Tom Skerritt Quotes

Poison Ivy

Reflections on Injustice and Education in Jail

Darryl Cooper Well, I'll tell you one thing: the kids are learning the metric system here... kilos, grams, that sort of thing. We're in jail, we've put ourselves in jail, and we're gonna stay in jail, while the people who should be behind bars are free on the streets. This has been A Piece of My Mind. I'm Darryl Cooper, general manager of KTVM. Thank you.

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Top Gun

Aspiration and Recognition in Aviation Training

Goose What are you doing?

[as Maverick is looking around the room]

Maverick Just wondering who's the best.

Viper In case some of you are wondering who the best is, they're up here on this plaque on the wall. The best driver and his RIO from each class has his name on it, and they have the option to come back here to be Top Gun instructors. You think your name's gonna be on that plaque?

[turns to Maverick]

Maverick Yes, sir.

Viper That's pretty arrogant, considering the company you're in.

Maverick Yes, sir.

[pauses]

Viper I like that in a pilot. Just remember, when it's over out there, we're all on the same team.

[smiles]

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Poison Ivy

Conflict Over Editorial Decisions

Darryl Cooper I ought to slap you good. You can't put 200 people out on a sidewalk just because you don't like an editorial! They're trying to get rid of me. Whose side are you on, anyway? Sylvie, you hurt me.

[to Sylvie Cooper]

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Knight Moves

Frustration and Disbelief in a Critical Moment

Frank Sedman Ohh Jesus Andy...ohh god...SON OF A BITCH

[On finding Andy with his throat slit]

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Up in Smoke

Appreciating Nature in Conversation

Strawberry Ahhh, look at that, man, the great outdoors, huh!

Pedro Yeah, the great outdoors...

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Poison Ivy

Warning About Street Safety and Drug Dealers

Darryl Cooper Get the hell off the street!! Because the only people who are safe there are the drug dealers. They have more firepower than the police department.

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A River Runs Through It

The Challenge of Loving Without Understanding

Rev. Maclean Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.

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Top Gun

Legacy of Heroism in Combat Aviation

Viper I flew with your old man. ], the ]. You're a lot like he was. Only better… and worse. He was a natural heroic son of a bitch, that one.

[[w:VF-51|VF-51; [w:USS Oriskany (CV-34)|Oriskany]

Maverick So he did do it right.

Viper Yeah, he did right. Is that why you fly the way you do? Trying to prove something? Yeah, your old man did it right. What I'm about to tell you is classified and it could end my career. We were in the worst dogfight I could've dreamed of. There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. His F-4 was hit; he was wounded, but he could've made it back. He stayed in it; saved three planes before he bought it.

[Maverick and Viper take a walk.]

Maverick How come I never heard that before?

Viper Well that's not something the State Department tells its dependents when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map.

Maverick So you were there?

Viper I was there. What's on your mind?

Maverick My options, sir.

Viper Simple. First, you've acquired enough points to show up and graduate with your Top Gun class, or you can quit. There'll be no disgrace. That spin was hell; it would've shook me up.

Maverick So you think I should quit?

Viper I didn't say that. The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem. Now I'm not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, Lieutenant. A good pilot is compelled to always evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. Up there, we gotta push it. That's our job. It's your option, Lieutenant. All yours.

Maverick Sorry to bother you on a Sunday, sir, but thank you very much for your time.

Viper No problem. Good luck.

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Alien

Authority and Dissent in a Crisis

Dallas All right! Ripley, when I give an order, I expect to be obeyed!

Ripley Even if it's against the law?!

Dallas YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT!!

Parker Well, now that she has a point, you know, who the hell knows what that thing is!

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Alien

Urgent Medical Situation Aboard the Spaceship

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.

[briefly pauses]

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.

[opens the inner hatch door and lets Dallas and Lambert in with Kane]

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Smoke Signals

False Accusations and Unfiltered Opinions

Police Chief This man apparently wants to press charges against you. He said you assaulted him and pushed him to the ground.

Victor Joseph That's bullshit.

Police Chief Mr. Joseph, there's no need for that type of language. Mr. Johnson's wife Holly says he's, and I quote, "a complete asshole". So, you two are free to go.

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The Dead Zone

Seeking Help for a Serial Killer Case

Sheriff Bannerman I guess I've come to you with what you could call a proposal, John. Uh, it has to do with these murders we've been having. The Castle Rock Killer. I'm sure you've heard of him.

Johnny Smith Sure.

Sheriff Bannerman I don't know whether it's true or not, uh, John, about these... psychic powers of yours. But if it is true, John, I could use your help.

Herb Smith John, maybe you should give him, uh...

[he trails off seeing Johnny's look]

Sheriff Bannerman Take a minute to think about it. But bear in mind some decent young women from homes just like this met with terrible, terrible deaths. Now, I'm at my wits end. I've exhausted about every conventional method of approach to this situation. I've come up with nothing. I feel you can help me, John.

Johnny Smith You made a mistake.

Sheriff Bannerman Mmm. I was sorry to hear about your mother's death, John, Mr. Smith. I understand she was a good woman. Christian woman. I'm not a religious man myself, I'm sorry to say. But I will say this. If God has seen fit to bless you with this gift, you should use it.

Alien

Discussion of the Alien's Unique Defense Mechanism

Dallas I haven't seen anything like that except molecular acid.

[looks at a pen being dissolved by alien's body fluid]

Brett It must be using it for blood.

Parker It's got a wonderful defense mechanism. You don't dare kill it.

Contact

Security Concerns in Critical Situation

Ellie Arroway We've got a security problem here!

Security Official Are you sure?

Arroway Yeah. That man? I know him! He's not supposed to be there! Get me Drumlin on a secure loop please. David, can you hear me?

[points to suspicious man on-screen; puts on a headset with a microphone attached to it; to technician; speaking to David Drumlin]

David Drumlin Yeah, I hear.

Arroway We have a security breach.

Contact

Controversial Legacy of First Contact Ambassador

Rachel Constantine Twenty million people died defeating that son of a bitch, and he's our first ambassador to outer space?

[about Adolf Hitler]

Ellie Arroway Actually the Hitler broadcast from the...

David Drumlin 36 Olympics was the first television transmission of any power that went in to space. That they recorded it, and sent it back, is simply a way of saying "hello, we heard you.

[interrupting]

Michael Kitz Or, "Sieg Heil, you're our kind of people.

Harold and Maude

Belief in Freedom Over License

Motorcycle Officer License, lady?

Maude I don't have one. I don't believe in them.

Motorcycle Officer How long you been driving, lady?

Maude About 45 minutes, wouldn't you say, Harold? We were hoping to start sooner; but, you see, it's rather hard to find a truck.

Motorcycle Officer This your truck?

Maude Oh, no, I just took it.

Top Gun

Unexpected Encounters in a Heated Moment

Viper Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees.

Wolfman Holy shit, it's Viper!

Goose Viper's up here, great… oh shit…

Maverick Great, he's probably saying, "Holy shit, it's Maverick and Goose.

Goose Yeah, I'm sure he's saying that.

Memorable Quotes from Tom Skerritt