Ernest Borgnine Quotes

The Black Hole

Betrayal and Tragedy on the Cygnus

B.O.B. The officer the men trusted most was Frank McCrae.

Charlie Pizer Kate's father.

B.O.B. They turned to him when Dr. Reinhardt ignored the orders to return home. They tried to take control of the Cygnus. Reinhardt called it mutiny and killed Mr. McCrae.

Dan Holland What became of the crew?

B.O.B. They were captured by the sentry robots and they're still on board.

Harry Booth What?!

Pizer Where?

B.O.B. In the command tower, the power center.

V.I.N.CENT. Robots, Mr. Pizer! Humanoid robots!

B.O.B. The most valuable thing in the universe, intelligent life, means nothing to Dr. Reinhardt. Without their wills, the crew became things he can command.

Holland That explains the funeral.

Pizer Right.

Holland And the limping robot you spotted.

[to Harry Booth]

Booth Do you mean to tell me that there's actually a human body under that clothing?

[to B.O.B.]

B.O.B. Exactly, Mr. Booth.

Holland We can't just take off and leave these poor devils behind. Harry, it looks like we're gonna have to try your plan.

Booth What?! And end up just like the rest of the crew?! Well, if they couldn't pull it off, what chance do we have?

B.O.B. Captain, the damage is irreversible. Death is their only release.

[to Dan Holland]

Booth That's right! For God's sakes, Dan, we can't take on that mechanical army!

V.I.N.CENT. Captain, I was forced to destroy two sentry robots. The others are searching now. If they're found...!

Holland Gotcha, V.I.N.CENT.. Charlie, start the countdown.

[to Charlie Pizer]

Pizer Right!

Holland V.I.N.CENT., tell Kate I want her and Alex back here on the double!

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The Poseidon Adventure

Struggling for Survival Amidst Desperation

Linda Rogo This is a bunch of crap. We're sinking and nothing's going to keep us from drowning.

Mike Rogo Keep moving.

Manny Rosen He's right, Mrs. Rogo, there are air pockets all over the ship.

Linda Rogo Air pockets?

Manny Rogen Yes, just because that deck is flooded doesn't mean this one will.

Nonnie Parry How long will we stay afloat?

James Martin Long enough.

[gently]

Robin Shelby The Andrea Doria stayed afloat for 10 hours before she sank.

James Martin You see, Nonnie, everything's gonna be alright. We have a long time to go.

Mike Rogo Come on, keep moving, keep moving.

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The Poseidon Adventure

A Toast on Their First Trip

Mike Rogo This is the first trip since we got married.

Linda Rogo Yeah, and why we didn't fly, I'll never know.

Reverend Frank Scott Well, since the Captain put me in charge. let's make a toast.

Linda Rogo Great. What do we drink to?

Reverend Frank Scott To love.

Linda Rogo Here here, to love. To love, dummy!

[to Mike]

Mike Rogo Oh.

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The Poseidon Adventure

Misunderstanding About Suppositories in Crisis

Mike Rogo How is she supposed to swallow that pill, when she can't even swallow water?

Nurse Gina Rowe They're suppositories, Mr. Rogo. You erm, don't swallow them.

[patiently]

Mike Rogo Then what the hell do you do with them?

Linda Rogo For Christ's sake, I know what to do with suppositories! Just get them outta here!

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The Poseidon Adventure

Debate Over Dress in Crisis Situation

Reverend Frank Scott Ok Mrs. Rogo, up you go. But you'll have to take off that long gown.

Mike Rogo Like hell she will!

Reverend Frank Scott She can't climb in it. It's too tight.

Mike Rogo She's got nothin under it!

Linda Rogo Just panties. What else do I need?

Mike Rogo What do you mean what else do you need?!

Reverend Frank Scott Give her your shirt.

Mike Rogo But...my...

Linda Rogo Come on.

Mike Rogo Linda, next time you put something on like I told you to put on!

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The Poseidon Adventure

Chaos After the Capsizing

Linda Rogo Jesus Christ. What happened?

[dazed]

Reverend Frank Scott We've turned over.

Mike Rogo Linda, Linda honey, are you all right?

Linda Rogo Hi... where the hell have you been?

Mike Rogo Where do you think? Flying around on my ass!

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Escape from New York

The Duke of New York Revealed

Snake Plissken Where's the President?

