.]
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Cpt. Jimmy Wilder: He's on me like white on rice, big daddy!
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Major Mitchell: You'll have to forgive the expression, but you're about to get a crash course in modern avionics.
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They're using our own satellites against us. And the clock is ticking.
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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.
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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.
Jasmine Dubrow: Well, I didn't wanna say nothing. I voted for the other guy.
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Marty Gilbert: [As the shock wave from the alien weapon approaches] Oh, crap.
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Albert Nimzicki: [Jumps up after a nuclear missile hits a city-destroyer] Oh, yeah! It's a hit!
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Captain Jimmy Wilder: Check me out, Stevie. I'm gonna try something.
Captain Steven Hiller: Don't do nothin' stupid over there.
Captain Jimmy Wilder: You know me.
Captain Steven Hiller: That's what I'm talkin' about.
Captain Steven Hiller: Don't do nothin' stupid over there.
Captain Jimmy Wilder: You know me.
Captain Steven Hiller: That's what I'm talkin' about.
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SETI Chief: [Picks up ringing phone in the middle of the night] If this isn't an insanely beautiful woman, I'm hanging up.