Independence Day (1996) - Quotes

Quotes about Independence Day: [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/18/why-are-we-hooked-on-films-about-mass-destruction-independence-day-resurgence "Why are we hooked on films about mass destruction?"] * Joe Viskocil, film's pyrotechnics expert as quoted in by Nicholas Barber, The Guardian, June 18, 2016.

Quotes about Independence Day: I felt guilty about making my work look so good. I started thinking maybe I did my job too well, and it might have been the nucleus of an idea for someone to say: ‘Hey, let’s crash a plane into the White House.’

Quotes about Independence Day: [[Roger Ebert; http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/independence-day-1996 "Independence Day"; https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/18/why-are-we-hooked-on-films-about-mass-destruction-independence-day-resurgence "Why are we hooked on films about mass destruction?"] * ], Chicago Sun Times, 1996 as quoted in by Nicholas Barber, The Guardian, June 18, 2016.

Quotes about Independence Day: At one point the news comes that New York, Washington and Los Angeles have been destroyed, and is there grief? Despair? Anguish? Speculation about what that will mean for professional sports? Not a bit – the characters nod and hurry on to the next scene.

Quotes about Independence Day: [[w:David Brin|David Brin; http://www.davidbrin.com/idiotplot.html Our Favorite Cliché: A World Filled With Idiots... or Why Film and Fiction Routinely Depict Society and its Citizens as Fools] * ], , DavidBrin.com

Quotes about Independence Day: All of this feeds into a sliding scale of villain power. Culminating with the aliens of Independence Day. Notice, in that case, that you no longer need incompetence or corruption of our institutions. Jeopardy takes care of itself. The invaders are so badass that even the United States government and military are allowed to simultaneously be both capable and good! In order to provide spear-carrier support for the two or three point-of-view heroes.

Taglines: [[w:Super Bowl|Super Bowl] * from the Independence Day ] commercial

Taglines: Enjoy the Super Bowl - it may be your last.

Taglines: Today, the human race celebrates their Independence Day.

Taglines: A war is on, pitting superior alien technology against Humankind's will to survive. The odds are even.

Taglines: On July 2, they arrive. On July 3, they strike. On July 4, we fight back.

Taglines: They only want one thing...DESTRUCTION.

Taglines: On the Fourth of July, you will have a ringside seat for the ultimate fireworks show.

Taglines: WARNING! Your next stop may not be there.

Taglines: Don’t make plans for August.

Taglines: The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe...has been answered.

Taglines: We've always believed we weren't alone. On July 4, we'll wish we were.

Taglines: EARTH: Take a good look. It could be your last.

Dr. Okun: Release me...

Major Mitchell: Open the door, get him out of there.

General Grey: Wait!

Dr. Okun/Alien: Release me! Now! NOW!

President Whitmore: I know there is much we can learn from each other, if we can negotiate a truce. We can find a way to co-exist. Can there be a peace between us?

Dr. Okun/Alien: Peace?.... No peace...

Whitmore: What is it you want us to do?

Dr. Okun/Alien: Die... Die...

Steven: [[w:Marine Corps Air Station El Toro|El Toro] Sir, I'm really anxious to get back to ].

General Grey: [calmly] Hasn't anyone told you? El Toro has been completely destroyed.

President Whitmore: I don't understand, where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this?

Julius: You don't actually think they spend $20,000 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you?

Nimzicki: Shut up! Captain, get him out of here!

Julius: [lets it sink in] Hey, don't tell him to shut up! You'd all be dead now if it wasn't for my David! None of you did anything to prevent this!

General Grey: There was nothing we could do! We were totally unprepared for this!

Julius: Bah! Don't give me "unprepared"!

Constance: [tries to take Julius back] Come on, Julius, come on....

Julius: It was, what? In the 19-- what, 50s? Whatever; when you had that spaceship.

David: Dad.

Julius: Yeah, that thing you found in New Mexico! Where was that?

David: Dad, no, not the spaceship, no.

Julius: [[w:Roswell, New Mexico|Roswell, New Mexico] Roswell. ], yeah! No, you had the spaceship and you had the bodies! They were locked up in a, in a bunker. Where was that? David?

