Babylon 5 Quotes
[after a Ranger trainee has been attacked, his teacher declares Mora'dum–the application of terror]
Delenn: Captain, this is not about revenge.
Elizabeth Lochley: [sarcastically] Oh? Then what is this about?
Delenn: Terror.
. . .
Lochley: So, what kind of terror are we talking about here, Delenn?
Delenn: The kind that cripples…the kind that destroys. Not from without, but from within. As soon as he can stand, whether he is fully healed or not, Tennier will prepare to face his terror. Those who harmed him now have power over him. He must take back that power or he will never be whole again. We will go with him, and bring him to the point of his terror. And then, he will face it.
Lochley: But if he isn't fully healed, he could die in the effort.
Delenn: As Anla'shok, we choose to do that which frightens us, knowing that there are no guarantees. He may lose; we cannot help him.
Lochley: Then he will stand alone.
Delenn: At the end, Captain, we all stand alone.
Delenn: Captain, this is not about revenge.
Elizabeth Lochley: [sarcastically] Oh? Then what is this about?
Delenn: Terror.
. . .
Lochley: So, what kind of terror are we talking about here, Delenn?
Delenn: The kind that cripples…the kind that destroys. Not from without, but from within. As soon as he can stand, whether he is fully healed or not, Tennier will prepare to face his terror. Those who harmed him now have power over him. He must take back that power or he will never be whole again. We will go with him, and bring him to the point of his terror. And then, he will face it.
Lochley: But if he isn't fully healed, he could die in the effort.
Delenn: As Anla'shok, we choose to do that which frightens us, knowing that there are no guarantees. He may lose; we cannot help him.
Lochley: Then he will stand alone.
Delenn: At the end, Captain, we all stand alone.
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John Sheridan: I'm caught in a web of my own good intentions.
Elizabeth Lochley: Well, the road to hell is paved with them, sir.
Sheridan: I know. But why does it have to go through this office?
Elizabeth Lochley: Well, the road to hell is paved with them, sir.
Sheridan: I know. But why does it have to go through this office?
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[Lyta demonstrates her telekinesis by "slapping" two of Bester's Psi Cops]
Alfred Bester: Not bad. Tell me, is that really telekinesis, or are you just pushing the nerve endings, making them feel as if they've been slapped? Either way, it's taken a lot out of you, Lyta. You're sweating, flushed. How many times can you do that, Lyta? Can you do just one at a time? Maybe two? How about three? How about a half dozen of us?
Lyta Alexander: I don't know. Like you said, I'm new at this. I could even make a mistake. Maybe even pop a blood vessel in someone's head by accident by pushing too hard. Feel like playing the odds, Mr. Bester?
Alfred Bester: Not bad. Tell me, is that really telekinesis, or are you just pushing the nerve endings, making them feel as if they've been slapped? Either way, it's taken a lot out of you, Lyta. You're sweating, flushed. How many times can you do that, Lyta? Can you do just one at a time? Maybe two? How about three? How about a half dozen of us?
Lyta Alexander: I don't know. Like you said, I'm new at this. I could even make a mistake. Maybe even pop a blood vessel in someone's head by accident by pushing too hard. Feel like playing the odds, Mr. Bester?
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Lochley: What the hell is your problem?
Michael Garibaldi: For starters, I don't know you, therefore I don't trust you.
Lochley: The world's full of people you don't know.
Garibaldi: I worry about that all the time.
Lochley: Tough. Get over it.
Michael Garibaldi: For starters, I don't know you, therefore I don't trust you.
Lochley: The world's full of people you don't know.
Garibaldi: I worry about that all the time.
Lochley: Tough. Get over it.
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[after realizing Garibaldi has accessed her personnel file, Lochley storms out of her office]
Zack Allan: Where you going?
Lochley: To pound someone, Mr. Allan. You win. I just decided if you can't join 'em, beat 'em.
Zack Allan: Where you going?
Lochley: To pound someone, Mr. Allan. You win. I just decided if you can't join 'em, beat 'em.
