Ian Holm Quotes

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg It's nice to see you again, Father.

Father Vito Cornelius Ah, I remember you now. The so-called art dealer.

Zorg I'm glad you got your memory back. Because you're gonna need it. Where are the stones?

Cornelius I don't know. And even if I did know, I wouldn't tell somebody like you.

Zorg Why? What's wrong with me?

Cornelius I try to serve life. But you only…seem to want to destroy it.

Zorg Oh, Father, you're so wrong. Let me explain. Life, which you so nobly serve, comes from destruction, disorder and chaos. Take this empty glass. Here it is, peaceful, serene and boring. But if it is destroyed… Look at all these little things. So busy now. Notice how each one is useful. What a lovely ballet ensues, so full of form and color. Now, think about all those people that created them. Technicians, engineers, hundreds of people who'll be able to feed their children tonight so those children can grow up big and strong and have little teeny weeny children of their own, and so on and so forth. Thus, adding to the great chain…of life. You see, Father, by creating a little destruction, I'm actually encouraging life. In reality, you and I are in the same business. Cheers.

Cornelius Where's the robot to pat you in the back? Or the engineer? Or their children, maybe? There, you see how all your so-called power counts for absolutely nothing? How your entire empire of destruction comes crashing down. All because of one…little…cherry.

Zorg You saved my life, and in return, I'll spare yours... For now.

Priest Vito Cornelius You're a monster, Zorg.

Zorg ...I know. Torture who you have to. The President, I don't care. Just bring me those stones. You have one hour.

Dennis Sorry mates, but we've just about run out of petrol.

Simon Hey. Is there any chance that it will run on this?

Terry Rapson Are you mad? That's a 12-year-old Scotch!

Simon Gentlemen. To England.

Rapson To Mankind.

Dennis To ]!

Simon I just ... I just wish I could have seen him grow up, you know?

Rapson The important thing is that he will grow up.

Dennis Amen.

Ripley That's amazing. What is it?

Ash Uh, yes, it is. Uh, I don't know yet. Did you want something?

Ripley Yes, I, uh … have a little talk. How's Kane?

Ash He's holding, no changes.

Ripley And, uh... our guest?

Ash Oh.

Ripley Hm?

Ash Well, as I said, I'm still... collating, actually. But I have confirmed that he's got an outer layer of protein polysaccharides. Has a funny habit of shedding his cells and replacing them with polarized silicon, which gives him a prolonged resistance to adverse environmental conditions. Is that enough?

Terry Rapson What I'm about to tell you is supposed to be confidential. Several hours ago, three helicopters went down over Scotland. They crashed because the fuel in their lines froze.

Jack Hall At what temperature does-

Rapson -150° Fahrenheit. I mean, we had to look it up! The temperature dropped phenomenally fast! On the ground, people froze before they could get out of their cars!

Hall Can you get me a satellite picture of Scotland two hours ago?

Janet Yeah.

Rapson We've got mountains of data, but nowhere near enough computer power to analyze it. Can you help us?

Hall Send us what you've got, we'll do our best.

Rapson Thanks, Jack. Bye for now.

Janet This is Scotland at the time the temperature dropped.

Hall This thing looks just like a hurricane.

Janet Only hurricanes don't form over land.

Howard I've been to Chatsworth, Santa Cruz, Encino, San Diego, Riverside, Van Nuys, and Bakersfield. It has been eight months! Where are my goddamn clouds, huh?

Professor Fitz They move, Mr. Hughes! Clouds move — that's what they do! They move!

Sam Mussabini I want you to pretend you're running on hot bricks: if you leave your feet too long on the ground, they'll get burned! Pop, pop, pop! Light, light, light as a feather!

Professor Fitz Mr. Hughes! Mr. Hughes! Oakland! There are clouds in Oakland!

Howard You're serious this time?

Professor Fitz Yes! Goddammit, yes. I can promise you, clouds in Oakland.

Howard Alright, alright. Don't get jittery on me. OAKLAND! WE'RE GOING TO OAKLAND!

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg This case is empty.

Father Vito Cornelius What do you mean, empty?

Zorg Empty. As in the opposite of full. This CASE is SUPPOSED to be FULL! ...Anyone care to explain?

Cornelius The guardians... gave the stones.. to someone they could trust... who-who another route... she's supposed to contact this person... in a hotel... and she's looking for the address. Easy.

Leeloo Dot.

David It's-it's planet Fhloston, in the Angel Constellation!

