Ally Sheedy Quotes

Joshua/WOPR SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?

David Oh!

Jennifer I think it missed him.

David Yeah. Weird isn't it? Love to. How about Global Thermonuclear War?

Joshua/WOPR WOULDN'T YOU PREFER A GOOD GAME OF CHESS?

David Later. Let's play Global Thermonuclear War.

Joshua/WOPR FINE.

Stephen Falken Now, children, come on over here. I'm going to tell you a bedtime story. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. Once upon a time, there lived a magnificent race of animals that dominated the world through age after age. They ran, they swam, and they fought and they flew, until suddenly, quite recently, they disappeared. Nature just gave up and started again. We weren't even apes then. We were just these smart little rodents hiding in the rocks. And when we go, nature will start again. With the bees, probably. Nature knows when to give up, David.

David I'm not giving up. If Joshua tricks them into launching an attack, it'll be your fault.

Stephen Falken My fault? The whole point was to practice nuclear war without destroying ourselves; to get the computer to learn from mistakes we could not afford to make. Except, that I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.

David What's that?

Stephen Falken Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.

Jennifer What kind of a lesson is that?

Stephen Falken Did you ever play ]?

Jennifer Yeah, of course.

Stephen Falken But you don't anymore.

Jennifer No.

Stephen Falken Why?

Jennifer Because it's a boring game. It's always a tie.

Stephen Falken Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless! But back in the war room, they believe you can win a nuclear war. That there can be "acceptable losses.

Leslie Hunter It is tomorrow.

Stephanie Speck Oh, my God! I knew they'd pick me. I just knew it!

Leslie Hunter I'm not afraid to commit. I have to have something for myself first before I can share it with you.

Mr. Liggett Now there seems to be a lot of confusion on this next question: asexual reproduction. Could someone tell me please who first suggested the idea of reproduction without sex?

David Ah-heh.

Mr. Liggett Miss Mack! What is so amusing?

Jennifer I...

Mr. Liggett Alright, Lightman. Maybe you could tell us who first suggested the idea of reproduction without sex.

David Umm... Your wife?

Mr. Liggett Get out, Lightman. Get out.

Leslie Hunter I just wish everything could be like it used to be, all of us friends.

Leslie Hunter I can't remember who met who first or who fell in love with who first. All I can remember is the seven of us always together.

David I think I saw one. What kind of an asshole lives on an island and he doesn't even have a boat?

Jennifer Maybe we can swim for it. How far do you think it is?

David No. It's uh, two, three miles at least. Maybe more.

Jennifer Well, what do you say? Let's go for it!

David No.

Jennifer Come on!

David No! I can't swim.

Jennifer You can't swim?

David No, I can't, okay, Wonder Woman? I can't swim!

Jennifer Well, what kind of an asshole grows up in Seattle and doesn't even know how to swim?

David I never got around to it, okay? I always thought there was gonna be plenty of time!

Jennifer Sorry.

David 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.

Connie Hopper I'm a cop, and you're... not.