favorite sci-fi quotes?

[kiwimac]

"What happens if they board us?"
"If they take the ship they will rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins in to their clothing, and if we're very, very lucky, they’ll do it in that order."
- Simon and Zoe, "Firefly"

 

[kiwimac]

"Your race is dead. You all burned. All of you. Ten million ships on fire, the entire Dalek race wiped out in one second. I watched it happen. I made it happen."
- The Doctor, "Dalek"
"You would make a good Dalek."
- The Dalek to The Doctor, "Dalek" "What use are emotions if you can't save the woman you love?"
- The Dalek to The Doctor, "Dalek"

 

[kiwimac]

"What do you think of that, now, eh? A Viking helmet."
"Maybe."
"What do you mean, 'maybe'? What do you think it is, a space helmet for a cow?"
- The Doctor (William Hartnett) and Steven

 

[Sitswithamouse]

The Doctor: My head! I'm having a neural implosion. I need-
Jackie: What do you need?
The Doctor: I need-
Jackie: Just say it; tell me!
The Doctor: I need--
Jackie: Tell me, tell me!
The Doctor: I need-
Jackie: Painkillers?
The Doctor: [increasingly frustrated] I need-
Jackie: D'you need aspirin?
The Doctor: I need-
Jackie: Umm, codeine, Paracetamol? Oh I dunno, Pepto-Bismol?
The Doctor: I need-
Jackie: Liquid paraffin? Vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E?
The Doctor: I need-
Jackie: [getting hysterical] Is it food? Something simple, bowl of soup, nice bowl of soup, soup and a sandwich?! Oh, soup, and a little ham sandwich?!
The Doctor: [snapping] I need you to SHUT UP!
Jackie: [to Mickey, offended] Oh, he hasn't changed that much, has he?

Christmas Invasion (10th Doc)

 

[kiwimac]

"He doesn't have to outrun the lion, only his friend. Then the lion catches up with his friend and eats him. The strong survive, the weak are killed: the law of the jungle! ... Yes, very clever, if you don't mind losing your friend. But what happens when the next lion turns up? I think you'd better get your running shoes on, gentlemen."
- The Doctor
"There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do."
- The Doctor to Ace

 

[Sitswithamouse]

Sarah Jane and The Doctor are preparing to enter the Kaled base through a vent]
Sarah Jane: What if there's something horrible waiting for us?
The Doctor: Well don't tell Harry that, he's gone first.

From Genesis of the Daleks (4th Doc)

 

[kiwimac]

The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the date last shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.

 

[kiwimac]

When you hit your thumb with an 8 pound hammer, its nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very strong, special minded atheist to jump up and down, With their their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout "Oh random fluctuations in the space time continuum."

 

[kiwimac]

YOU MAY ASWELL KNOW THIS. DOWN IN THE DEEPEST KINGDOM OF THE SEA, WHERE THERE IS NO LIGHT, THERE LIVES A TYPE OF CREATURE WITH NO BRAIN, NO EYES AND NO MOUTH. IT DOES NOTHING BUT LIVE AND PUT FORTH PETALS OF PERFECT CRIMSON WHERE NONE ARE THERE TO SEE. IT IS NOTHING EXCEPT A TINY yes IN THE NIGHT. AND YET... IT HAS ENEMIES THAT BEAR IT A VICIOUS, UNBENDING MALICE, WHO WISH NOT ONLY FOR ITS TINY LIFE TO BE OVER BUT ALSO THAT IT HAD NEVER EXISTED. ARE YOU WITH ME SO FAR?
"Well, yes, but - "
"GOOD, NOW, IMAGINE WHAT THEY THINK OF *HUMANITY*.

 

[kiwimac]

"You're saying humans need ... fantasies to make life bearable."
"NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE."
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers?"
"YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES."
"So we can believe the big ones?"
"YES. JUSTICE. DUTY. MERCY. THAT SORT OF THING."
"They're not the same at all!"
"REALLY? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET YOU ACT, LIKE THERE WAS SOME SORT OF RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED."
- Susan and Death

 

[keith99]

I recently finished rereading 'If This Goes On' by Heinlein. I wanted to look up the final paragraph to give an accurate quote. Of course I could not find it. But got this from the notebooks of Lazerous Long, part of 'Time Enough for Love':

“The most preposterous notion that H. sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.”

“The second most preposterous notion is that copulation is inherently sinful.”

To paraphrase the end of 'If This Goes On'.

When we got to The Prophet we did not arrest him. The Virgins had gotten to him first. He no longer looked imperious any more. Instead he was barely enough for an inquest to identify.

 

[TheD]

Where is the weapon with which I enforce your bondage?
You give it to me every time you open your mouth.
-Whipping Star, Frank Herbert

 

[JudyB1169]

Kyle Reese:''Listen and understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are dead. "-The Terminator

 

[Sitswithamouse]

Kyle Reese:''Listen and understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are dead. "-The Terminator

I use that quote to describe my 8 year old. srsly.


Doctor Silberman - You broke my arm!
Sarah Conner- There's 215 bones in the human body. That's one.

Terminator 2

 

[shirono]

Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: This landing is gonna get pretty interesting.
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Define "interesting".
Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: [deadpan] Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: [on the ship's intercom] This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then - explode.
-Serenity (Firefly)

 

[kiwimac]

From Firefly:

Book: "I brought you some supper but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped...sin and hellfire... one has lepers."

 

[kiwimac]

More from the Shepherd,

Book: "If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."

 

[Twich]

You certainly look dead to me. I don't know your customs for these situations, but I'll give it a shot. Ahem. John Crichton, valued friend - no, wait a minute. That's a bit of a stretch. John Crichton, unwelcome shipmate, may you have safe journey to our hallowed realm... Actually, not our hallowed realm, that's for Hynerians. Go find your own hallowed realm. With the ceremony of passage complete, I declare you officially dead, and claim all your possessions for myself.

Rygel XVI - Farscape.

 

[Twich]

Scorpius: There are vast areas of your brain that are filled with nothing but... gibberish.
John Crichton: That would be high school.

 

[kiwimac]

Dr. Who: The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.