Babylon 5 Quotes
Bartender in Downbelow: I've seen all kinds, kid. Seen an alien come through here last week with eight compound eyes and a glass stomach. Two fingers of gin, he's down. Completely unconscious for two full hours, and he wants to do it again. I've seen a naked Pak'ma'ra once. You know that hump on their back? It's not a hump at all, it's a…
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Bester: Of all the things in life I could drown in–love, music, the eyes of another–crocodile tears are the least appealing.
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Bester: Oh, come on, doctor, we have a history here. Tell the truth. You don't want me here a second more than I want to be here.
Stephen Franklin: Personally, no. But as a doctor I have to treat all of my patients equally. Even the annoying, self-righteous ones with self-important delusions of godhood.
Bester: Thank you. I feel far more at home now.
Stephen Franklin: Personally, no. But as a doctor I have to treat all of my patients equally. Even the annoying, self-righteous ones with self-important delusions of godhood.
Bester: Thank you. I feel far more at home now.
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Bester[to Franklin]: You're an optimist. Thank you. I had almost forgotten what one of your kind looked like.
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[Lennier is concerned he has offended Captain Montoya with his curiosity.]
Findell: No, the captain does not believe in indiscreet questions. He believes the only way to get pertinent information is to ask impertinent questions.
Findell: No, the captain does not believe in indiscreet questions. He believes the only way to get pertinent information is to ask impertinent questions.
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G'Kar: If I take a lamp and shine it toward the wall, a bright spot will appear on the wall. The lamp is our search for truth, for understanding. Too often we assume that the light on the wall is God. But the light is not the goal of the search; it is the result of the search. The more intense the search, the brighter the light on the wall. The brighter the light on the wall, the greater the sense of revelation upon seeing it! Similarly, someone who does not search, who does not bring a lantern with him, sees nothing. What we perceive as God, is the byproduct of our search for God. It may simply be an appreciation of the light, pure and unblemished, not understanding that it comes from us. Sometimes we stand in front of the light and assume that we are the center of the universe. God looks astonishingly like we do! Or we turn to look at our shadow, and assume that all is darkness. If we allow ourselves to get in the way, we defeat the purpose; which is to use the light of our search to illuminate the wall in all its beauty…and in all its flaws. And in so doing better understand the world around us.
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Captain Montoya: To be Anla'Shok means understanding that there is nothing to fear in death except the failure to complete our assigned mission. Death is not the enemy. Death simply is.
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[Vir walks into Londo's quarters]
Londo Mollari: Something I can do for you, Vir?
[Vir walks past Londo and grabs a sword off of the wall without slowing down]
Vir Cotto: No, I just need to borrow this for a minute. I'll be right back.
Londo Mollari: Something I can do for you, Vir?
[Vir walks past Londo and grabs a sword off of the wall without slowing down]
Vir Cotto: No, I just need to borrow this for a minute. I'll be right back.
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[Vir is attacking a Drazi merchant/spy in public]
Zack Allan: What happened to Vir?
Londo: I promoted him. Now, now he is ready to be the ambassador for the Centauri.
Zack Allan: What happened to Vir?
Londo: I promoted him. Now, now he is ready to be the ambassador for the Centauri.
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[Zack relates the incident with Vir in the Zocalo to Sheridan, Franklin, and Delenn, all laughing]
Franklin: And Londo?
Zack: Oh, he was just standing there, watching as Vir tore the place apart! [more laughter; Zack puts on self-important tone] "Today he is a man!"
Franklin: And Londo?
Zack: Oh, he was just standing there, watching as Vir tore the place apart! [more laughter; Zack puts on self-important tone] "Today he is a man!"
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[A very drunk Garibaldi stumbles into his quarters.]
Michael Garibaldi: Sh…Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed. I had a little…oh, that's a big drink…about an hour ago and it went right to my head. [pauses] What did I do…with that link? You here, Linky, Linky, Linky? Here, Linky? [finds his link] Oh, the missing link!
