Linda Hamilton Quotes

Sarah Connor Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. The Terminator would never stop. It would never leave him. It would never hurt him, never shout at him, or get drunk and hit him, or say it was too busy to spend time with him. It would always be there. And it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers who came and went over the years, this thing, this machine was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.

Sarah Connor August 29, 1997, came and went. Nothing much happened. Michael Jackson turned 40. There was no Judgment Day. People went to work as they always do. Laughed, complained, watched TV, made love. I wanted to run to through the street yelling to grab them all and say, "Every day from this day on is a gift. Use it well." Instead, I got drunk. That was 30 years ago. But the dark future which never came still exists for me. And it always will, like the traces of a dream. John fights the war differently than it was foretold. Here, on the battlefield of the Senate, his weapons were common sense and hope. The luxury of hope was given me by the Terminator. Because if a machine can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.

Sarah Connor The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first time with a sense of hope, because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.

Sarah Connor Funerals don't help them. And goodbyes don't help you. You just have to learn to live with it.

Sarah Connor You're terminated, fucker!

Rachel Wando Thank you, Karen. Thank you, Lauren. This award means a lot to us. We've been proud of our town for a long time. It's beautiful. It's safe. It's a wonderful place in which to raise a family. And now with the prospect of a major investment in our economic future…by Mr. Elliot Blair of Blair Industries…Will you stand up, Elliot? Next year we're gonna be number one.

Sarah Connor Because I was her. And it sucks.

Sarah Connor There once was a future in which humankind was hunted by a machine that could think and Terminators built to kill. A future without hope. That future never happened, because I stopped it to protect my son and to save us all.

Sarah Connor I don't have a photograph of John. I never took any. I thought that... they couldn't find him, if they didn't know what he looked like. But now I'm forgetting his face.

Rachel Wando A man who stares at a rock must have a lot on his mind. Or nothing.

Sarah Connor I need to know how Skynet gets built. Who's responsible?

Terminator The man most directly responsible is Miles Bennett Dyson.

Sarah Who is that?

Terminator He's the director of special projects at Cyberdyne Systems Corporation.

Sarah Why him?

Terminator In a few months, he creates a revolutionary type of microprocessor.

Sarah Go on. Then what?

Terminator In three years, Cyberdyne will become the largest supplier of military computer systems. All stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record. The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes online on August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 AM, Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

Sarah Skynet fights back.

Terminator Yes. It launches its missiles against the targets in Russia.

John Connor Why attack Russia? Aren't they our friends now?

Terminator Because Skynet knows that the Russian counterattack will eliminate its enemies over here.

Sarah Jesus. How much do you know about Dyson?

Terminator I have detailed files.

Sarah I want to know everything. What he looks like, where he lives, everything.

Hank Mitchell Uhhh... are you sure about this?

Amy Franklin Yeah, why not... we're primates, too.

Rachel Wando Eight years it took us to get this town on its feet. You wouldn't believe the struggle.

Rachel Wando I'd like to thank Karen from Money magazine for this wonderful award. It's…oh, what is it, Lauren, is it Karen or Kathy?

Vicky What do you want?

Malachai We want to give you Peace. Seize her!

Sarah Connor Three billion human lives ended on August 29, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgment Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare: the war against the Machines. The computer which controlled the machines, Skynet, sent two Terminators back through time. Their mission: to destroy the leader of the human Resistance, John Connor, my son. The first Terminator was programmed to strike at me, in the year 1984, before John was born. It failed. The second was sent to strike at John himself, when he was still a child. As before, the Resistance was able to send a lone warrior, a protector for John. It was just a question of which one of them would reach him first.

Amy Franklin I'm sorry.

Dr. Andrew Ingersoll That cost this institute seven million dollars!

Dr. Benson Hughes She knows how much it costs. She's been a part of it since we first got Kong's heart resuscitated.

Amy Franklin There's nothing wrong with the heart. The damn thing runs like a Swiss watch. It's his blood.

Rachel Wando Fun is what you have when you don't have two children, a business, and a town to run.