Prometheus (2012) - Quotes

Taglines: They went looking for our beginning. What they found could be our end.

Taglines: The search for our beginning could lead to our end.

Elizabeth Shaw: I don't want go to back to where we came from. I want to go where they came from. You think you can do that, David?

David: [[hope] Yes, I believe I can. … May I ask what you ] to achieve by going there?

Elizabeth Shaw: [[minds] They created us. Then they tried to kill us. They changed their ]. I deserve to know why.

David: The answer is irrelevant. It doesn't matter why they changed their minds.

Elizabeth Shaw: Yes — yes, it does.

David: I don't understand.

Elizabeth Shaw: [[human; [robot] Well … I guess that's because I'm a ] being, and you're a ].

Elizabeth Shaw: You can't leave — please — you have to stop it!

Meredith Vickers: We're not stopping anything, Shaw — we're going home.

Elizabeth Shaw: [[death; [Earth] Janek! If you don't stop it, there won't be any home to go back to. It's — it's carrying ] — and it's headed for ].

Peter Weyland: [last words; [nothing] : There is ].

David: [[good] I know. Have a ] journey, Mr. Weyland.

Meredith Vickers: What did he say, David?

David: I don't think he'd want me to tell you.

Meredith Vickers: What did he say?

David: [she slams him against the wall, as he calmly continues speaking] I'm sorry — — that's confidential.

Meredith Vickers: [[god] Oh my ] — I will find the cord that makes you run, and I will cut it. What did he say?

David: He said … try harder.

David: [[people] Why do you think your ] made me?

Charlie Holloway: We made you because we could.

David: [[imagine] Can you ] how disappointing it would be for you to hear the same thing from your creator?

Elizabeth Shaw: [in an alien chamber] Prometheus, are you seeing this?

Meredith Vickers: [[right] They were ] …

Janek: [[wrong] You wanted them to be ]?

Elizabeth Shaw: What is that?

David: Just something from a film I like.

Elizabeth Shaw: If we can't make contact, why did you — why did you even bring us here?

Meredith Vickers: Weyland was a superstitious man. He wanted a true believer on board. Cheers.

Meredith Vickers: I think there might be some confusion about our relationship. Weyland found you impressive enough to fund this mission, but I'm fairly certain your Engineers are nothing but scribblings of savages living in dirty little caves. But let's say I'm wrong, and you do find these "beings" down there: you won't engage them, you won't talk to them, you will do nothing but report back to me.

Charlie Holloway: Ummm, Miss Vickers, is there an agenda that you're not telling us about?

Meredith Vickers: Any casualties?

David: Casualties, ma'am?

Meredith Vickers: Has anyone died?

David: No, ma'am … everyone's fine.

Meredith Vickers: Well, then wake em up.

Charlie Holloway: [pointing at diagrams; [Earth] These are images of archaeological digs all over the ]: ancient civilizations that shared no contact. And yet, the same pictogram on every last one of them.

Fifield: A star map?

Elizabeth Shaw: No, an invitation.

Fifield: From whom?

Fifield: Look, I'm just a geologist. I like rocks. I love rocks! Now, it's clear you two don't give a shit about rocks. But what you do seem to care about is gigantic dead bodies. And as I don't really have anything to contribute in the gigantic dead body arena … I'm gonna go back to the ship. If you don't mind.

Elizabeth Shaw: * Elizabeth's final log

Elizabeth Shaw: [[death] Final report of the vessel Prometheus. The ship and her entire crew are gone. If you're receiving this transmission, make no attempt to come to its point of origin. There is only ] here now, and I'm leaving it behind. It is New Year's Day, the year of our Lord, 2094. My name is Elizabeth Shaw, the last survivor of the Prometheus. And I am still searching.

Elizabeth Shaw: * After analyzing the DNA of a dead Engineer.

Elizabeth Shaw: It's us — it's everything. What killed them?

Meredith Vickers: A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable.

Meredith Vickers: Good morning. I am Meredith Vickers, and it is my job to make sure you do yours.

David: * Speaking to the Engineer.

David: [[Death|die; [life] This man is here because he does not want to ]. He believes you can give him more ].

David: How far would you go to get what you came all this way for — to get your answers? What would you be willing to do?

David: [[Lawrence of Arabia (film)] * Observing an alien larva on his fingertip. Another quote from ].

David: [[beginnings] Big things have small ].

David: * On why he is suiting up like the astronauts.

David: [[people; [purpose] I was designed like this because you ] are more comfortable interacting with your own kind. If I didn't wear the suit, it would defeat the ].

David: [[T. E. Lawrence; [Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia] * Quoting lines from the depiction of ] in ] repeatedly to himself after watching the 1962 film.

David: [[trick] The ], William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

Peter Weyland: * Recorded hologram for the crew of the Prometheus on reaching their destination.

Peter Weyland: [[Worlds; [friends; [name; [Death|dead; [peace; [man; [human; [gifts; [soul; [life; [purpose; [w:Titan|Titan; [Prometheus; [mankind; [gods; [time] Weyland Corporation: Building Better ]. Hello, ]. My ] is Peter Weyland. I am your employer. I am recording this 22 June 2091 — and if you are watching it, you have reached your destination, and I am long ]. May I rest in ]. There is a ] sitting with you today — his name is David — he is the closest thing to a son I will ever have. Unfortunately he is not ]. He will never grow old and he will never die — and yet he is unable to appreciate these remarkable ], for that would require the one thing that David will never have: a ]. I have spent my entire ]time contemplating the questions "Where do we come from — what is our ] — what happens when we die?" And I have finally found two people who have convinced me they're on the verge of answering them: Doctors Holloway and Shaw — if you would please stand. As far as you're concerned, they're both in charge. The ] ] wanted to give ] equal footing with the ] — for that he was cast from Olympus. Well, my friends, the ] has finally come for his return.