Babylon 5 Quotes
Soul Hunter: Why do you fight for her? Don't you understand? She is Satai. She is Satai! I've seen her soul. They're using you. They're using you!
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Franklin: So, I hear you saw something.
Jeffrey Sinclair: Yes…something.
[Sinclair walks away, smiling.]
Franklin: Well, uh, you think you can be a little more specific?
[Franklin chases after Sinclair.]
Sinclair: I'm not sure. I don't know if I'll ever be sure.
Franklin: Well, I still don't believe it. And I'd be careful if I were you, Commander. That sort of talk will get you sent off on a very long vacation.
Jeffrey Sinclair: Yes…something.
[Sinclair walks away, smiling.]
Franklin: Well, uh, you think you can be a little more specific?
[Franklin chases after Sinclair.]
Sinclair: I'm not sure. I don't know if I'll ever be sure.
Franklin: Well, I still don't believe it. And I'd be careful if I were you, Commander. That sort of talk will get you sent off on a very long vacation.
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Soul Hunter #2: If I may ask, what happened to my brother's collection?
Sinclair: [with a sly smile] Life's full of mysteries. Consider this one of them.
Sinclair: [with a sly smile] Life's full of mysteries. Consider this one of them.
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Londo Mollari: Gentlemen, of all things in life, are females not the finest?
G'Kar: On that, Mollari, we can at least agree. [takes a drink from Londo's bottle]
G'Kar: On that, Mollari, we can at least agree. [takes a drink from Londo's bottle]
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Londo: [to Adira] We Centauri live our lives for appearances, position, status, title. These are the things by which we define ourselves. But when I look beneath the mask I am forced to wear, I see only emptiness. And then I think of you, and then I say…to Hell with appearances.
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[Ivanova talks to her father for the last time]
Andrei Ivanov: Is that you, Susan?
Susan Ivanova: Yes.
Andrei Ivanov: Oh dear God! I never thought I'd see your face again. It makes this easier. Susan, I know I haven't been the best of fathers to you. But when your mother passed on and your brother was killed in the war I was too wrapped up in my own grief to pay attention to your needs. And when you joined EarthForce against my wishes…
Ivanova: You don't have to say this, Father.
Andrei Ivanov: Yes, Yes I must. There's no more time. I want you to know how proud I am of you, Susan. I always have been. But a father should give his daughter love as well as respect, and in that I failed you. I'm sorry, I'm ashamed. Forgive me.
[she nods her head]
Andrei Ivanov: Thank you, dushenka moya.
Ivanova: "Little soul." You haven't called me that for…Papa!
Andrei Ivanov: Is that you, Susan?
Susan Ivanova: Yes.
Andrei Ivanov: Oh dear God! I never thought I'd see your face again. It makes this easier. Susan, I know I haven't been the best of fathers to you. But when your mother passed on and your brother was killed in the war I was too wrapped up in my own grief to pay attention to your needs. And when you joined EarthForce against my wishes…
Ivanova: You don't have to say this, Father.
Andrei Ivanov: Yes, Yes I must. There's no more time. I want you to know how proud I am of you, Susan. I always have been. But a father should give his daughter love as well as respect, and in that I failed you. I'm sorry, I'm ashamed. Forgive me.
[she nods her head]
Andrei Ivanov: Thank you, dushenka moya.
Ivanova: "Little soul." You haven't called me that for…Papa!
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Jeffrey Sinclair: The last time I gave an interview, they told me to just relax and say what I really felt. Ten minutes after the broadcast I got transferred to an outpost so far off the star maps you couldn't find it with a hunting dog and a Ouija board.
Michael Garibaldi: [smiling] Don't sweat it. Just be that charming, effervescent Commander we've all come to know and love. What's the worst that could happen? They fire you, ship you off to the Rim, and I get promoted to Commander. I don't see a problem here.
Sinclair: How sharper than a serpent's tooth.
Michael Garibaldi: [smiling] Don't sweat it. Just be that charming, effervescent Commander we've all come to know and love. What's the worst that could happen? They fire you, ship you off to the Rim, and I get promoted to Commander. I don't see a problem here.
Sinclair: How sharper than a serpent's tooth.
