Planet of the Apes (1968) - Quotes

George: Lucius.

Lucius: I still say you're making a mistake.

George: That's the spirit, keep em flying.

Lucius: ...What?

George: The flags of discontent. Remember, never trust anybody over thirty.

Cornelius: Well Taylor, we're all fugitives now.

George: Do you have any weapons, any guns?

Cornelius: The best, but we won't need them.

George: I'm glad to hear it. I want one anyway.

Dr. Zaius: I see you've brought the female of your species. I didn't realize that man could be monogamous.

George: On this planet, it's easy.

Dr. Zaius: Tell me, why are all apes created equal?

George: Some apes, it seems, are more equal than others.

Taylor: There's your Minister of Science; honor bound to expand the frontiers of knowledge.

Dr. Zira: Taylor please!

Taylor: Except that he's also Chief Defender of the Faith!

Dr. Zaius: There is no contradiction between faith and science... true science.

Taylor: Are you willing to put that statement to the test?

Cornelius: Taylor I would much rather...

Taylor: Take it easy, you saved me from this fanatic, maybe I can return the favor!

Taylor: Doctor, I'd like to kiss you goodbye.

Dr. Zira: All right, but you're so damned ugly.

Landon: Where are we, Bellatrix?

Dodge: No, it is too white for Bellatrix.

Taylor: You are 300 light years from your precious planet. Your loved ones are dead and forgotten for 20 centuries. 20 centuries! Even if you could get back, they would think you were something that fell out of a tree.

Landon: Climb off, will you?

Taylor: Oh, and the glory, don't forget that. There's a life-size bronze statue of you standing out there somewhere. It's probably turned green by now; nobody can read the nameplate. But never let it be said that we forget our heroes.

Taylor: And there's just one last item: immortality. You wanted to live forever, didn't you? Well, you damn near made it. Except for me and Dodge, you've lived longer than anyone ever born. And with our lovely Lieutenant Stewart dead, looks like you're the last of the line. You got what you wanted, tiger. How does it taste?

Cornelius: [''reading from the 29th scroll, sixth verse, of Ape Law''] Beware the beast man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, or lust, or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.

Julius: Shut up, you freak! I said shut up!!

Julius: You know what they say, "Human see, human do.

Dr. Zaius: Don't look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find.

Dr. Zaius: [''to Taylor''] The Forbidden Zone was once a paradise. Your breed made a desert of it, ages ago.

Dr. Zaius: [''to Taylor''] You are right, I have always known about man. From the evidence, I believe his wisdom must walk hand and hand with his idiocy. His emotions must rule his brain. He must be a warlike creature who gives battle to everything around him, even himself.

Dr. Zaius: [''to humans''] Have you forgotten your scripture, the thirteenth scroll? "And Proteus brought the upright beast into the garden and chained him to a tree and the children did make sport of him.

Dr. Zaius: [''to humans''] You are a menace. A walking pestilence.

Dr. Zaius: Ah, yes - the young ape with a shovel. I hear you're planning another archeological expedition. Cornelius, a friendly word of warning: as you dig for artifacts, be sure you don't bury your reputation.

Dr. Zaius: Dr. Zira, I must caution you. Experimental brain surgery on these creatures is one thing, and I'm all in favor of it. But your behavior studies are another matter. To suggest that we can learn anything about the simian nature from a study of man is sheer nonsense. Why, man is a nuisance. He eats up his food supply in the forest, then migrates to our green belts and ravages our crops. The sooner he is exterminated, the better. It's a question of simian survival.

Dr. Zaius: Man has no understanding. He can be taught a few simple tricks. Nothing more.

George Taylor: [riding down the beach in the last scene; shocked; falls to his knees; pounds the sand; angrily; camera pans to reveal the half-destroyed [[w:Statue of Liberty|Statue of Liberty] Oh, my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was-- We finally really did it. YOU MANIACS!!! YOU BLEW IT UP! AH, DAMN YOU! GOD! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! ] sticking out of the sand]

George Taylor: [to Lucius''] In my world, when I left it, only kids your age wore beards.

George Taylor: Doctor, would an ape make a human doll that talks?

George Taylor: [[w:AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes|American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations] *Note: ranked #66 in the ] in American cinema.

George Taylor: Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!

George Taylor: A planet where apes evolved from men?

George Taylor: You did that to him, damn you! You cut out his memory! You took his identity! And that's what you want to do to me!

George Taylor: [after seeing that Landon has been lobotomized] But they--! You did it. You cut up his brain, you bloody baboon!

George Taylor: What evidence? There were no weapons in that cave.

George Taylor: I'm a seeker, too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be.

George Taylor: It's a mad house! A MAD HOUSE!!

George Taylor: And that completes my final report until we reach touchdown. We're now on full automatic in the hands of the computers. I've tucked my crew in for the long sleep, and I'll be joining them...soon. In less than an hour we'll finish our six months out of Cape Kennedy. Six months in deep space...by our time, that is. According to Dr. Hasslein's theory of time in a vehicle traveling nearly the speed of light, the Earth has aged nearly 700 years since we left it...while we've aged hardly at all. Maybe so. This much is probably true. The men who sent us on this journey are long since dead and gone. You, who are reading me now, are a different breed...I hope a better one. I leave the 20th century with no regrets, but...one more thing, if anybody's listening, that is. Nothing scientific. It's... purely personal. But seen from out here, everything seems different. Time bends. Space is... boundless. It squashes a man's ego. I feel lonely. That's about it. Tell me, though, does man, that marvel of the universe, that glorious paradox who sent me to the stars, still make war against his brother... keep his neighbor's children starving?

George Taylor: Imagine me needing someone. Back on Earth I never did. Oh, there were women. Lots of women. Lots of love-making but no love. You see, that was the kind of world we'd made. So I left, because there was no one to hold me there.