Jurassic Park III (2001) - Quotes

Discovery of T. rex Urine

Dr. Grant: This is T. rex... pee?

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Preference for Dinosaurs Before Real-Life Encounters

Eric Kirby: I read both your books. I liked your first one more, before you were on the island. You liked dinosaurs back then.

Dr. Grant: Back then they hadn't tried to eat me yet.

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Playing with Dinosaurs: A Misunderstanding

Amanda: [about the abandoned laboratory] This how you make dinosaurs?

Dr. Grant: [[God] No. This is how you play ].

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Photography and Consequences in the Field

Dr. Grant: What are you doing?!

Billy: I was photographing the nest.

Dr. Grant: Don't do that again.

Billy: Sorry.

Dr. Grant: If I lose you, it's just me and the damn tourists.

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Disagreement on Expertise in Crisis Situation

Paul: Dr. Grant says that a bad idea.

Amanda: Dr. Grant. Dr. Grant says-

Paul: What's the good of hiring an expert if you're not gonna use his advice?

Amanda: Yeah, except Dr. Grant isn't looking for Eric. He's looking for the coast.

Paul: Okay, fine. Go ahead and scream. And then when that tricycloplots attacks you, don't come crying to me.

Amanda: [muttering] Don't worry about that.

Paul: What?

Amanda: Nothing.

Paul: What did you say?

Amanda: Never mind

Paul: What did you say?

Amanda: God, Paul, just drop it.

Udesky: [to Billy] If we split up, I'm going with you guys.

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Climbing Misconceptions in High-Altitude Adventures

Billy: [noticing Paul struggling with getting his backpack on] So Mr. Kirby, tell me, when you climbed K-2, did you base camp at 25 or 30,000 feet?

Paul: [hesitatingly] 30,000 feet. We were pretty close to the top.

Billy: You were about 1,000 feet above it, actually.

Paul: No, no. That's a common mistake.

Dr. Grant: Mr. Kirby, there's no such thing as Kirby Enterprises, is there?

Paul: It's Kirby's Paint and Tile Plus. The "Plus" stands for bathroom fixtures; we're in the Westgate Shopping Center in Enid, Oklahoma.

Billy: So I don't suppose that check you wrote us is any good.

Paul: Alright, now, now-

Dr. Grant: [muttering] This is good.

Paul: Listen to me. I will pay you the money I owe you, no matter what…

Dr. Grant: This is good! Here we are on the worst place on earth, and we're not even being paid!

Paul: Alright, now wait, fellas. Hold on. I’ll make this up to you. If you ever do a bathroom or a kitchen…

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Classifying the Super-Predator in Jurassic Park

Dr. Grant: How would you classify it, Billy?

Billy: [[w:Suchomimus|Suchomimus; makes a hand motion] Well, it's a super-predator. ]; Snout.

Dr. Grant: No, think bigger.

Billy: [[w:Baryonx|Baryonx] ]?

Dr. Grant: [[Spinosaurus|Spinosaurus aegypticus] Not with that sail. ].

Billy: I don't remember that on InGen's list.

Dr. Grant: That's because it wasn't on their list, and it makes you wonder what else they were up to.

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Desperation Amidst Government Indifference

Paul: We called everyone. We did everything we could; no one would help us. The Costa Rican government said that this is a no-fly zone. The U.S. Embassy — that's our U.S. Embassy — told us we should accept the inevitable. Can you believe that?!!

Billy: You let a 12-year-old go parasailing alone?

Paul: No!!

Amanda: He was not alone; he was with a friend.

Paul: Ben Hildebrand.

Amanda: Paul and I divorced over a year ago.

Dr. Grant: Alright, so why me?

Paul: He said we needed someone who'd been on the island before.

Udesky: Yes, but I did not tell you to kidnap somebody.

Dr. Grant: I have never been on this island.

Paul: Sure you have. You wrote that book.

Billy: That was Isla Nublar. This is Isla Sorna, Site B.

Udesky: You mean that there are two islands with dinosaurs on them?

Paul and Amanda: All right, you just stay out of this!

Dr. Grant: So, how long have they been missing?

Paul: Eight weeks.

Amanda: Almost eight weeks now.

Dr. Grant: Billy, we go back to the plane and salvage what we can. Then we make for the coast.

Paul: Dr. Grant, we're not leaving this island without our son.

Dr. Grant: [Exeunt Alan and Billy] Then you can go look for him, or you can stick with us as long as you don't hold us up. Either way, you probably won't get off this island alive.

Paul: [to Udesky] So...what do we do?

Udesky: Well, we search for your son...in the direction that they're going.

Paul: [The trio quickly hurry after them] Excellent. Excellent.

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Uncertainty in the face of danger

Paul: [hearing distant roar] What was that?

Billy: [[Tyrannosaurus] Is that a ]?

Dr. Grant: [[Spinosaurus|It] I don't think so. ] sounds bigger.