Michael Garibaldi: Sh…Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed. I had a little…oh, that's a big drink…about an hour ago and it went right to my head. [pauses] What did I do…with that link? You here, Linky, Linky, Linky? Here, Linky? [finds his link] Oh, the missing link!
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John Sheridan: Damn it Delenn, I have been working up a good mad all day and I am not about to let you undercut it by agreeing with me.
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Michael Garibaldi: Barring an act of God — and since I don't believe in God, that kind of narrows the odds a bit — by this time tomorrow, we're gonna be at war with the Centauri.
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Centauri Minister: Is that why you brought it [G'Kar] along?
Londo Mollari: No, he is still here as my bodyguard, that's all. Where I go, he goes.
Centauri Minister: My condolences.
G'Kar: Thank you. It's a burden, but I've come to accept it.
Londo Mollari: No, he is still here as my bodyguard, that's all. Where I go, he goes.
Centauri Minister: My condolences.
G'Kar: Thank you. It's a burden, but I've come to accept it.
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Centauri Minister: I'm sure you would like to freshen up. Both of you.
G'Kar: It's a natural musk. I rather enjoy it.
G'Kar: It's a natural musk. I rather enjoy it.
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Londo: Careful minister, we don't want my companion to get the wrong idea. We don't normally treat our guests so badly.
G'Kar: Yes you do.
Londo: Shut up.
G'Kar: Yes you do.
Londo: Shut up.
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[A Centauri official comes to arrest G'Kar]
Londo: Where he goes, I go.
Londo[to G'Kar]: Don't worry. Even one as arrogant as this would not take it upon himself to imprison his own prime minister.
[Cut to the next scene, Londo and G'Kar are in a prison cell]
Londo: [to G'Kar]: Shut up.
G'Kar: I didn't say anything.
Londo: Where he goes, I go.
Londo[to G'Kar]: Don't worry. Even one as arrogant as this would not take it upon himself to imprison his own prime minister.
[Cut to the next scene, Londo and G'Kar are in a prison cell]
Londo: [to G'Kar]: Shut up.
G'Kar: I didn't say anything.
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Delenn: We are all born as molecules in the hearts of a billion stars. Molecules that do not understand politics or policies or differences. Over a billion years, we foolish molecules forget who we are and where we came from. In desperate acts of ego, we give ourselves names, fight over lines on maps, and pretend that our light is better than everyone else's.
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Londo Mollari: No. I said where you go, I go. It's become a matter of principle.
G'Kar: You picked a terrible moment in your social evolution to develop principles. Perhaps you can start with something simpler. The moral equivalent of the opposable thumb, for instance.
G'Kar: You picked a terrible moment in your social evolution to develop principles. Perhaps you can start with something simpler. The moral equivalent of the opposable thumb, for instance.
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Regent: I have been many things in my life, Mollari. I have been silly. I have been quiet when I should have spoken. I have been foolish. And I have wasted far too much time. But I am still Centauri, and I am not afraid.
[the Drakh keeper leaves his body, and he dies in Londo's arms]
[the Drakh keeper leaves his body, and he dies in Londo's arms]
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Londo Mollari: Isn't it strange, G'Kar? When we first met I had no power and all the choices I could ever want. And now I have all the power I could ever want and no choices at all. No choice at all.
G'Kar: Mollari. Understand that I can never forgive your people for what they did to my world. My people can never forgive your people. But I can forgive you.
G'Kar: Mollari. Understand that I can never forgive your people for what they did to my world. My people can never forgive your people. But I can forgive you.
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Stephen Franklin: Can God make a rock so big, that even he can't lift it?
G'Kar: Yes, I've heard it, but ...
Franklin: What if that is the wrong question? I wonder if the right question is, can God create a puzzle so difficult, a riddle so complex, that even he can't solve it? What if that's us? Maybe a problem like this is God's way of doing to us a little of what we do to him?
G'Kar: Yes, I've heard it, but ...
Franklin: What if that is the wrong question? I wonder if the right question is, can God create a puzzle so difficult, a riddle so complex, that even he can't solve it? What if that's us? Maybe a problem like this is God's way of doing to us a little of what we do to him?