Cabbie The Duke got him. Everybody knows the Duke's got him. You don't have to put a gun to my head. I'll tell you.

Snake Plissken Who's the Duke?

Cabbie The Duke? The Duke of New York, A-Number-1, the Big Man, that's who!

Snake Plissken I wanna meet this Duke.

Cabbie You can't meet the Duke! Are you crazy? Nobody gets to meet the Duke. You meet him once and then you're dead!

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The Dirty Dozen

War's Purpose Beyond Personal Interests

Maj. Gen. Worden This war was not started for your private gratification, and you can be damned sure it's not being run for your personal convenience, either!

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The Poseidon Adventure

Tensions Rise in a Critical Moment

Manny Rosen Belle, be careful.

Belle Rosen Manny, you think I'm planning to be careless?

[dives in]

Mike Rogo What the hell does he think she's doing?!

Manny Rosen Let her go! She knows what she's doing!

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The Black Hole

Exploring the Unknown: Journey into the Black Hole

Hans Reinhardt Tonight, my friends, we stand on the brink of a feat unparalleled in space exploration. If the data on my returning probe ship matches my computerized calculations, I will travel where no man has dared to go.

Alex Durant Into the black hole?

Reinhardt In... through... and beyond.

Harry Booth Why, that's crazy! Impossible!

[surprised; laughs]

Reinhardt The word "impossible", Mr. Booth, is only found in a dictionary of fools.

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Ice Station Zebra

The Nature of Control and Resistance

Boris Vaslov It seems almost benevolent.

Cmdr. Ferraday In that state, yes. Confined, controlled, shielded. But it is ] and it hates being confined even more than you do.

[[w:Nuclear fission|nuclear fission]

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Ice Station Zebra

Trust and Identity in Conversation

Boris Vaslov You have a distrustful character.

David Jones I have no character. I assume one.

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The Poseidon Adventure

New Year's Eve at the Captain's Table

Mike Rogo You know what it means to be picked out from all the people aboard to sit at the Captain's table on New Year's Eve? Well, I'll tell ya what it means. It means that all your worries about those other women looking on ya is a lot of bull.

Linda Rogo He only invited you because you're a Detective Lieutenant. Why don't you just go without me?

Mike Rogo And what am I supposed to do at midnight? Kiss the Captain?

Linda Rogo Don't knock it.

[Linda enters the bathroom and closes the door]

Mike Rogo Why don't you admit the real reason? You're still afraid some bum will recognize you. Well that's pretty stupid! You're out of that business now, you're my wife. You can't keep running around pretending that every guy you bump into is a former customer. Linda, you hear me?!

Linda Rogo Will you shut up?! I'm busy in here!

[Toilet flushes]

Mike Rogo You weren't even out on the streets that long! How the hell many guys did you know?! You realize how slim the chances are that even one of these characters is on this boat?!

Linda Rogo You don't have to shout.

[opening the bathroom door]

Mike Rogo I SAID THA-...I said, do you realize, how slim-

Linda Rogo I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID! Mike? I saw a young officer on deck the other day. And he looked pretty damn familiar! Even with his clothes on!

[sitting down on the bed]

Mike Rogo So he recognized you. So?

Linda Rogo But doesn't that bother you?

Mike Rogo If it bothered me I wouldn't have married you.

Linda Rogo Well first you arrested me six times!

Mike Rogo Well I had to figure out some way to keep you off the streets until you married me!

Linda Rogo Come here, you lousy cop.

[softening]

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Marty

Unexpected Connections and Self-Discovery

Marty Piletti And I also want you to know that I'm having a very good time with you right now and really enjoyin myself. You see, you're not such a dog as you think you are.

Clara I'm having a very good time too.

Marty Piletti So there you are. So I guess I'm not such a dog as I think I am.

Clara You're a very nice guy. I don't know why some girl hasn't grabbed you off long ago.

Marty Piletti Well, I don't know either. I think I'm a very nice guy. I also think I'm a pretty smart guy in my own way...You know how I figure. Two people get married and are gonna live together forty or fifty years, so it's gotta be more than whether they're just good-looking or not. Now you tell me you think you're not so good looking. Well, my father was a real ugly man but my mother adored him. She told me how she used to get so miserable sometimes — like everybody, you know? And, and she says my father always tried to understand. I used to see them sometimes when I was a kid sittin in the living room talkin and talkin'. And I used to adore my old man because he was always so kind. That's one of the most beautiful things I have in my life — the way my father and mother were. And my father was a real ugly man. So it doesn't matter if you look like a gorilla. You see, dogs like us, we ain't such dogs as we think we are.