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Vance Hendricks: Stephen, there's a Martian war machine parked outside. They'd like a word with you about the common cold.
Stephen Franklin: Tell them to make an appointment.
Stephen Franklin: Tell them to make an appointment.
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[ISN reporter Mary Ann Cramer tries to press Sinclair for information, but Ivanova steps in front of her.]
Susan Ivanova: Don't. You're too young to experience that much pain.
Susan Ivanova: Don't. You're too young to experience that much pain.
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Sinclair: You forgot the first rule of the fanatic: when you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy!
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Mary Ann Cramer: Is it worth it? Should we just pull back? Forget the whole thing as a bad idea, and take care of our own problems, at home.
Sinclair: No. We have to stay here. And there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-Tzu, and Einstein, and Morobuto, and Buddy Holly, and Aristophanes…[and] all of this…all of this…was for nothing. Unless we go to the stars.
Sinclair: No. We have to stay here. And there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-Tzu, and Einstein, and Morobuto, and Buddy Holly, and Aristophanes…[and] all of this…all of this…was for nothing. Unless we go to the stars.
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G'Kar: [singing]So many fishies, left in the sea
So many fishies, but no one for me!
I'm thinking of thinking of hooking a love
Soon after supper is done.
So many fishies, but no one for me!
I'm thinking of thinking of hooking a love
Soon after supper is done.
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Narn Courier: Are you Ambassador G'Kar?
G'Kar: This is Ambassador G'Kar's quarters. This is Ambassador G'Kar's table! This is Ambassador G'Kar's dinner! Which part of this progression escapes you?!
G'Kar: This is Ambassador G'Kar's quarters. This is Ambassador G'Kar's table! This is Ambassador G'Kar's dinner! Which part of this progression escapes you?!
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Londo Mollari: Do you know what the last Xon said just before he died? [clutches chest] AAAAGGGHHHH!
. . .
[A drunken Londo climbs across a dinner table as he describes a collection of Centauri statues.]
Londo: This is Ben-Zed, god of food! And…Li, goddess of passion! And Mo-goth, god of the underworld, and protector of front doors. Gods by the bushel! Gods by the pound! Gods for all occasions!!
[He leans toward a discomfited Delenn.]
Londo: Have I ever told you that you are very cute for a Minbari?
[He crawls over to Garibaldi.]
Londo: Oh! And you are cute, too, in an annoying sort of way. Everybody's cute. Everybody's cute! Even me. But in purple, I'm stunning!
[He passes out on the table.]
Vir Cotto: Ah! He has become one with his inner self!
Michael Garibaldi: He's passed out.
Vir: That too.
. . .
[A drunken Londo climbs across a dinner table as he describes a collection of Centauri statues.]
Londo: This is Ben-Zed, god of food! And…Li, goddess of passion! And Mo-goth, god of the underworld, and protector of front doors. Gods by the bushel! Gods by the pound! Gods for all occasions!!
[He leans toward a discomfited Delenn.]
Londo: Have I ever told you that you are very cute for a Minbari?
[He crawls over to Garibaldi.]
Londo: Oh! And you are cute, too, in an annoying sort of way. Everybody's cute. Everybody's cute! Even me. But in purple, I'm stunning!
[He passes out on the table.]
Vir Cotto: Ah! He has become one with his inner self!
Michael Garibaldi: He's passed out.
Vir: That too.
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G'Kar: And you have no idea how that [a black flower sent to G'Kar as a sign that he is about to be assassinated] got into my bed?
Na'Toth: Ambassador, it is not my place to speculate on how anything gets into your bed. Your reputed fascination with Earth women, for instance.
. . .
G'Kar: The Earthers have a phrase: Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. I believe they stole it from us.
Na'Toth: Ambassador, it is not my place to speculate on how anything gets into your bed. Your reputed fascination with Earth women, for instance.
. . .
G'Kar: The Earthers have a phrase: Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. I believe they stole it from us.
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[Delenn meets her new aide at customs]
Delenn: You can look up, Lennier of the Third Fane of Chu'Domo.
Lennier: It is forbidden.
Delenn: I cannot have an aide who will not look up. You will be forever walking into things.[N]
Delenn: You can look up, Lennier of the Third Fane of Chu'Domo.