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John Sheridan: I tell ya, the next person who acts irrationally, I swear I'm gonna shoot myself in the head.
[Delenn bursts into the room in a rage]
Delenn: BASTARDS!
Franklin: Did she just…?
Sheridan: She did.
Franklin: I'll get the gun.
[Delenn bursts into the room in a rage]
Delenn: BASTARDS!
Franklin: Did she just…?
Sheridan: She did.
Franklin: I'll get the gun.
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Sheridan: What could make her [Lyta] turn like this?
Franklin: Well, let's see. She was…"adjusted" by the Vorlons, dumped by the Vorlons, used as a weapon. Quit the Corps. Lost the only man she ever loved and dedicated herself to finishing his work. Pick one or all of the above. Let's face it, she's pissed.
Sheridan: Massively.
Franklin: Well, let's see. She was…"adjusted" by the Vorlons, dumped by the Vorlons, used as a weapon. Quit the Corps. Lost the only man she ever loved and dedicated herself to finishing his work. Pick one or all of the above. Let's face it, she's pissed.
Sheridan: Massively.
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G'Kar: We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, the best of us is washed away.
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Number One: So it really couldn't–
Stephen Franklin: No, you're right. It couldn't–
Number One: So there we are.
Franklin: There you go, yeah.
Franklin: You know, I do have about an hour before my next shift starts, in case you wanted to…celebrate your new job.
Number One: More than an hour or less than an hour?
Franklin: About an hour and ten minutes.
Number One: You go on ahead. You know how I like the lights.
Stephen Franklin: No, you're right. It couldn't–
Number One: So there we are.
Franklin: There you go, yeah.
Franklin: You know, I do have about an hour before my next shift starts, in case you wanted to…celebrate your new job.
Number One: More than an hour or less than an hour?
Franklin: About an hour and ten minutes.
Number One: You go on ahead. You know how I like the lights.
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G'Kar: I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we’ve exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.
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Delenn: It occurs to me I have never walked the length of this place, end to end.
John Sheridan: Well, Delenn, it's 5 miles long.
Delenn: I know. Coming?
Sheridan: Now?
Delenn: Now is all we have.
John Sheridan: Well, Delenn, it's 5 miles long.
Delenn: I know. Coming?
Sheridan: Now?
Delenn: Now is all we have.
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[G'Kar gives a "pep talk" to his successor, Ta'Lon.]
G'Kar: I believe there is a time for enlightenment and a time for things to get done. I have become a distraction for our people. They require patience, direction, determination, and strength. I have provided a little of the first two. Now, you must provide the rest. You have always been sensible and level-headed. A rock that will never shift or break beneath the demands of our people. And you have been my friend. In my absence, we will need someone to focus on helping our world rebuild and strengthening ties with the Alliance. In order to serve our people here and at home, one must be both priest and warrior in equal measure. In recent months, I have become more priest than warrior. Perhaps, now it is time for someone who is more warrior than priest. You may believe you are not ready, but you are as ready as I was when I first came to Babylon 5. Check the records, I think you'll be amused. When this message has finished, a copy will automatically be sent to Sheridan and the others. They will receive you as they would receive me. Good luck, Ta'Lon. Serve our people–reasonably, fairly, and with honor. The rest will attend to itself.
G'Kar: I believe there is a time for enlightenment and a time for things to get done. I have become a distraction for our people. They require patience, direction, determination, and strength. I have provided a little of the first two. Now, you must provide the rest. You have always been sensible and level-headed. A rock that will never shift or break beneath the demands of our people. And you have been my friend. In my absence, we will need someone to focus on helping our world rebuild and strengthening ties with the Alliance. In order to serve our people here and at home, one must be both priest and warrior in equal measure. In recent months, I have become more priest than warrior. Perhaps, now it is time for someone who is more warrior than priest. You may believe you are not ready, but you are as ready as I was when I first came to Babylon 5. Check the records, I think you'll be amused. When this message has finished, a copy will automatically be sent to Sheridan and the others. They will receive you as they would receive me. Good luck, Ta'Lon. Serve our people–reasonably, fairly, and with honor. The rest will attend to itself.
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