Independence Day Quotes

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Jimmy You scared, man?

Steven No. You?

Jimmy 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 Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!

Taglines WARNING! Your next stop may not be there.

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

Captain Steven Hiller 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.

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.

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

Steven Sir, I'm really anxious to get back to ].

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

Quotes about Independence Day * Joe Viskocil, film's pyrotechnics expert as quoted in by Nicholas Barber, The Guardian, June 18, 2016.

Taglines * from the Independence Day ] commercial

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

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

Taglines They only want one thing...DESTRUCTION.

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?

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...

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 * ], Chicago Sun Times, 1996 as quoted in by Nicholas Barber, The Guardian, June 18, 2016.

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

Taglines Don’t make plans for August.

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

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 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!

Constance Now what do we do?

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

Constance Yeah. I'm one of em.

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

Julius 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 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 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 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?

Captain Steven Hiller 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.

Taglines Today, the human race celebrates their Independence Day.

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

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 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 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 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.

President Thomas Whitmore 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!

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 Of course not.

Patricia Daddy let me watch ].

President Whitmore Traitor.