Memorable Quotes from Jeff Goldblum
37 quotesA Confused Conversation About Intimacy
Valerie
Wait a minute. Are you like coming on to me? Is this a pass? Because, I mean, if it is, sex is like totally out of the question.
Mac
What is sex?
Valerie
Sex? You know, making love. A man and a woman like each other and they take their clothes off and...
Mac
Okay.
Valerie
Well, no! No, no, no! We can't, no, because, I mean, me and Ted are, uh, are, uh, well, I guess we're not, but, I mean, uh, we can't because, I mean, you're an alien and I'm from the valley and we may not even be, you know, anatomically correct for each other. That could be - a real problem. No problem. But, I mean, uh, no, no, no. I mean, it just wouldn't work! You're from out of town. The phone bills would just be hell.
[looks at naked Mac's groin]
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The Dangers of Powerful Neurotoxins
Eddie Carr
I loaded the enhanced venom of Conus purpurascens, the South Sea cone shell. Most powerful neurotoxin in the world. Acts within a two-thousandth of a second. Faster than the nerve-conduction velocity. The animal's down before it feels the prick of the dart.
Ian Malcolm
Is there an antidote?
Eddie Carr
What, like if you shot yourself in the foot? Don't do that. You'd be dead before you realized you'd had an accident.
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A Mother's Anger is Unleashed
Ian Malcolm
Mommy's very angry.
[after hearing the adult ''T. rex'' roar for its missing child]
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Identity Shift in Jurassic Park Narrative
Ian Malcolm
Now you're John Hammond.
[to Ludlow, as the ''T. rex'' terrorizes San Diego]
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Changing the World to Fit People
Jack Bellicec
The rest of the world is trying to change people for to fit the world. I'm trying to change the world to fit people.
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Creating Unity Through Common Adversaries
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
When I first got here, well, there was discord. There was discontent. And back where I come from, everybody knows that the best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy.
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Challenge to the Invaders
Jack Bellicec
Here I am, you pod bastards! Hey, pods! Come and get me, you scum!
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Journalistic Standards and Vocabulary Expectations
Jack Harrison
Look, didn't you hire me to raise the journalistic level of this paper?
Mac Turner
Wrong! I hired you to raise the vocabulary level of this paper. I want to keep the journalistic level very low. Why do you think I teamed you up with him?
[points to Gil]
Gil Turner
Hey, I'm a team player.
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Exploring Fear and Transformation Beyond the Flesh
Seth Brundle
You're afraid to dive into the plasma pool, aren't you? You're afraid to be destroyed and recreated, aren't you? I'll bet you think that you woke me up about the flesh, don't you? But you only know society's straight line about the flesh. You can't penetrate beyond society's sick, gray fear of the flesh! ], see what I'm saying? And I'm not just talking about sex and penetration, I'm talking about penetration beyond the veil of the flesh! A deep, penetrating dive into the plasma pool!
[To Veronica; [w:Pierian Spring|Drink deep or taste not the plasma spring]
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Survivor's Warning About Alien Conquest
David Levinson
Why are you here?
Sphere AI
When I intercepted their distress call, I knew they would come to exterminate you. I came to evacuate as many of you as possible. But you attacked me with the same weapons that they used on us.
Levinson
They attacked you?
Sphere AI
Correct. A harvester ship conquered our planet and extracted it's molten core. They used them to refuel their ships and grow their technology. They've done this to countless civilizations. We fought them for thousands of years. But they destroyed all of our ships. I, am the sole survivor.
[shows hologram of a Harvester ship and a planet]
Dr Brackish Okun
I am so sorry to hear that. Do you have a plan?
Sphere AI
My system holds the key to superior technology. And there is a hidden planet where I teach refugees from other fallen worlds how to build weapons that will defeat them once and for all.
Dr Catherine Marceaux
That's why they're afraid of you. You're the only ones who threaten their existence.
Sphere AI
Correct. But now that I'm activated, the queen will detect my signature and hunt me down.
Dikembe Umbuntu
It's too late. She's already on her way.
Thomas Whitmore
Yeah. She's coming.
Levinson
And what would happen if, if we're able to kill her?
Sphere AI
No one has ever killed a harvester queen.
Okun
That's encouraging.
Sphere AI
But as a hive, her fighters will fall and her ship will leave your planet, recalled by other harvester queens. But it's too late now. You must terminate me or she will get the coordinates to the refugee planet. And that will be the end.
