Memorable Quotes from Dabney Coleman
9 quotesEscalating Tensions Over Control of Nuclear Launch
McKittrick
General, the machine has locked us out. It's sending random numbers to the silos.
Pat Healy
Codes. To launch the missiles.
General Beringer
Just unplug the goddamn thing! Jesus Christ!
McKittrick
That won't work, General. It would interpret a shutdown as the destruction of NORAD. The computers in the silos would carry out their last instructions. They'd launch.
General Beringer
Can't we disarm the missiles?
Pat Healy
Over a thousand of them? There's no time. At this rate it will hit the launch codes in... 5.3 minutes.
General Beringer
Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks.
McKittrick
I don't have to take that, you pig-eyed sack of shit.
General Beringer
Oh, I was hoping for something a little better than that from you, sir. A man of your education.
Officer
Sir, it's the President.
McKittrick
What are you going to tell him?
General Beringer
That I'm ordering our bombers back to fail-safe; we might have to go through this thing after all. Yes, sir.
[talks into the phone]
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Therapy and Misunderstandings Among Friends
George Fields
I begged you to get therapy.
[to Dorothy/Michael]
John Van Horne
Does Jeff know?
[after Dorothy reveals she is a man]
Ron Carlisle
I knew there was a reason she didn't like me!
[after Dorothy reveals she is a man]
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Tension Rises Over Chicken's Safety
Martin Price
Get back or the chicken gets it!
Police Officer
That's a threat?
Gonzo
Please don't hurt her, take me!
Martin Price
Whatever you say, pal!
[grabs Gonzo's nose and pulls him up hostage as well]
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Accusation of Loyalty and Blame
Stewart McBain
Harry, your loyalty was an accusation. Blame someone else.
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Discussion on Model Changes and Timing
Mr. Ellis
Where have you been? You should've been here an hour ago, I've been listening to this idiot for... What are you looking at?
Uncle Martin
Nothing.
Mr. Ellis
Good. Did you make the changes on the model?
Uncle Martin
Yes, I made the changes on the model.
Gerald Ellis
Yeah, but you didn't shave. We got the entire press court here, you look like shit.
[walks off]
Uncle Martin
I look like shit? Yeah, well, you look like... Willie Nelson.
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Escalating Tensions in War Games
Stephen Falken
How far's he gone?
[looking at screens]
McKittrick
Well, the President’s about ready to order a counter-strike. That's what we're recommending he do.
Stephen Falken
It's a bluff, John, call it off.
McKittrick
No, it's not a bluff. It's real.
Stephen Falken
Hello, General Beringer! Stephen Falken!
[raising his voice from stairs]
General Beringer
Mr. Falken you picked a hell of a day for a visit!
[standing]
Stephen Falken
Uh, uh, General, what you see on these screens up here is a fantasy; a computer-enhanced hallucination. Those blips are not real missiles. They're phantoms.
McKittrick
Jack, there's nothing to indicate a simulation at all. Everything is working perfectly!
Stephen Falken
But does it make any sense?
General Beringer
Does what make any sense?
Stephen Falken
That!
[points to the screens]
General Beringer
Look, I don't have time for a conversation right now.
Stephen Falken
General, are you prepared to destroy the enemy?
General Beringer
You betcha!
Stephen Falken
Do you think they know that?
General Beringer
I believe we've made that clear enough.
Stephen Falken
Then don't! Tell the President to ride out the attack.
Colonel Conley
Sir, they need a decision.
Stephen Falken
General, do you really believe that the enemy would attack without provocation, using so many missiles, bombers, and subs so that we would have no choice but to totally annihilate them?
Female Airman First Class
One minute and thirty seconds to impact.
[on loudspeaker]
Stephen Falken
General, you are listening to a machine! Do the world a favor and don't act like one.
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Loss of Home and Heart
Stewart McBain
My Heart? Home is where the heart is, and I've lost my home.
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Understanding DEFCON Levels in Military Context
McKittrick
See that sign up here - up here. "DEFCON." That indicates our current "def"ense "con"dition. It should read "DEFCON 5," which means peace. It's still on 4 because of that little stunt you pulled. Actually, if we hadn't caught it in time, it might have gone to Defcon 1. You know what that means, David?
David
No. What does that mean?
McKittrick
World War III.
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Unexpected Outcome After Detergent Incident
Eleanor
Is he going to be alright?
Dr. Beechwood
Well, a lad that size swallowing all that detergent. Amazingly, I think he's going to be fine.
Eleanor
Oh.
Dr. Beechwood
Also, he's very clean. Yeah.
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