Stephen Pearlman Quotes

Sol Robeson Certain programs cause ] to get stuck in a particular loop. The loop leads to meltdown but just before the crash, they become aware of their own structure. The computer has a ] of its own silicon nature and it prints out the ingredients.

Maximillian Cohen The computer becomes conscious?

Sol Robeson In some ways, I guess.

Maximillian Cohen Studying the pattern made Euclid conscious of itself. I had to... Before it died it spit out the number. That consciousness is the number?

Sol Robeson No, Max. It's only a nasty bug.

Maximillian Cohen It's more than that, Sol.

Sol Robeson No, it's not. It's a ] ]. There's ] there.

Maximillian Cohen It's a ], Sol. It's a door.

Sol Robeson A door at the front of a cliff. You're driving yourself over the edge.

Rabbi Cohen The ] tells us it began 2,000 years ago, when the Romans destroyed the ].

Maximillian Cohen What is this?

Rabbi Cohen Max, you will understand everything if you listen... The Romans also destroyed our priesthood, the ]. And with their deaths, they destroyed our greatest secret. In the center of the temple was the heart of the Jewish life, the ]. It was the earthly residence of our ]. The one God. It housed the ], which stored the original ] which God gave to ]. Only one man was allowed to enter this Holy of Holies on one day, the holiest day of the year, ]. On the Day of Atonement, all of Israel would descend upon ] to watch the High Priest, the Cohen Godul, make his trip to the Holy of Holies. If the High Priest was pure, he would emerge moments later and we were secured a prosperous year. It meant that we were closer to the ]. But, if he was impure, he would die instantly and it meant that we were doomed. The Holy Priest had one ritual to perform in the Holy of Holies, he had to intone a single word... That word, was ].

Maximillian Cohen So?

Rabbi Cohen The true name, which only the Cohanim knew, was 216 letters long.

Dr. Fred Schiller These people don't like to work anonymously. They want you to know who's doing it to you. So this name Simon is probably not an alias. It's probably Simon or some variation.

Joe Lambert Simon, Robert E. Busted in 86. Extortion. Kidnapping. 10 to 15. Did 7 years for good behavior. Released on a state work furlough two months ago.

Inspector Cobb Check it.

John McClane Thanks, Rick. Bob Simon was a bankrupt businessman who kidnapped his partner's daughter. He's a fuck-up, not a psycho. The guy we're looking for is nuts.

Charles Weiss A nut who knows a lot about bombs. We found this in a playground. Professional. Very cool stuff! You know … Boom!

Inspector Walter Cobb You think you should slam it around like that, Charlie?

Charles Weiss It's unmixed. You can't hurt it. This stuff is cutting edge. It's a binary liquid.

Inspector Walter Cobb A what?

Charles Weiss Like epoxy. Two liquids. Now, either one by itself … you got nothing. But, mix em … : Ricky?

Connie Kowalski Charlie, you're gonna be wearin that chair up your ass!!

Inspector Walter Cobb Christ almighty, Charlie!

Charles Weiss Like I said, very cool stuff. Now, with a package like this, you get a warning. Now, the bomb has to arm itself. You'll see the red liquid pump into the clear before it detonates.

John McClane How long before?

Charles Weiss Ten seconds, two minutes, it could be anything. But once it's mixed...be somewhere else.

Rabbi Cohen Who do you think you are? You are only a vessel from our ]. You are carrying a delivery that was ] for us.

Maximillian Cohen It was given to me.

Rabbi Cohen It's killing you.