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Unity and Resolve in the Face of Adversity
David Levinson
I've had years to get us ready. We never had a chance.
President Whitmore
We didn't last time, either. We always knew they were coming back. But look how far we've come. In the last 20 years, this planet has been unified in a way that's unprecedented in human history. That's sacred. That's worth fighting for. We convinced an entire generation that this is a battle we could win. And they believed us. We can't let them down. It wasn't luck last time. It was our resolve. We all have to fight till our last breath. And that is going to lead us to victory.
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Unexpected Fragrance in a Mysterious Room
Gil Turner
Do you smell perfume?
Jack Harrison
Yes. I know what was in this room.
Gil
What?
Jack
The Creature from Estee Lauder.
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Preserving Legacy Without Endangering Others
Ian Malcolm
If you want to leave your name on something, fine. But stop putting it on other people's headstones.
[to Hammond]
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Transformation through Unintended Consequences
Seth Brundle
I was not pure. The teleporter insists on inner purity; I was not pure. A fly...got into the transmitter pod with me that first time when I was alone. The computer got...confused, there weren't supposed to be two separate genetic patterns, and it decided to, erm...splice us together. It mated us, me and the fly. We hadn't even been properly introduced. My...teleporter turned into a gene-splicer. And a very good one. Now I'm not Seth Brundle anymore. I'm the offspring of...Brundle and housefly.
[To Veronica; Smiles]
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The Cycle of Excitement and Fear
Ian Malcolm
Yeah. "Ooh, ah," that's how it always starts. But then later there's running and screaming.
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Investigating the Wreckage After the Attack
General Lao Jiang
It crashed into Van de Graaff crater. We are not picking up any signs of life.
US President Elizabeth Lanford
Let's hope to God we did the right thing.
David Levinson
Madam President, we need to send a team up to investigate the wreckage. We need to know who we just shot down.
Reese Tanner
There's no sign of life and the threat has been neutralized. We can send a team up, but David needs to be in DC.
[to Lanford]
Levinson
No, oh. Can we not make this political. I need to get up there and get answers.
Lanford
David, you can lead a team up there, but after the celebration.
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Proof of the Wicked Witch's Demise
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Bring me the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West, so I have proof that she's dead.
[to Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion]
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New Mistakes in Jurassic Park's Legacy
John Hammond
Don't worry. I'm not making the same mistakes again.
Ian Malcolm
No, you're making all new ones.
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Comparison of Size in Alien Threat
David Levinson
That's... definitely bigger than the last one.
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The Transformation of Brundlefly's Eating Habits
Seth Brundle
How does Brundlefly eat? Well, he found out, the hard and painful way, that he eats very much the way a fly eats. His teeth are now useless, because although he can chew up solid foods, he can't digest them. Solid food hurts. So like a fly, Brundlefly breaks down solids with a corrosive enzyme, playfully called "vomit drop". He regurgitates on his food, it liquefies, and then he sucks it back up. Ready for a demonstration, kids? Here goes...
[Being filmed by Veronica]
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Irony of Absence in Celebration
Michael Gold
Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come.
[about the wake]
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Perception of Truth in History
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
You see, back where I come from, we got a whole lot of people who believe all sorts of things that aren't true. You know what we call it? History.
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The Empowering Illusion of Teleportation
Seth Brundle
I will say now, however subjectively, that human teleportation, molecular decimation, breakdown and reformation is inherently purging. It makes a man a king. From the moment I walked out of the pod, I felt like a million bucks... I mean, what an accomplishment! But what have I really done? All I've done is say to the world: "Let's go! Move! Catch me if you can!
[To Veronica]
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Embracing Change and Loss of Relevance
Seth Brundle
You're relics. Yes, you are. Vestigial, archaeological, redundant. Artifacts of a bygone era. Of historical interest only. You've missed some good moments. Is that why you're here? To catch up? My teeth have begun to fall out. The medicine cabinet is now the Brundle Museum of Natural History. You wanna see what else is in it?
[Adding his teeth to a collection of lost body parts; Notices Veronica]
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Consequences of Parental Recognition in Nature
Ian Malcolm
Hey, when the adult sees us once again with his baby, uh, isn't he gonna be like, "You!"? You know, there may be some, uh, angry recognition.
