Men in Black 1997 quotes, page 4

55 quotes · 6 characters
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Characters
Agent K Patricia McPherson · 30 quotes
Agent J 19 quotes
Zed Rip Torn · 8 quotes

Most scenes together: Agent J & Agent K (17), Agent K & Dr. Laurel Weaver (5), Agent J & Dr. Laurel Weaver (5)

Men in Black quotes

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Zed
[Screaming at the worms as they desert their posts]

YOU SORRY LITTLE INGRATES!

Police Officer
[A police officer pushes a stretcher with Rosenberg's corpse, Rosenberg's cat Orion is on top]

Where do you want contestant number three?

Just leave it there. What's with the cat?

Police Officer

Oh, the cat. Yeah, well, there's a problem with the cat. Sign here.

[signs the paperwork]

What's the problem with the cat?

Police Officer

It's your problem. [chuckles as he leaves]

I hate the living. [begins pushing the stretcher] Shall we?

[After J accidentally activates a device that causes havoc around the headquarters]

This thing caused the 1977 New York blackout. Practical joke by the Great Attractor. He thought it was funny as hell.

Inspector

Why do you suppose none of the other officers saw either of these two events?

James

Well, sir, some of the other officers are a little soggy around the midsection. I guess that's why they weren't able to keep up.

Sergeant

Hey, Edwards, if you were half the man I am -

James

What the hell are you talkin' about? I am half the man that you are.

Agent J
[As K and J arrive at the morgue to get Orion]

Look, K, why don't you let me handle this one?

What?

Agent J

Come on, man, all we gotta do is go in here and get a cat; it's not really that hard. But if you go in there, you're gonna lay your Jack Webb on her, start flashin' your brain ray all in her face, she's gonna wind up with leukemia and some shit. The woman's a doctor; she don't need you flashin' away half her med school classes. Five minutes.

Two minutes.
[J goes in and K waits outside]

Zed
[voiceover, as Edwards becomes Agent J]

You will dress only in attire specially sanctioned by MIB Special Services. You'll conform to the identity we give you, eat where we tell you, live where we tell you. From now on, you'll have no identifying marks of any kind. You will not stand out in any way. Your entire image is crafted to leave no lasting memory with anyone you encounter. You are a rumor, recognizable only as déjà vu and dismissed just as quickly. You don't exist; you were never even born. Anonymity is your name, silence your native tongue. You are no longer part of the System. You are above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We're "them". We're "they". We are the Men in Black.

[Facing off with the Bug in the morgue, as he holds Laurel at gunpoint]

Freeze it, Bug!

Agent J

Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

Christ, you are thick!

Agent J

Look, how was I supposed to know?!

What did I have to do, sing it for you?!

Agent J

Well, if you weren't comin' on like some drunken prom date...!

Oh, God, that is so typical! Any woman who shows yet the slightest hint of sexual independence...!

Edgar/Bug

Oh, everybody shut up!

Let her go, shiteater.

Edgar/Bug

Now listen, monkey-boy! Compared to you humans, I'm on the top rung of the evolutionary ladder! So can it, all right?!

You're breakin' my heart. Show me your face, and I'll cure all your ills.

Edgar/Bug

You ever pulled the wings off a fly? Do you care to see the fly get even?!

How far do you think you're gonna get without your ship, if that's what you call that piece of space trash we've got locked up in the office?

Edgar/Bug

Put your weapons down!

Never gonna happen, insect.

Agent J

It's okay, Laurel.

How...is...it...okay?

Agent J

I'm sayin’ it's gon' be okay.

Edgar/Bug

Don't bet on it, meatsack! [takes Laurel, who screams, and jumps out the window onto the street]

Gentle Rosenberg
[Rosenberg meets with an Arquillian envoy at a diner, speaking in their native tongue]

Sorry I'm late. The cab drivers on this planet are terrible.

Arquillian

Your Majesty, you are in grave danger.

Gentle Rosenberg

Yeah, and they overcharge you every time.

Arquillian

Sir, a bug landed here. We must get you off the planet.

Gentle Rosenberg

A bug? He must know why I'm here.

Arquillian

We think he does. [glances at a small container] Is that what I think it is?

Gentle Rosenberg

No, just some diamonds for your children. Do we have time to eat?

Arquillian

Sure. I ordered you some pierogi. [Rosenberg is delighted]

Chef
[In the kitchen, the chef brings out the Arquillians' order]

Six is up! [looks confused] Where is Ivan?

Edgar/Bug

Gave him a break.

Arquillian
[Under the counter, Ivan is literally broken in half] [raising his glass]

To the continued reign of the Arquillian Empire.

Gentle Rosenberg

To the safety of the Galaxy.

Gentle Rosenberg
[Edgar/Bug puts the plates down, depositing cockroaches onto Rosenberg's] [in English]

You can kill us both, but you will not find the Galaxy.

Edgar/Bug

You're right about one thing.
[Edgar/Bug spears both Arquillians through the throat and takes the diamonds]