Lennier: It is forbidden.
Delenn: I cannot have an aide who will not look up. You will be forever walking into things.[N]
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[Sinclair's pocketed link beeps, interrupting Catherine.]
Catherine Sakai: I don't mean to alarm you, but your pants are talking to you.
Jeffrey Sinclair: I know.
Catherine Sakai: I don't mean to alarm you, but your pants are talking to you.
Jeffrey Sinclair: I know.
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[Sinclair is listening to an audio recording of Tennyson's Ulysses in his quarters]
Catherine: Tennyson? Jeff, you've been caught on that one since the Academy! What's it take to drag you into the 23rd century?
Sinclair: We find meaning where we can.
Catherine: Ah, and which are you? "An idle king…doling unequal laws unto a savage race that hoard and sleep and feed and know not you"? Or, "this gray spirit, yearning in desire to follow knowledge like a sinking star"?
Sinclair: I didn't know you'd memorized it!
Catherine: I lived with you for a year. I didn't have much choice.
Catherine: Tennyson? Jeff, you've been caught on that one since the Academy! What's it take to drag you into the 23rd century?
Sinclair: We find meaning where we can.
Catherine: Ah, and which are you? "An idle king…doling unequal laws unto a savage race that hoard and sleep and feed and know not you"? Or, "this gray spirit, yearning in desire to follow knowledge like a sinking star"?
Sinclair: I didn't know you'd memorized it!
Catherine: I lived with you for a year. I didn't have much choice.
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G'Kar: That hurt.
Na'Toth: Ambassador, it was the only way to disable the paingivers. I had to hit them as hard as possible, as often as possible, and still make it appear as though I were beating you into another incarnation.
G'Kar: And you didn't enjoy it in the least?
Na'Toth: I didn't say that.
Na'Toth: Ambassador, it was the only way to disable the paingivers. I had to hit them as hard as possible, as often as possible, and still make it appear as though I were beating you into another incarnation.
G'Kar: And you didn't enjoy it in the least?
Na'Toth: I didn't say that.
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[In a transport tube, Talia explains the finer points of telepathy to a client while Garibaldi looks her over.]
Talia Winters: Casual thoughts are very easy to block, but strong emotions have a way of slipping through sometimes, whether you want them to or not.
[she suddenly becomes aware of Garibaldi's thoughts and elbows him in the stomach]
Michael Garibaldi: [as she and her client exit the tube] Ooh! I think I'm in love.
Talia Winters: Casual thoughts are very easy to block, but strong emotions have a way of slipping through sometimes, whether you want them to or not.
[she suddenly becomes aware of Garibaldi's thoughts and elbows him in the stomach]
Michael Garibaldi: [as she and her client exit the tube] Ooh! I think I'm in love.
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Jeffrey Sinclair: No, now's a fine time…
[he looks up and spots the two Psi Cops, Bester and Kelsey–instantly realizing that they've been communicating telepathically with him]
Sinclair: Get out…of my head! You want to talk to me, talk to me!
Alfred Bester: Apologies, Commander. It saves considerable time.
[he looks up and spots the two Psi Cops, Bester and Kelsey–instantly realizing that they've been communicating telepathically with him]
Sinclair: Get out…of my head! You want to talk to me, talk to me!
Alfred Bester: Apologies, Commander. It saves considerable time.
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[G'Kar tries to dissuade a skeptical Catherine from her flight to Sigma 957.]
G'Kar: Let me pass on to you the one thing I've learned about this place. No one here is exactly what he appears. Not Mollari, not Delenn, not Sinclair, and not me.
G'Kar: Let me pass on to you the one thing I've learned about this place. No one here is exactly what he appears. Not Mollari, not Delenn, not Sinclair, and not me.
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[Garibaldi harbors a very rude thought towards Bester]
Bester: Anatomically impossible, Mr. Garibaldi. But you're welcome to try.
Bester: Anatomically impossible, Mr. Garibaldi. But you're welcome to try.
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Catherine Sakai: Just one question: why?
G'Kar: Why not?
Catherine Sakai: That's not an answer.