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Lyta Alexander: Byron, the Vorlons changed me. More than you could possibly know. I don't know what it'll do once you get past my barriers and I get past yours. It could burn you.
Byron: Then let it burn.
Byron: Then let it burn.
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Customs Guard: Anything to declare?
Rebo: I have nothing to declare, my dear man, except my genius!
Zooty: [through his machine] And I have nothing to declare but Rebo's genius either. Zooty-zoot, zoot, zoot!
Rebo: I have nothing to declare, my dear man, except my genius!
Zooty: [through his machine] And I have nothing to declare but Rebo's genius either. Zooty-zoot, zoot, zoot!
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[Londo talks to a portrait of the first Centauri emperor.]
Londo Mollari: So. When you were emperor, it meant something. Subduer of the Xon and the Shoggren. Now–pffft–anyone can be emperor. I can be emperor. Vir can be emperor. If Vir can be emperor…a small Earth cat can be emperor!
Londo Mollari: So. When you were emperor, it meant something. Subduer of the Xon and the Shoggren. Now–pffft–anyone can be emperor. I can be emperor. Vir can be emperor. If Vir can be emperor…a small Earth cat can be emperor!
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[The Brakiri Day of the Dead has begun, and part of the station is…off-limits.]
Lt. David Corwin: There seems to be a slight problem, sir. It's kind of hard to explain. We seem to be missing a piece of the station. We can't reach it. We can't communicate with it.
John Sheridan: That piece is almost a square mile across. You can't just lose something that big.
Lt. Corwin: I agree, but it's still missing.
Lt. David Corwin: There seems to be a slight problem, sir. It's kind of hard to explain. We seem to be missing a piece of the station. We can't reach it. We can't communicate with it.
John Sheridan: That piece is almost a square mile across. You can't just lose something that big.
Lt. Corwin: I agree, but it's still missing.
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[Lennier is visited by Morden.]
Lennier: I came for wisdom.
Morden: You don't come to the dead for wisdom, Lennier. My head was cut from my body. Even now, it rots on a pole outside the Imperial Palace. Birds have taken the hair for their nests. Maggots ate my flesh. And you want wisdom?
Lennier: Yes, I do.
. . .
Lennier: Why did you help me? I know what kind of a man you were.
Morden: Give a dog a bad name, and you can hang him with it. You shouldn't listen to everything Sheridan tells you. Actually, I'm surprised he's not here tonight, since he died at Z'ha'dum. Is there any coffee here or not?
Lennier: I came for wisdom.
Morden: You don't come to the dead for wisdom, Lennier. My head was cut from my body. Even now, it rots on a pole outside the Imperial Palace. Birds have taken the hair for their nests. Maggots ate my flesh. And you want wisdom?
Lennier: Yes, I do.
. . .
Lennier: Why did you help me? I know what kind of a man you were.
Morden: Give a dog a bad name, and you can hang him with it. You shouldn't listen to everything Sheridan tells you. Actually, I'm surprised he's not here tonight, since he died at Z'ha'dum. Is there any coffee here or not?
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[Garibaldi is visited by Dodger.]
Dodger: It's some guy's fantasy. A love hungry red-head who will disappear in the morning never to be seen again!
Michael Garibaldi: I'm sorry Dodger, what were you saying?
Dodger: [frustrated] It's a good thing I'm only here another hour or so, cupcake. Two weeks of this, I'd kill you.
Dodger: It's some guy's fantasy. A love hungry red-head who will disappear in the morning never to be seen again!
Michael Garibaldi: I'm sorry Dodger, what were you saying?
Dodger: [frustrated] It's a good thing I'm only here another hour or so, cupcake. Two weeks of this, I'd kill you.
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[after Byron essentially blackmails the Alliance council]
Michael Garibaldi: Never, ever, ever trust a telepath. I swear to you, I'm gonna have that tattooed inside my eyelids.
Michael Garibaldi: Never, ever, ever trust a telepath. I swear to you, I'm gonna have that tattooed inside my eyelids.