Constance: I don't know.

Julius: [hissing] In Area 51, right? Area 51?! You knew then! And you did nothing!

President Whitmore: Sir, regardless of what you may have read in the tabloids, there has never been any spacecraft recovered by our government. Take my word for it. There's no Area 51. There's no recovered spaceship.

Nimzicki: Uh, excuse me, Mr. President? That's not entirely accurate.

David: What, which part?

Jimmy: You scared, man?

Steven: No. You?

Jimmy: [pauses; leans head on Steven's shoulder] Nope. Hold me.

Steven: Hey, pay attention.

Colonel: Something you wanna add to this briefing, Captain Hiller?

Steven: No, sir. I'm just a little anxious to get up there and whup E.T.'s ass. That's all.

Colonel: And you'll get your chance. You'll all get your chance. Good hunting. Dismissed!

Jimmy: [as the pilots prepare to suit up] Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!

Marty: I know, Ma. Just try and stay calm!

David: Tell her to pack up and leave town.

Marty: Why?! What happened?!

David: Just do it!

Marty: [to the phone; hangs up] Ma! Ma, listen! Uh, get your stuff together, and head for Aunt Esther's. Don't argue with me! Just go! David, why'd I just send my mother to Atlanta? David?! David, talk to me!

David: Did you hear me tell you that the signal in the satellite feed is slowly recycling down to extinction?

Marty: Not really.

David: It's a countdown.

Marty: A countdown? Wait, a countdown to what, David?!

David: [turns Marty's attention to the monitor] Uh, it's like in chess. First you strategically position your pieces. Then, when the timing's right, you strike. See? They're positioning themselves all over the world usin this one signal to synchronize their efforts. In approximately six hours, the signal's gonna disappear, and the countdown's gonna be over.

Marty: And then what?

David: Checkmate.

Marty: [gasps] Oh, my God! Oh, my God! I gotta call my brother. I better call my housekeeper. I gotta call my lawyer. Aw, forget my lawyer.

Constance: Now what do we do?

President Whitmore: Address the nation. There's gonna be a lot of frightened people out there.

Constance: [in Whitmore's ear; Whitmore looks back at her then to the ship] Yeah. I'm one of em.

Marty: David! David, what the hell's the point of having a beeper if you aren't even gonna turn it on?!?!

David: It was turned on, I was ignoring you. Hello, what's the uh... what's the big emergency?

Marty: [[w:1950s|1950s] It started this morning, every station's making like it's the ]... we got static, we got snow, all kinds of distortions!

David: Wait! Marty-

Marty: Nobody even knows-

David: .....What the hell are you doin'? There's a reason we have... bins labeled recycle! What the hell's goin on?! My god in heaven!

Marty: So sue me, DAVID! We have a problem!

President Whitmore: I have a confession to make. I'm sleeping next to a beautiful young brunette.

Marilyn: You didn't let her stay up all night watching TV, did you?

President Whitmore: [pause] Of course not.

Patricia: [[w:The Late Show with David Letterman|Letterman] Daddy let me watch ].

President Whitmore: Traitor.

President Thomas Whitmore: [to the pilots at Area 51 before the mass sortie; turns on mic; pauses] Good morning. Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!

Captain Steven Hiller: [to the unconscious alien; screams and kicks the alien] Y'know, this was supposed to be my weekend off. But no! You got me out here, draggin your heavy ass, through the burnin desert, with your dreadlocks stickin out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin all big and bad. AND WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL?! I could've been at a barbecue!...But I ain't mad. It's all right.

Captain Steven Hiller: [after downing an alien ship via parachute; in crazed relief; struggling with the parachute; climbs onto the alien ship; the alien pilot emerges, but he punches it and knocks it out; puts a cigar in his mouth] THAT'S RIGHT! THAT'S RIGHT! Get offa me, get offa me! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET! HAHA! Look at you! Ship all banged up! WHO'S DA MAN?! HUH?! WHO'S DA MAN?! Wait till I get another plane! I'm linin all of your friends up, right beside you! Where you at, huh?! Huh?! Where you at?! Welcome to Earth! Now that's what I call a "close encounter.