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Communication and Silence in Tense Situations

Udesky: Cooper, if you see anything, yell up.

Cooper: [sarcastically] Nah, I thought I'd keep it to myself.

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Connection Through Faith in Jurassic Park III

Billy: So, how do you know the Kirbys?

Cooper: Uh, through our church.

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Gratitude and Teamwork in Jurassic Park III

Billy: Alan, I wanted to thank you bringing me along on this.

Dr. Alan Grant: [sotto voce] Yeah, well the bones will still be there when we get back; that's the great thing about bones, they never run away. And the truth is... You got me into this, and I have no intention of being on my own with these people.

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Negotiating Support for a Dangerous Expedition

Paul Kirby: I've made a lot of friends in high places. In this case, the Costa Rican government.

Amanda Kirby: Dr. Grant, you have no idea how important it is to us that you come along. It would make all the difference.

Alan: Mrs. Kirby, I...I...

Paul: [pulls out a checkbook] And of course, we'd love to make a contribution to your research here. So... I could write all kinds of numbers on this check, Dr. Grant. Tell me...what's it gonna take?

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Technology Preferences in Jurassic Park III

Billy: You like computers, right?

Dr. Grant: I like the abacus, Billy.

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Changing Paths in Academia

Billy Brennen: So, how'd it go?

Dr. Grant: Well, it's not too late to change your major, Billy.

Billy Brennen: Not good, huh?

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Questions Beyond Jurassic Park Discussion

Symposium Leader: Does anyone have a question?

Dr. Grant: Fine. Does anyone have a question that does not relate to Jurassic Park?

Dr. Grant: ...Or the incident in San Diego, which I did not witness.

Dr. Grant: Yes, sir?

Male Student: [[Costa Rica] Your theory on raptors is good and all, but isn't all this conjecture kind of moot? I mean, once the U.N. and ] and everyone decides how to handle that second island, scientists will just go in and look for themselves.

Dr. Grant: Dinosaurs lived sixty five million years ago. What is left of them is fossilized in the rocks, and it is in the rock that real scientists make real discoveries. Now what John Hammond and InGen did at Jurassic Park is create genetically engineered theme park monsters, nothing more and nothing less.

Female Student: Are you saying you wouldn't want to get onto Isla Sorna and study them, if you had the chance?

Dr. Grant: [smiles] No force on earth or heaven could get me on that island.

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Recognition and Legacy in Jurassic Park III

Ellie: You're still the best. I mean that.

Dr. Grant: The last of my breed.

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Discovering Raptors' Vocal Capabilities

Dr. Grant: [[intelligence] All our theories about raptor ], what they were capable of, we weren't even close.

Ellie: Tell me.

Dr. Grant: Well, we did cranium scans of a fossil skull. We found what looks like a very sophisticated resonating chamber.

Ellie: Wait a second? So we were right. They had the ability to vocalize.

Dr. Grant: I'm convinced that's the key to their social intelligence.

Ellie: Which explains why they could work together as a team.

Dr. Grant: And coordinate their attacks so the prey wouldn't know what was going on.

Ellie: They could talk to each other.

Dr. Grant: To a degree we never imagined. Ellie, they were smart. They were smarter than dolphins or whales. They were smarter than primates.

Discussing Raptors in Jurassic Park III

Ellie: So what are you working on now?

Alan: Raptors mostly.

Ellie: My...favorite.

Alan: Do you remember the sounds they made?

Ellie: I try not to.

Understanding Dinosaur Behavior with Children

Dr. Alan Grant: Actually Charlie, those are herbivores. They really wouldn't be interested in fighting with each other. But these ones here are carnivores, and they really like fighting with each other. They use their teeth and claws to rip each other's throats out.

Ellie: [approaching] Alan, he's three. Let's wait til he's five.

Urgent plea for limited communication options

Paul Kirby: [to Dr. Grant about the satellite phone; [w:U.S. Embassy|U.S. Embassy] Turn off the power. You've got juice for maybe one call. Whatever you do, don't call the ]. They won't do a damn thing.

Determination to Find the Missing Child

Paul Kirby: [to Amanda] We're gonna find him. You listening to me? We're gonna find him. The kid's got resources. Remember what it was like to try to ground him?

Frustration in a perilous situation

Dr. Alan Grant: This is good. This is great. We're stuck on the worst place in the world, and we're not even getting paid!

A Warning in the Presence of Danger

Dr. Alan Grant: [finding a dinosaur carcass; [[Tyrannosaurus|T. rex; T. rex roars and everyone besides Grant runs away] It's okay, it's dead. ] raises its head from behind the dead dinosaur] Nobody move a muscle!

The Consequences of Misguided Intentions

Dr. Alan Grant: [after Billy said he stole raptor eggs "with the best intentions"] Some of the worst things imaginable have been done "with the best intentions". Billy, as far as I'm concerned, you're no better than the people who built this place.