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The Dirty Dozen

Discipline and Insanity in Military Leadership

Gen. Denton Major Reisman is heading toward a court martial of his own. He's the most ill-mannered, ill-disciplined officer that it's ever been my displeasure to meet.

Maj. Gen. Worden You think so, Denton? You may be right. But he's sure right about one thing. Somebody up there must be a raving lunatic.

The Poseidon Adventure

Confrontation Between Two Characters in Crisis

James Martin What kind of a policeman were you? You've done nothing but beef and complain. Always negative, always destructive. Well, now's you're chance to something positive for a change! Are you quitting, Mr. Rogo? Are you going out with a whimper, on your belly?

[tauntingly]

Mike Rogo All right, you. That's enough!

The Poseidon Adventure

Betrayal and Loss in Desperation

Mike Rogo : You! Preacher! You lyin', murderin son of a bitch! You almost suckered me in! I started to believe in your promises, that we had a chance! What chance? You took from me the only thing I ever loved in the whole world, my Linda. YOU KILLED HER!! : You killed her.

[To Reverend Scott after Linda has fallen off a catwalk to her death; Rogo breaks down]

RED

Unexpected Discovery of a Hidden Location

Cooper I didn't even know this place existed.

[about the records room]

Henry, The Records Keeper It doesn't!

[indignant]

Ice Station Zebra

The Fate of the Bull and Steer

Boris Vaslov They say - a bull in the ring dies a much better death, than a steer in a slaughterhouse. A bull has a chance.

The Poseidon Adventure

A Moment of Crisis and Cooperation

Mike Rogo What the hell happened? You didn't pull the rope.

Reverend Frank Scott I got trapped. Mrs. Rosen freed me.

Mike Rogo Thanks Mrs. Rosen, if it hadn't been for you, none of us... Aww, Jesus!

[Scott grabs Rogo's arm, Rogo does a double take and realizes Mrs. Rosen is dead]

Reverend Frank Scott Go back and tell the others.

Mike Rogo And what do I tell him?

Reverend Frank Scott Tell him nothing! Just go back and get him.

Mike Rogo Ya had a lotta guts, lady... a lotta guts.

The Poseidon Adventure

Navigating Challenges in a Crisis Situation

Reverend Frank Scott Through the kitchen and go deeper and deeper in the ship till we reach the hull. That way!

Mike Rogo Then you just kick out the bottom and we swim ashore, huh?

Linda Rogo Or maybe you could just yell "This is the police" and it'll open right up!

Mike Rogo Don't be a smart ass!

The Dirty Dozen

Concerns About Leadership in Wartime

Maj. Gen. Worden What do you say, Major?

Major John Reisman lt confirms a suspicion l've had for some time now, sir.

Maj. Gen. Worden Think we might share that suspicion? l think you should.

Major John Reisman Since we are over here to try to win the war, it shouldn't be advertised that someone we work for is a raving lunatic.

The Poseidon Adventure

A Call to Sing During Crisis

James Martin What do I tell I tell the others?

Mike Rogo Tell them to break out their hymn books and start singing "Nearer My God To Thee"!

RED

The Legacy of a Black-Ops Agent

Henry, The Records Keeper Frank Moses was one of the most effective black-ops agents we've ever had. He retired drug lords, terrorists…hell, he toppled governments. Yeah. He was truly gifted.

Cooper Why was he retired?

Henry He got old. Then some government thumb-sucker came along and tagged him RED.

Cooper Red"?

Henry Yeah. RED, R-E-D. "Retired, Extremely Dangerous.

The Black Hole

Discussing a risky plan for escape

Harry Booth If Reinhart has anti-gravity strong enough to hold us here, I figure he's got enough to pull away.

Lieutenant Charles Pizer So?

Harry Booth So? So why not take this ship and Reinhart back home?

Dan Holland That's a long shot you're talking, Harry.

Harry Booth Oh, come on! You've got two scientific wizards here who could figure out the computers and possibly even reprogram the robots. And the three of us can handle Reinhart and that pet monster of his. I tell ya... we could all be heroes.

Dan Holland We could also be dead.

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