Cornelius We're saved.

Zorg I'm screwed!

Aknot You asked for a case. We brought you a case.

Zorg A CASE WITH FOUR STONES IN IT! NOT ONE OR TWO OR THREE, BUT FOUR! FOUR STONES! W-WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH AN EMPTY CASE?!

Aknot We are warriors, not merchants.

Zorg BUT YOU CAN STILL COUNT! Look, it's easy. Look at my fingers. Four stones, four crates . Zero stones, ZERO CRATES! Pack everything up! We're outta here!

Aknot We risked our lives! I believe a little compensation is in order.

Zorg Oh, so you are merchants after all. Leave them one crate... for the cause.

Sam Mussabini Do you want to know why you lost today?

Sam Mussabini You're over striding. Just a couple of inches.

Sam Mussabini Now these coins represent the steps in your sprint.

Sam Mussabini Have you got another two coins, Mr. Abrahams? Well, maybe we can find em.

Sam Mussabini Remember, over striding – death for the sprinter.

Sam Mussabini Slap in the face, each step you take. Knocks you back.

Sam Mussabini Like that!

Sam Mussabini And that!

Bilbo No, thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations!

Gandalf And what about very old friends?

Terry Rapson This is very odd. There's a buoy here registering a thirteen-degree drop in ocean temperature.

Simon Oh, yeah, that's right. That buoy malfunctioned the other day. I'll put a call in, see if there are any ships near George's Bank to get it.

Rapson This buoy isn't in George's Bank. It's just off Greenland.

Simon It is? What are the odds of two buoys failing?

Rapson Remote. Make that three.

Terry Rapson Jack, were you able to recreate the thermal cycle?

Jack Hall Yes. The storm's rotation is pulling super-cooled air from the upper troposphere.

Rapson But, shouldn't the air warm up before it reaches ground level?

Hall It should, but it doesn't; the air is descending too rapidly.

Rapson Is this an isolated incident?

Hall I'm afraid not. We've located two other supercells in addition to the one over Scotland. There's one over northern Canada, and another one over Siberia.

Rapson And do we know their projected path?

Hall Yes. Our previous estimates of 6-8 weeks weren't even close. This one storm is going to change the face of our planet. Here's a projection of 24 hours out. This is 48 hours out... And in 7 to 10 days. When this storm is over, we'll be in a new Ice Age.

Rapson ...My God.

Hall Professor, I think it's time you got out of there.

Terry Rapson I'm afraid that time has come and gone, my friend.

Hall ...What can we do?

Rapson Save as many as you can.

Ripley Ash, that transmission, MOTHER's deciphered part of it. It doesn't look like an S.O.S.

Ash What is it, then?

Ripley Well, it looks like a warning. I'm gonna go out after them.

Ash What's the point? I mean, by the, the time it takes to get there, you'll, they'll know if it's a warning or not, yes?

Dallas Okay, Ripley, we're clean. Let us in.

Ripley What happened to Kane?

Dallas Something's attached itself to him. We have to get him to the infirmary right away.

Ripley What kind of thing? I need a clear definition.

Dallas An organism. Open the hatch!

Ripley Wait a minute. If we let it in, the ship could be infected. You know the quarantine procedures: 24 hours for decontamination.

Dallas He could die in 24 hours! Open the hatch.

Ripley Listen to me. If we break quarantine, we could all die.

Lambert Look! Would you open the goddamn hatch? We have to get him inside!

Ripley No. And if you were in my position, you'd do the same.

Dallas Ripley, this is an order. You open that hatch right now, you hear me?

Ripley Yes.

Dallas Ripley, that was an order! Do you hear me?!

Ripley Yes, I read you. The answer is negative.

Ash Inner hatch opened.

Gandalf Frodo suspects something.

Bilbo Of course he does! He's a Baggins! Not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle.

Bilbo It's mine...my own... My precious...

Hobbits Speech, Bilbo! Speech!

Frodo Speech!

Bilbo My dear Bagginses and Boffins. Tooks and Brandybucks. Grubbs. Chubbs. HORNBLOWERS! BOLGERS! BRACEGIRDLES! AND PROUDFOOTS!

Proudfoot Proudfeet!

Bilbo Today is my one hundred and eleventh birthday!

Hobbits Happy birthday!

Bilbo Alas, eleventy one years is far too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable Hobbits. I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. I, uh, I have things to do...I've put this off for far too long. I regret to announce this is the end. I'm going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell. Goodbye.