Computer technician
Put X in the center square!
David Lightman
Matthew Broderick · 17 quotes
Dr. Stephen Falken
John Wood · 10 quotes
Jennifer
Ally Sheedy · 8 quotes
General Beringer
Barry Corbin · 7 quotes
Joshua
James Ackerman · 5 quotes
McKittrick
Dabney Coleman · 5 quotes
Most scenes together: David Lightman & Jennifer (6), David Lightman & Joshua (3), Dr. Stephen Falken & Jennifer (3)
WarGames quotes
Page 1 of 3Jim Sting [to Malvin]: Remember you told me to tell you when you were acting rudely and insensitively? Remember that? You're doing it right now.
Shall we play a game?
Excuse me, sir. We can't send these men back to the President of the United States with a lot of head-shrinker horseshit!
Nigan
He does fit the profile perfectly. He's intelligent, but an under-achiever; alienated from his parents; has few friends. Classic case for recruitment by the Soviets.
Is it a game... or is it real?
What's the difference?
Oh wow.
You are a hard man to reach.
Hello, are you still playing the game?
Of course. I should reach Defcon 1 and release my missiles in 28 hours. Would you like to see some projected kill ratios?
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69% of the housing destroyed. 72 million people dead. [pause] Is this a game or is it real?
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
Oh, wow.
I can't swim.
You can't swim?
No, I can't, all right, Wonder Woman? I can't swim.
Well, what kind of an asshole grows up in Seattle and doesn't even know how to swim?
I never got around to it, okay? I always thought there was gonna be plenty of time!
Sorry.
I wish I didn't know about any of this. I wish I was like everybody else in the world, and tomorrow it would just be over. There wouldn't be any time to be sorry about anything. Oh, Jesus! I really wanted to learn how to swim. I swear to God I did.
I think I saw one. [runs ahead for a moment and stops] What kind of an asshole lives on an island and he doesn't even have a boat?
Maybe we can swim for it. How far do you think it is?
No. It's uh, two, three miles at least. Maybe more.
Well, what do you say? Let's go for it!
No.
No! [pause] I can't swim.
You can't swim?
No, I can't, okay, Wonder Woman? I can't swim!
Well, what kind of an asshole grows up in Seattle and doesn't even know how to swim?
I never got around to it, okay? I always thought there was gonna be plenty of time!
Sorry.
I wish I didn't know about any of this! I wish I was like everybody else in the world, and tomorrow it would just be over. There wouldn't be any time to be sorry... about anything. Oh, Jesus! I really wanted to learn how to swim! I swear to God I did.
Joshua called me.
David, machines don't call people!
What is the primary goal?
You should know, Professor. You programmed me.
Oh, c'mon. What is the primary goal?
To win the game.
Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks.
I don't have to take that, you pig-eyed sack of shit.
Oh, I was hoping for something a little better than that from you, sir. A man of your education.
Who's first and how soon?
Major
Sir, the WOPR indicates initial impact points as the 43rd Bomb Wing at Loring, the 319th at Grand Forks, and Alaskan Air Command headquarters at Elmendorf.
He wasn't very old, was he?
Oh, he was pretty old, he was 41.
Wow, that is old.
Greetings, Professor Falken.
Hello, Joshua.
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?