Rip Torn Quotes

Zed Containment may be a moot point, old friend. The exodus continues. It's like the party's over and the last one to leave gets stuck with the check.

Bob Diamond For example, I use forty-eight percent of my brain. Do you know how much you use?

Daniel Miller Forty... seven?

Bob Diamond Three.

Zed How'd it go?

Michael Jackson Drolacks are gone and the treaty is signed.

Zed Good work.

Michael Jackson Zed? What about that position you promised me in Men in Black?

Zed Still working on the Alien Affirmative Action Program, I'll keep you posted.

Michael Jackson Wait a minute, that's not what you promised me!

Zed You're– you're breaking up!

Michael Jackson Zed? Hello? I could be Agent M!

Zed We're not hosting an intergalactic kegger down here.

Larraby I told you not to call me unless the world was going to end.

Dr. Grant I don't know about the world ending, but we've been tracking a pan-dimensional anomaly that seems to be moving toward our time-space continuum.

Larraby Dr. Grant, I speak Greek, not geek.

Dr. Grant Let me put it this way. Concussion is still alive, and he's coming back.

Larraby He was destroyed.

Dr. Grant Nope.

Larraby We were there. We both saw it.

Dr. Grant Nope.

Larraby The time has come. I'm reactivating the Zenith program. Find me some kids. Misfits, outcasts, weirdos. Gimme that file. Zoom is the only one who can train them. Now get to Long Beach, find him, evaluate his condition, and bring back here.

Dr. Grant You know he won't cooperate.

Larraby You won the Nobel Prize, doctor. You'll think of something.

Daniel Miller Is this Heaven?

Bob Diamond No it isn't Heaven?

Daniel Miller Is it Hell?

Bob Diamond Nope, it isn't Hell either. Actually, there is no Hell. Although I hear Los Angeles is getting pretty close.

Bob Diamond Your honors, Miss Foster and I have had this argument for a long time. I think the act itself is what's important, but she wants to keep enlarging it until everything loses its meaning. If I fix the flat tire on your car, and two years later I lose your garden hose, according to you I'm not going to get any credit for the flat, I'm just a dumb guy who lost the hose!

Zed The twins keep us on Centaurian time, standard 37-hour day. Give it a few months. You'll get used to it. Or you'll have a psychotic episode.

Zed Edwards, what the hell happened?!

James Hesitated.

Zed May I ask why you felt little Tiffany deserved to die?

James Well, she was the only one that actually seemed dangerous at the time, sir.

Zed How'd you come to that conclusion?

James Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hangin from the streetlight, and then I realized, you know, he's just workin out. How would I feel if somebody come runnin into the gym, bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this, uh, snarling beast guy...and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand and I'm realizing, he's not snarling, he's sneezing. You know, ain't no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinkin', you know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters this time of night, with quantum physics books? She bout to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight years old. Those books are way too advanced for her. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to somethin'. And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it. Or do I owe her an apology? That was a good shot, though, right?

Larraby HOLD IT, ZOOM!!!

Zoom What?

Larraby What are you gonna do now?

Zoom You know us heroes, we always do the right thing.

Larraby Mm.

Zoom C'mon, Grant, we got work to do.

Bob Diamond Did we ever stop to think that this young boy had a bond with his father? I don't think it had anything to do with the friend. I just think Daniel couldn't lie to his dad. That's all.

Lena Foster You're nodding, Mr. Miller. Does that mean you agree with Mr. Diamond?

Daniel Miller Oh, yes. I had a bond with my father. I pretty much never lied to him.

Lena Foster You never lied to your father? Would you like me to show you at least 500 examples?

Daniel Miller I said "pretty much" never lied. I didn't say I never, ever lied. You have to lie sometimes... in an emergency. But, ah, it doesn't mean the bond is affected. If you've got the bond, the bond is always there, and if you have to lie occasionally you're not going to interfere with the bond. You know, the bond can wait for a little lie and... in the end it's there for you. You know, sometimes in the middle of a lie I found that the bond would kick in... maybe squeeze a little truth out.

Bob Diamond Psst, wrap it up.

Daniel Miller I'm through.

Zed You will dress only in attire specially sanctioned by MIB Special Services. You'll conform to the identity we give you, eat where we tell you, live where we tell you. From now on, you'll have no identifying marks of any kind. You will not stand out in any way. Your entire image is crafted to leave no lasting memory with anyone you encounter. You are a rumor, recognizable only as déjà vu and dismissed just as quickly. You don't exist; you were never even born. Anonymity is your name, silence your native tongue. You are no longer part of the System. You are above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We're "them". We're "they". We are the Men in Black.

Zed YOU SORRY LITTLE INGRATES!

Nathan Bryce I think... perhaps... you're right.

Waiter I think perhaps Mr. Newton has had enough, don't you?

Dr. George We have a happy lab here. It's precise. There's nothing left to chance. There are no mistakes. The charts are right here. There's no mystery. They're right here. What is it you wanted?

Dr. Wheeler I'd like to look at them.

Dr. George For what reason?

Dr. Wheeler I'm interested in unexplained coma following routine surgery.

Dr. George You're interested?

Dr. Wheeler I'm more than interested.

Dr. George My anesthesiology staff is more than interested. We're deeply concerned.

Dr. Wheeler I understand.

Dr. George I'm not sure you do.

Dr. Wheeler Perhaps something was missed?

Dr. George Missed? Every professor of anesthesia, most of our staff, more than 40 experts have gone over these charts. You think something was missed?

Dr. Wheeler But if anything links them together...

Dr. George If anything linked them, we'd know it. Here they are, 10 cases.

Dr. Wheeler There are now 12. Different ages and sexes. Different surgeons and anesthetists. Different methods of induction. They share nothing in common except they all emerged with unexplained coma.

Dr. George We're certainly not neglecting that problem.

Dr. Wheeler I didn't say you were. Do you mind if I have a look?

Dr. George I'm afraid I do mind. Thank you for your interest, however misplaced. Good afternoon.