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[Londo Mollari and G'Kar are discussing the inexplicable rise in Centauri military spending.]
G'Kar: Well, with everyone now on the same side, perhaps you're planning to invade yourselves for a change. I find the idea curiously appealing. Once you've finished killing each other, we can plow under all the buildings and plant rows of flowers that spell out the words "too annoying to live" in letters big enough to be seen from space.
G'Kar: Well, with everyone now on the same side, perhaps you're planning to invade yourselves for a change. I find the idea curiously appealing. Once you've finished killing each other, we can plow under all the buildings and plant rows of flowers that spell out the words "too annoying to live" in letters big enough to be seen from space.
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[Londo muses about the task of breaking Na'Toth out of her cell.]
Londo: We have to do it without killing a guard, without raising any alarms, and without anyone noticing that she is gone. For my next trick, I shall fly around the room under my own power.
Londo: We have to do it without killing a guard, without raising any alarms, and without anyone noticing that she is gone. For my next trick, I shall fly around the room under my own power.
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Bester: My people are in there. And several others just tried to kill me, but then, what family doesn't have its difficulties?
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Bester: Every race to develop telepaths has had to find some way to control them, through laws, religion, drugs, or extermination. We may not be pretty, but we're a hell of a lot better than the alternatives.
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Lyta Alexander: You can't change human nature, Byron.
Byron: Then there's not much point in living, is there? If you can't hope for something better, something nobler, at least something kinder?
Byron: Then there's not much point in living, is there? If you can't hope for something better, something nobler, at least something kinder?
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[Byron reveals his past to Lyta.]
Byron: I'm a strong P-12.
Lyta Alexander: But all P-12s are automatically designated Psi Cops. You were a Psi Cop?
Byron: Not just a Psi Cop. Bester's protege.
Byron: I'm a strong P-12.
Lyta Alexander: But all P-12s are automatically designated Psi Cops. You were a Psi Cop?
Byron: Not just a Psi Cop. Bester's protege.
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Byron: We are no longer who we were. We are what we have become. What you made us!
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Sheridan: Can you stall [the Alliance council] a bit?
Delenn: Not a problem. I'll tell them we're declaring war on Earth. That'll give them something positive to think about.
Sheridan: [distracted] Good. Good. Give me the paperwork and I'll sign it.
Delenn: Not a problem. I'll tell them we're declaring war on Earth. That'll give them something positive to think about.
Sheridan: [distracted] Good. Good. Give me the paperwork and I'll sign it.
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Londo Mollari: He [a Narn] seems very glad to see you.
G'Kar: Yes, but we weren't gone that long. Less than a month.
Londo Mollari: Well, there you have the key to your popularity: your absence. Go away for a month and they bow. Go away for six months and they'll tear the place apart when you come back. Perhaps you should go away and never come back again. Then your popularity will be so overwhelming it would blacken the stars.
G'Kar: Mollari–
Londo Mollari: I have always said this about you: nothing so improves your company like the lack of it. ... Perhaps you can make some money from this: ten credits for you not to be there for an hour, a hundred credits for you not to be there for the day. And for you not to be there for the rest of your life, well, they could never afford it.
G'Kar: Yes, but we weren't gone that long. Less than a month.
Londo Mollari: Well, there you have the key to your popularity: your absence. Go away for a month and they bow. Go away for six months and they'll tear the place apart when you come back. Perhaps you should go away and never come back again. Then your popularity will be so overwhelming it would blacken the stars.
G'Kar: Mollari–
Londo Mollari: I have always said this about you: nothing so improves your company like the lack of it. ... Perhaps you can make some money from this: ten credits for you not to be there for an hour, a hundred credits for you not to be there for the day. And for you not to be there for the rest of your life, well, they could never afford it.
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G'Kar: Where is my book? It is my only copy!
Ta'Lon: Yes, that is precisely the point. The Kha'Ri felt that if anything happened to you [on Centauri Prime] the book of G'Kar would never see the light of day, so we "liberated" it [from G'Kar's quarters].
G'Kar: Liberated it?
