Phenomenon (1996) - Quotes

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Change the World: [[stars; [heart; [truth; [love; [dreams] If I could reach the ] I'd pull one down for you Shine it on my ] so you could see the ] That this ] I have inside is everything it seems But for now I find it's only in my ]

George: [[love; [life] Hey, would you, uh, ] me the rest of my ]?

Lace Pennamin: No. I'm gonna love you for the rest of mine.

Al Pennamin: [coldly at George] You came here to die, didn't you?

George: [as Al walks off] But I'm-- I like this place, and, um, I love the people here.

Doc: [[brain; [hand; [mystery; [tested; [w:Astrocytoma|astrocytoma; [light] Let's see, uh... George... George... there's a tumor in your ], that's spread out like a ], threads of it, you know, everywhere. But instead of dysfunction — now here's the ], George. Instead of destroying brain function, so far it's been stimulating it. We can't understand that. You have more area of active brain use than anybody ever ] — ever — because of those tentacles. I mean, we've seen tumors like this before, it's called ]. And it explains, uh, the dizziness, and... the illusion of ]. But the way it's in there, waking up areas of the brain, it's a... big mystery. So...

George: And it's killing me.

Banes: What did they find out?

George: [Roger smirks] I'm pregnant. That's how it feels.

Roger: How what feels?

George: Yeah, you know, to be full of ideas and you can't deliver, okay? I mean, you know, you're ready to break out and you can't deliver. You know, uh, this professor, he won't even talk to me. He won't even talk to me.

Nate Pope: You're not going to Berkeley, George?

George: Oh, come on. Me, at Berkeley? That's a thought, huh?

Nate: I'm sorry, buddy.

Jimmy: You mean, inventions? You got inventions?

George: [shows papers; slides papers to her; shows Jimmy diagram on legal pad] No, no. Ideas, okay? I get a thousand ideas a day, every d-damn minute. Okay? I got big, big, holy cow kind of ideas and, and little what if ideas. All right? Hey, I got ideas for you, Jimmy. Look at this. Look at this. Your parking lot- it's laid out all wrong, okay? Now, if you just follow this, right, you can put six more cars in and no one gets fender benders. All right? Where's Paulette? Where is she? Bonnie, here. Take this. This is a new route for our mail. Okay? Now, if she does this, she can save an hour a day and everybody gets their mail by three o'clock. Imagine, three o'clock. Oh, and l got a holy shit idea too. Look at this. Now this may be the most efficient way to store solar energy. Okay? Take it.

Jimmy: Well, what am I gonna do with it?

George: What the hell am I supposed to do with it, huh? You know what that light was? You know what that sound was?

Jimmy: Tell us.

George: I'm gonna tell you what it was.

Jimmy: Well, tell us!

Banes: It was a damn alien.

Nate: Don't say that. You don't know what it was.

George: I know what it is, Nate.

Nate: You don't know what it was. Don't say that.

Jimmy: Well, tell us!

George: [his psychic powers slightly break the glass panel at the bar and Jimmy heads for cover] It's a GODDAMN mistake, is what it is! Okay? It was supposed to happen to someone smart, someone that's scientific, someone who is a leader. But it didn't. It happened to me, George freakin Malley. Look at him. Now look at him. Look!

Dr. Niedorf: All right, I'll start the questions, and I'll be timing your responses, and we'll be recording. Any questions?

George: [[name] What's your first ]?

Dr. Niedorf: [George reaches across the wide table to shake hands] Uh, my first name is Bob.

George: Shoot, Bob.

Dr. Niedorf: [starts stopwatch] Right. Name as many mammals as you can in 60 seconds. Ready? Go.

George: Hmm. 60 seconds. Well, how would you like that? How about alphabetical? Aardvark, baboon, caribou, dolphin, eohippus, fox, gorilla, hyena, ibex, jackal, kangaroo, lion, marmoset, Newfoundland, ocelot, panda, rat, sloth, tiger, unicorn, varmint, whale, yak, zebra. Now "varmint" is a stretch; so is "Newfoundland" (that's a dog breed); "unicorn" is mythical, "eohippus" is prehistoric. But you weren't being very specific. Now were you, Bob?

Dr. Niedorf: [pauses, then stops watch and laughs] Well! Ahh, I'll, uh — I'll try to be more specific. You ready for the next one?

George: Shoot.

Dr. Niedorf: [starts stopwatch] Answer as quickly as you can... how old is a person born in 1928?

George: Man or a woman?

Dr. Niedorf: [stops stopwatch and pauses] Why?

George: Specifics, Bob.

Dr. Niedorf: [starts stopwatch] Okay, one more time. How old is a MAN born in 1928?

George: Still alive?

Dr. Niedorf: [stops watch, pauses, nods; starts stopwatch] If a man is born in 1928, and he's still alive, how old is he?

George: What month?

Dr. Niedorf: [stops stopwatch; starts stopwatch] If a man was born October 3, 1928, and he's still alive, how old is he?

George: What time?

Dr. Niedorf: [starts stopwatch] 10:00... PM!

George: Where?

Dr. Niedorf: [stops stopwatch; now impatient] Anywhere!

George: [takes Bob's hand to see his wristwatch] Well. Let's get specific, Bob! I mean, if the guy's still alive, born in California, October 3, 1928, 10:00 PM. he 67 years, nine months, 22 days, 14 hours, and... ...and 12 minutes. If he was born in New York, he's three hours older, now isn't he?

Bonnie: George Malley! You learned the Portuguese language in 20 minutes?

George: Not all of it.

George: [[good] This is ], Lace. I think you're a good cook.

Lace: No, I'm not. I only make two things pretty well: pork chops and, um, turkey.

George: Hm. Which is this?

Doc: [fuming off at his and George Malley's common friends belittling George's abilities; [afraid; pauses; [people; [sleep; [world; pause; calms down, in soft voice; [Hell; leaves the bar] Why do ya have to tear him down? What are you so ] of? What have you got to lose? He wasn't selling anything! He didn't want anything from anybody! He wanted nothing from nobody! Nothing! NOTHING!!! And you ] have to tear him down so you can ] better tonight! So ya can prove that the ] is flat and sleep better toniight! Am I right?... I'm right... The ] with all of ya. The Hell with everyone of ya.

George Malley: [[Love; [fear; [compassion; [greed; [work; [drug] ] is buried under ], and partnership, is right there under competition, and there's ] underneath the ]. Nate, you gotta take your eraser and do the ]. It's hard work and nobody can do it for you. There's no ]. That's the sum of it.