Blade Runner (1982) - Quotes

The Burden of Fear and Discontent

Leon: Painful to live in fear, isn't it? Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch. Wake up! Time to die!

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Questioning the Voight-Kampff Test's Validity

Rachael: You know that Voight-Kampff test of yours? Did you ever take that test yourself?

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Identity and Existence in Blade Runner

Rachael: I'm not in the business. I am the business.

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Identity and Self-Discovery in Blade Runner

Rachael: Is this testing whether I'm a Replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?

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Corporate Philosophy of Tyrell Corporation

Eldon Tyrell: Commerce is our goal here at Tyrell. "More human than human" is our motto.

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Duality of Beauty and the Beast

Bryant: Talk about beauty and the beast — she's both.

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Authority and Identity in Blade Runner

Bryant: Stop right where you are! You know the score, pal! If you're not cop, you're little people.

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Reflections on Life and Death's Struggle

Voiceovers: I watched him die all night. It was a long, slow thing... and he fought it all the way. He never whimpered, and he never quit. He took all the time he had, as though he loved life very much. Every second of it... even the pain. Then, he was dead.

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Uncertainty of Time in a Synthetic Life

Voiceovers: Gaff had been there, and let her live. Four years, he figured. He was wrong. Tyrell had told me Rachael was special: no termination date. I didn't know how long we had together... who does?

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Reflections on Life and Mortality

Voiceovers: I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life... anybody's life... my life. All he'd wanted was the same answers the rest of us want. Where do I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do is sit there and watch him die.

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Conflicted Emotions in a Ruthless Task

Voiceovers: The report would be "routine retirement of a Replicant", which didn't make me feel any better about shooting a woman in the back. There it was again... feeling in myself... for her... for Rachael.

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The Nature of Memories in Replicants

Voiceovers: Leon's pictures had to be as phony as Rachael's. I didn't know why a Replicant would collect photos. Maybe they were like Rachael... they needed memories.

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Struggling with Identity and Emotion

Voiceovers: Tyrell really did a job on Rachael. Right down to a snapshot of a mother she never had... a daughter she never was. Replicants weren't supposed to have feelings... neither were blade runners. What the hell was happening to me?

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The Absence of Family in Replicants

Voiceovers: And family photos? Replicants didn't have families either.

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Non-Human Traits of Replicants Explained

Voiceovers: Whatever was in the bathtub was not human. Replicants don't have scales.

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Pursuing a Lead in Uncertainty

Voiceovers: I didn't know whether Leon gave Holden a legit address. But it was the only lead I had, so I checked it out.

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Struggles of a Reluctant Killer

Voiceovers: I'd quit because I'd had a belly full of killing. But then I'd rather be a killer than a victim, and that's exactly what Bryant's threat about "little people" meant. So I hooked in once more thinking if I couldn't take it I'd split later. I didn't have to worry about Gaff. He was brown-nosing for a promotion, so he didn't want me around anyway.

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Dehumanization in Language and Perception

Voiceovers: Skin jobs". That's what Bryant called Replicants. In history books he's the kind of cop who used to call black men "niggers".

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Understanding Gaff's City Speak

Voiceovers: The charmer's name was Gaff, I'd seen him around. Bryant must have upped him to the Blade Runner unit. That gibberish he talked was city speak, gutter talk. A mishmash of Japanese, Spanish, German, what have you. I didn't really need a translator, I knew the lingo, every good cop did. But I wasn't going to make it easier for him.

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A Cold Fish Reference in Relationships

Voiceovers: Sushi. That's what my ex-wife used to call me. "Cold fish.

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The Unseen Life of a Blade Runner

Voiceovers: They don't advertise for killers in the newspaper. That was my profession. Ex-cop. Ex-blade runner. Ex-killer.

Charming Yet Unappreciated: A Reflection

Rick Deckard: I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming.

Questioning the Nature of Memories

Rick Deckard: [''Revealing to Rachael that she is a replicant''] You ever tell anyone that? Your mother, Tyrell? They're implants. Those aren't your memories, they're somebody else's. They're Tyrell's niece's. Okay, bad joke, I'm sorry... No, really, I made a bad joke. Go home, you're not a Replicant... (sigh) you wanna drink? I'll get you a drink.

Reflections on the Nature of Memories

Rick Deckard: Memories, you're talking about memories.

Identity and Awareness in Blade Runner

Rick Deckard: * On Rachael not knowing that she is a replicant.

Existential Confusion in Blade Runner

Rick Deckard: I don't get it, Tyrell. How can it not know what it is?

The Duality of Replicants in Society

Rick Deckard: Replicants are like any other machine. They're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.

Reluctance to Embrace Duty as Blade Runner

Rick Deckard: * In response to news that he is wanted on another assignment as a "blade runner" — an officer of the law who "retires" renegade "replicants.