G'Kar: Oh, yes it is. It's simply not an answer you like, or the answer you expected. There's a difference. Narns, Humans, Centauri, we all do what we do for the same reason: because it seemed like a good idea at the time.
G'Kar: Why not?
Catherine Sakai: That's not an answer.
G'Kar: Oh, yes it is. It's simply not an answer you like, or the answer you expected. There's a difference. Narns, Humans, Centauri, we all do what we do for the same reason: because it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Talia: Do you know what it's like when telepaths make love, Commander? You drop every defense, and it's all mirrors: reflecting each other's feelings deeper and deeper…until, somewhere along the line, your souls mix. And it's a feeling so profound it makes you hurt. It's the only moment in a telepath's life when you no longer hear the voices.
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[Bester has explained the details of the Psi Corps program that made Jason Ironheart what he is]
Bester: It was a calculated risk!
Susan Ivanova: Good old Psi Corps. You guys never cease to amaze me. All the moral fiber of Jack the Ripper! What do you do in your spare time, juggle babies over a fire pit? Oops, there goes another calculated risk!
Psi Cop Kelsey: You're not helping the situation.
Ivanova: Lady, you are the situation!
Bester: It was a calculated risk!
Susan Ivanova: Good old Psi Corps. You guys never cease to amaze me. All the moral fiber of Jack the Ripper! What do you do in your spare time, juggle babies over a fire pit? Oops, there goes another calculated risk!
Psi Cop Kelsey: You're not helping the situation.
Ivanova: Lady, you are the situation!
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Catherine Sakai: While I was out there, I saw something. What was it?
G'Kar: [pointing to a nearby flower] What is this? [upon closer inspection, an insect is visible]
Catherine: An ant.
G'Kar: "Ant"!
Catherine: So much gets shipped up from Earth on commercial transports, it's hard to keep them out.
[As Catherine is talking, G'Kar carefully picks up the ant.]
G'Kar: I have just picked it up on the tip of my glove. If I put it down again [replacing the ant on the flower] and it asks another ant, "What was that?" …how would it explain? There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They are vast, timeless. And if they are aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants…and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know. We've tried. And we've learned we can either stay out from underfoot, or be stepped on.
Catherine: That's it? That's all you know?
G'Kar: Yes. They are a mystery. And I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the universe…that we have not yet explained everything. Whatever they are, Ms. Sakai, they walk near Sigma 957. They must walk there alone.
G'Kar: [pointing to a nearby flower] What is this? [upon closer inspection, an insect is visible]
Catherine: An ant.
G'Kar: "Ant"!
Catherine: So much gets shipped up from Earth on commercial transports, it's hard to keep them out.
[As Catherine is talking, G'Kar carefully picks up the ant.]
G'Kar: I have just picked it up on the tip of my glove. If I put it down again [replacing the ant on the flower] and it asks another ant, "What was that?" …how would it explain? There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They are vast, timeless. And if they are aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants…and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know. We've tried. And we've learned we can either stay out from underfoot, or be stepped on.
Catherine: That's it? That's all you know?
G'Kar: Yes. They are a mystery. And I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the universe…that we have not yet explained everything. Whatever they are, Ms. Sakai, they walk near Sigma 957. They must walk there alone.
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Susan Ivanova: You're a vicious man.
Michael Garibaldi: I'm Head of Security. It's in the job description.
Michael Garibaldi: I'm Head of Security. It's in the job description.
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[Vir pleads with Londo for a young star-crossed Centauri couple.]
Vir Cotto: But they love each other!
Londo Mollari: Love. Pah! Overrated.
[Londo fetches a set of three pictures of Centauri women.]
Londo: Here. Look. These are my three wives: Pestilence, Famine, and Death.[N]
. . .
Londo: They inspired me! Knowing that they were waiting for me is what keeps me here — 75 light-years away.
Vir Cotto: But they love each other!
Londo Mollari: Love. Pah! Overrated.
[Londo fetches a set of three pictures of Centauri women.]
Londo: Here. Look. These are my three wives: Pestilence, Famine, and Death.[N]
. . .
Londo: They inspired me! Knowing that they were waiting for me is what keeps me here — 75 light-years away.
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