Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) · 26 quotes
Tied for 6th most-quoted character in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984): in 3 of its 26 quotes
Most scenes with: Saavik (2)
David Marcus I used protomatter in the Genesis matrix.
Protomatter, a highly unstable substance which every ethical scientist condones as dangerously unpredictable.
David Marcus It was the only way to solve certain problems.
So like your father, you changed the rules.
David Marcus If I hadn't, it might have been years or never.
How many have paid the price for your impatience? How many have died? How much damage have you done? And what is yet to come?
David, what went wrong?
David Marcus I went wrong.
I don't understand.
David Marcus I'm sorry, sir. Just don't surrender. Genesis doesn't work. I can't believe they'd kill us for it.
Admiral, your young friend is mistaken, I meant what I said. And now to show that my intentions are sincere, I shall kill one of the prisoners.
Wait a minute! Give me a chance to talk.
It's time for total truth between us. This planet is not what you intended or hoped for, is it?
David Marcus Not exactly.
Why?
David I used protomatter in the Genesis matrix.
Protomatter, an unstable substance which every ethical scientist has denounced as dangerously unpredictable?
David But it was the only way to solve certain problems. Only my mother knew nothing about it.
So, like your father, you changed the rules.
David If I hadn't, it might have been years - or never!
How many have paid the price for your impatience? How many have died? How much damage have you done, and what is yet to come?