Ta'Lon: We took it home. Those that read it were very moved by it and they made some copies.
G'Kar: [aghast] Copies?!
Ta'Lon: Just a few…for their friends. A few more…later a few more copies.
G'Kar: How many?!
Ta'Lon: That's hard to say, exactly. There was some confusion when it went to the printers.
G'Kar: Printers?! I've only been gone for a month, Ta'Lon, there can't be that many copies floating around this quickly. How many?
Ta'Lon: Five or six…hundred…thousand.
G'Kar: What?!
Ta'Lon: I've been told that it will out-sell the book of G'Quan. [G'Kar stares at him in shock] Congratulations, citizen G'Kar. You are now a religious icon.
Ta'Lon: Yes, that is precisely the point. The Kha'Ri felt that if anything happened to you [on Centauri Prime] the book of G'Kar would never see the light of day, so we "liberated" it [from G'Kar's quarters].
G'Kar: Liberated it?
Ta'Lon: We took it home. Those that read it were very moved by it and they made some copies.
G'Kar: [aghast] Copies?!
Ta'Lon: Just a few…for their friends. A few more…later a few more copies.
G'Kar: How many?!
Ta'Lon: That's hard to say, exactly. There was some confusion when it went to the printers.
G'Kar: Printers?! I've only been gone for a month, Ta'Lon, there can't be that many copies floating around this quickly. How many?
Ta'Lon: Five or six…hundred…thousand.
G'Kar: What?!
Ta'Lon: I've been told that it will out-sell the book of G'Quan. [G'Kar stares at him in shock] Congratulations, citizen G'Kar. You are now a religious icon.
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[Garibaldi and Tafiq are discussing Drazi cities]
Michael Garibaldi: What's with the streets? They're so narrow, you can hardly get by.
Tafiq: Tradition. Goes back centuries. To prevent invaders from taking their city, they built their streets too narrow for armies or engines of war. When you have to go by two or three at a time, you are most vulnerable.
Michael Garibaldi: See, now you can fly over and drop these things called "bombs".
Michael Garibaldi: What's with the streets? They're so narrow, you can hardly get by.
Tafiq: Tradition. Goes back centuries. To prevent invaders from taking their city, they built their streets too narrow for armies or engines of war. When you have to go by two or three at a time, you are most vulnerable.
Michael Garibaldi: See, now you can fly over and drop these things called "bombs".
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G'Kar: All my life, I have been responsible only for myself. When I risk, I risked alone to avoid making others pay the price for my mistakes. They want me to show them another way. What if I show them the wrong way? What if they come to me not because of the lesson, but because of the teacher? I worry, Ta'Lon, that my shadow may become greater than the message.
Ta'Lon: If that happens, I give you my word that I will personally kill you.
G'Kar: And this is supposed to put my mind at ease?
Ta'Lon: If that happens, I give you my word that I will personally kill you.
G'Kar: And this is supposed to put my mind at ease?
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Psi Cop Lauren Ashley: We don't often see a sense of humor in Psi Cops.
Alfred Bester: Reports of our depression are vastly exaggerated.
Alfred Bester: Reports of our depression are vastly exaggerated.
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[Zack greets Bester in pretty much the same fashion as his predecessor.]
Zack Allan: Don't you ever go away? Haven't you caused enough trouble for one lifetime?
Bester: It's a pleasure to see you too, Mr. Allan. Where can I find Captain Lochley? I should check in with her.
Zack: She's busy, you can check in with me. Card. [Bester hands over his identicard.] So what is it this time, Mr. Bester? Hunting out freedom fighters? Pulling wings off flies? Annexing the Sudetenland?
Zack Allan: Don't you ever go away? Haven't you caused enough trouble for one lifetime?
Bester: It's a pleasure to see you too, Mr. Allan. Where can I find Captain Lochley? I should check in with her.
Zack: She's busy, you can check in with me. Card. [Bester hands over his identicard.] So what is it this time, Mr. Bester? Hunting out freedom fighters? Pulling wings off flies? Annexing the Sudetenland?
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