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Motivations Behind Environmental Activism
Ian Malcolm
What's your background? Wildlife photography?
Nick Van Owen
Yeah, wildlife, combat, you name it. When I was with Nightline, I was in ], Chechnya, all over Bosnia. Do some volunteer work for Greenpeace once in a while.
[[Rwanda]
Ian Malcolm
Greenpeace? What drew you there?
Nick Van Owen
Women. Eighty percent female, Greenpeace.
[grinning]
Ian Malcolm
That's noble.
Nick Van Owen
Yeah, well, "noble" was last year. This year I'm getting paid. Hammond's check cleared, or I wouldn't be going on this wild goose chase.
Ian Malcolm
Uh, where you're going is the only place in the world where the geese chase you!
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Unexplained Phenomenon in the Classroom
Donald Ripley
Something's happened here. Something's happened here. I'm telling you, with everything we know, about ], about the makeup of the ] body, what happened in that classroom is impossible. That kid attracted an arc of ] from thirty feet away, and not just from the ], I mean, after a second it was like it was coming out of the whole… building.
[[science; [human; [electricity; [w:Spark gap#Visual entertainment|Jacob's Ladder]
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Hospital Plans and Manipulative Strategies
Mac
Joe, take us to hospital, please.
Joe
Hey, clown, you're going to the slammer!
Mac
We go to slammer first.
[looks at Mike, then at Valerie]
Valerie
Listen, give them that love touch, then they'll come on to me. They'll be putty in my hands.
[to Mac]
Mac
You want sex with Joe and Mike?
Valerie
No, no, just so we can get away. Do it, do it! You'll see.
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Corporate Responsibility and Personal Accountability
Peter Ludlow
InGen is my responsibility now, Doctor, I will jealously defend its interests.
Ian Malcolm
Your responsibility, what about Mr. Hammond?
Peter Ludlow
It is our board of directors whom I must look in the eye, not my uncle. Really, you must trust me, your problems are about to be rendered moot. In a few weeks time, they'll be long forgotten.
Ian Malcolm
Not by me.
[grabbing Ludlow's arm]
Peter Ludlow
Careful. This suit cost more than your education.
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Confusion and Jealousy in Relationships
Seth Brundle
Residue" means old boyfriend, doesn't it? Stathis Borans is her old boyfriend. "From the desk of Stathis Borans" - how about "Under the desk of Stathis Borans"? She's working for her old boyfriend. Now she runs out late at night to see him. What is this, the Ronnie game?! I'm catching on, I'm catching on... I didn't mean to kill your brother. But he didn't die in vain, if that's of any comfort. And, as the General said, "There's nothing I'd ask you to do that I wouldn't do myself, boys." ...Hey, you're all right. From looking at you, I can tell you're okay. What are we waiting for? Let's do it.
[Talking to his surviving baboon, while drinking; As the baboon swats at a fly]
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Understanding Humanity's Future Through Difference
Donald Ripley
We're stumbling around in a very ] age basically trying not to ] each other. So it hurts me when you say "So what?" Because you are not just different, Jeremy, I think you have a ] that we won't ] to for like thousands of years — you're maybe the man of the ] right here and ].
[[Darkness|dark; [kill; [mind; [evolve; [future; [now]
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Critique of Modern Entertainment Preferences
Kelly Malcolm
She doesn't even have Sega. She's such a troglodyte.
Ian Malcolm
Cruel, but good word use.
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Transformation from Capitalist to Naturalist
Ian Malcolm
So you went from capitalist to naturalist in just four years. That's something.
[to Hammond]
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The Nature of Connection and Communication
Donald Ripley
], always relaying, always ], and ].
[[Energy; [transforming; [Eternity|never-ending]
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Commitment to Staying Together
Michael Gold
You see, Sarah, Harold, we took a secret vote. We're not leaving. We're never leaving.
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Defining "Easy" in Earth Girls Are Easy
Valerie
I didn't want you to think Earth girls were easy.
Mac
What is "easy"?
Valerie
This is "easy".
[kissing him]
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Confrontation of Morality and Desire
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I'm not a bad man, I...
[after Elphaba stumbles across a voiceless Dr. Dillamond and several other Animals trapped in cages]
Elphaba Thropp
Yes, you are. You're a very bad man. You once asked me what my heart's desire was. And now I know what it is. It is to fight you until the day I die!
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