Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Quotes

John Connor The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves." I wish I could believe that. My name is John Connor. They tried to murder me before I was born. When I was 13, they tried again. Machines from the future. Terminators. All my life my mother told me the storm was coming - Judgment Day, the beginning of a war between man and machines. Three billion lives were vanished in an instant. And I would lead what was left of the human race to ultimate victory. It hasn’t happened, no bombs fell, computers didn’t take control. We stopped Judgment Day. I should feel safe. But I don’t. So I live off the grid, no phone, no address. No one and nothing can find me. I’ve erased all connections to the past. But as hard as I try, I can't erase my dreams. My nightmares.

Radio Operator Hello? Hello? CQ CQ, is anybody there?

John This is John Connor, Crystal Peak.

Radio Operator Connor, what the hell is happening? Who's in charge there?

John I am.

John Are you sure about this... me and her?

Terminator Your confusion is not rational. She is a healthy female of breeding age.

John Well, I think there's a little more to it than that...

Terminator My database does not encompass the dynamics of human pair bonding.

Taglines The Machines Will Rise.

John All right, get off at the next exit, let her out.

Terminator Negative. Katherine Brewster must be protected.

John I thought I was the one they were after.

Terminator You could not be located. So a T-X was sent back through time to eliminate your lieutenants.

John So... she's gonna be in the resistance? If... oh, no. No, you shouldn't exist! We took out Cyberdyne over ten years ago. We stopped Judgment Day.

Terminator You only postponed it. Judgment Day is inevitable.

Terminator Katherine Brewster, have you sustained injury?

Brewster Drop dead, you asshole!

Terminator Am unable to comply.

John What? What are you saying?

Terminator I killed you.

Taglines Next summer, the Machines will Rise.

John Connor We have to shut down SkyNet. Where's the system core? Somewhere in this building?

Lt Gen Robert Brewster SkyNet. The virus has infected SkyNet.

John SkyNet is the virus. It's the reason everything's falling apart!

Terminator SkyNet has become self-aware. In one hour, it will initiate a massive nuclear attack on it's enemy.

Brewster What enemy?

John Us. HUMANS!!

John Connor I feel the weight of the future bearing down on me. A future I don't want. So I keep running...as fast as I can...anywhere...nowhere...

John Connor By the time SkyNet became self-aware it had spread into millions of computer servers all across the planet. Ordinary computers in office buildings, dorm rooms, everywhere. It was software, in cyberspace. There was no system core. It could not be shut down. The attack began at 6:18 P.M. just as he said it would. Judgment Day. The day the human race was nearly destroyed by the weapons they built to protect themselves. I should have realized our destiny was never to stop Judgment Day; it was merely to survive it. Together. The Terminator knew. He tried to tell us, but I didn't want to hear it. Maybe the future has been written. I don't know. All I know is what the Terminator taught me. Never stop fighting. And I never will. The battle has just begun.

John Yes, he made it!

Terminator Get away from me! Leave... now!

Kate Let's go, John! The master's on. Throttle's set.

John Come on, let's go! Please, you can't do this!

Terminator I have no choice. The... T-X... has cor... corrupted my system.

John You can't kill a human being. You said so yourself!

Kate Let him go!

John You're fighting it right now!

Terminator My CPU is intact. But I cannot control... my other functions.

John You don't have to do this. You don't want to do this!!!

Terminator Desire is irrelevant. I am a machine!

John What is your mission?!

Terminator To ensure the survival of John Connor and Katherine Brewster.

John You are about to fail that mission!

Terminator I can... I cannot.

John You know what you have to do! You know my destiny! I have to live!

John What are you doing?

Terminator I am powered by two hydrogen fuel cells. My primary cell was damaged in a plasma attack. T-X is designed for extreme combat, driven by a plasma reactor and equipped with onboard weapons. Its arsenal includes nanotechnological transjectors.

John Meaning...?

Terminator It can control other machines. Its body chassis is heavily armored and hardened to withstand external attack.

John You'll find a way to destroy her.

Terminator Unlikely. I'm an obsolete design. T-X is faster, more powerful and more intelligent. It's a far more effective killing machine.

John Oh, great. That's great.

Terminator My presence in this timeline has been anticipated. T-X is designed to terminate other cybernetic organisms.

John So... she's an Anti-Terminator... Terminator? You've gotta be shitting me.

Terminator No, I am not shitting you.

Terminator When ruptured, the fuel cells become unstable. Relax.

Brewster LET ME OUT OF HERE!

Terminator Relax!

John Just leave me here. I'm not the one you want. You're wasting your time.

Terminator Incorrect. John Connor leads the resistance to victory.

John How? Why? Why me?

Terminator You are John Connor.

John Christ! My mom fed me that bullshit since the cradle! Look at me! I'm no leader! I never was! I'm never gonna... Let go!

Terminator You're right. You're not the one I want. I'm wasting my time.

John Fuck you... you fucking machine!

Terminator Better.

John You were just dicking with me?!

Terminator Anger is more useful than despair.

John What?!

Terminator Basic psychology is among my sub-routines.

Taglines Judgment Day is upon us and our last hope in the war against the machines is one of them.