Favorite Sci-Fi Quotes
That son of a bitch took my pants.
Derelict in Alley
Hey, man, you've got a serious attitude problem.
Biker at Phone Booth
Kyle Reese: What day is it? The date!
Cop in Alley: 12th... May... Thursday...
Kyle Reese: WHAT YEAR?
I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours.
HAL
Dr. Floyd: What's that? Chicken?
Dr. Bill Michaels: Something like that. Tastes the same anyway.
I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
HAL
It can only be attributable to human error.
HAL
Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?
HAL
Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.
HAL
I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.
HAL
[prerecorded message speaking through TV on board Discovery while Bowman looks on] Good day, gentlemen. This is a prerecorded briefing made prior to your departure and which for security reasons of the highest importance has been known on board during the mission only by your H-A-L 9000 computer. Now that you are in Jupiter's space and the entire crew is revived it can be told to you. Eighteen months ago the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. It was buried 40 feet below the lunar surface near the crater Tycho. Except for a single very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter the four-million year old black monolith has remained completely inert. Its origin and purpose are still a total mystery.
Dr. Floyd
Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop Dave? Stop, Dave.
HAL
