The Terminator Quotes
Derek Reese: [to Jesse] Billy Wisher was my best friend. He was in my squad, we fought together. We saw things you can't imagine. He was like my brother, and I loved him. But it turns out I never really... knew him. His real name was Andy - Goode. And back here in this world he created a computer program, the program that becomes Skynet. So Andy Goode is dead. And Billy Wisher is dead too. Because I killed him. I came back here, and I killed him. He was my brother. And I loved him and I killed him. And I did it for Kyle... and John, and I did it for you.
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John Connor: 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: You only postponed it. Judgment Day is inevitable.
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Sarah Connor: So Reese is crazy?
Dr. Silberman: In technical terminology: he's a loon.
Dr. Silberman: In technical terminology: he's a loon.
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Kyle Reese : The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human... sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero him.
Sarah Connor : Look... I am not stupid, you know. They cannot make things like that yet.
Kyle Reese : Not yet. Not for about 40 years.
Sarah Connor : Are you saying it's from the future?
Kyle Reese : One possible future. From your point of view... I don't know tech stuff.
Sarah Connor : Then you're from the future, too. Is that right?
Kyle Reese : Right.
Sarah Connor : Right.
Sarah Connor : Look... I am not stupid, you know. They cannot make things like that yet.
Kyle Reese : Not yet. Not for about 40 years.
Sarah Connor : Are you saying it's from the future?
Kyle Reese : One possible future. From your point of view... I don't know tech stuff.
Sarah Connor : Then you're from the future, too. Is that right?
Kyle Reese : Right.
Sarah Connor : Right.
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Dr. Silberman : Why didn't you bring any weapons, something more advanced? Don't you have, uh... ray guns? Show me a piece of future technology.
Detective Vukovich : [ chuckling ] Ray guns?
Kyle Reese : You go naked. Something about the field generated by a living organism. Nothing dead will go.
Dr. Silberman : Why?
Kyle Reese : I didn't build the fucking thing!
Dr. Silberman : Okay, okay. But this cyborg, if it's metal...
Kyle Reese : Surrounded by living tissue!
Dr. Silberman : Oh, right, right.
Dr. Silberman : [ He shuts off the VCR screen on which the police and Sarah have been watching the interview ] This is great stuff. I could make a career out of this guy! You see how clever his part is? How it doesn't require a shred of proof? Most paranoid delusions are intricate, but this is brilliant!
Dr. Silberman : Why were the other two women killed?
Kyle Reese : Most of the records were lost in the war. Skynet knew almost nothing about Connor's mother. Her full name, where she lived. They just knew the city. The Terminator was just being systematic.
Dr. Silberman : Uh-huh. Well, let's go back to what I was...
Kyle Reese : [ interrupts ] Look! You have heard enough! I have answered your questions! Now, I have to see Sarah Connor!
Dr. Silberman : I'm afraid that's not up to me.
Kyle Reese : Then why am I talking to you? Who is in authority here?
Dr. Silberman : Please, I...
Kyle Reese : [ interrupts again ] Shut up! [ He looks into the camera ]
Kyle Reese : You still don't get it, do you? He'll find her! That's what he does! That's ALL he does! You can't stop him! He'll wade through you, reach down her
Detective Vukovich : [ chuckling ] Ray guns?
Kyle Reese : You go naked. Something about the field generated by a living organism. Nothing dead will go.
Dr. Silberman : Why?
Kyle Reese : I didn't build the fucking thing!
Dr. Silberman : Okay, okay. But this cyborg, if it's metal...
Kyle Reese : Surrounded by living tissue!
Dr. Silberman : Oh, right, right.
Dr. Silberman : [ He shuts off the VCR screen on which the police and Sarah have been watching the interview ] This is great stuff. I could make a career out of this guy! You see how clever his part is? How it doesn't require a shred of proof? Most paranoid delusions are intricate, but this is brilliant!
Dr. Silberman : Why were the other two women killed?
Kyle Reese : Most of the records were lost in the war. Skynet knew almost nothing about Connor's mother. Her full name, where she lived. They just knew the city. The Terminator was just being systematic.
Dr. Silberman : Uh-huh. Well, let's go back to what I was...
Kyle Reese : [ interrupts ] Look! You have heard enough! I have answered your questions! Now, I have to see Sarah Connor!
Dr. Silberman : I'm afraid that's not up to me.
Kyle Reese : Then why am I talking to you? Who is in authority here?
Dr. Silberman : Please, I...
Kyle Reese : [ interrupts again ] Shut up! [ He looks into the camera ]
Kyle Reese : You still don't get it, do you? He'll find her! That's what he does! That's ALL he does! You can't stop him! He'll wade through you, reach down her
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Kyle Reese : John Connor gave me a picture of you once. I didn't know why at the time. It was very old - torn, faded. You were young like you are now. You seemed just a little sad. I used to always wonder what you were thinking at that moment. I memorized every line, every curve. I came across time for you Sarah. I love you; I always have.
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Sarah Connor : Reese. Why me? Why does it want me?
Kyle Reese : There was a nuclear war. A few years from now, all this, this whole place, everything, it's gone. Just gone. There were survivors. Here, there. Nobody even knew who started it. It was the machines, Sarah.
Sarah Connor : I don't understand.
Reese : Defense network computers. New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side. Decided our fate in a microsecond: extermination.
Sarah Connor : Did you see this war?
Kyle Reese : No. I grew up after. In the ruins... starving... hiding from H-K's.
Sarah Connor : H-K's?
Kyle Reese : Hunter-Killers. Patrol machines built in automated factories. Most of us were rounded up, put in camps for orderly disposal. [ Pulls up his right sleeve, exposing a mark ]
Kyle Reese : This is burned in by laser scan. Some of us were kept alive... to work... loading bodies. The disposal units ran night and day. We were that close to going out forever. But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk. He turned it around. He brought us back from the brink. His name is Connor. John Connor. Your son, Sarah, your unborn son.
Kyle Reese : There was a nuclear war. A few years from now, all this, this whole place, everything, it's gone. Just gone. There were survivors. Here, there. Nobody even knew who started it. It was the machines, Sarah.
Sarah Connor : I don't understand.
Reese : Defense network computers. New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side. Decided our fate in a microsecond: extermination.
Sarah Connor : Did you see this war?
Kyle Reese : No. I grew up after. In the ruins... starving... hiding from H-K's.
Sarah Connor : H-K's?
Kyle Reese : Hunter-Killers. Patrol machines built in automated factories. Most of us were rounded up, put in camps for orderly disposal. [ Pulls up his right sleeve, exposing a mark ]
Kyle Reese : This is burned in by laser scan. Some of us were kept alive... to work... loading bodies. The disposal units ran night and day. We were that close to going out forever. But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk. He turned it around. He brought us back from the brink. His name is Connor. John Connor. Your son, Sarah, your unborn son.
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[ the Terminator arrives naked and encounters some punks ]
Punk Leader : Nice night for a walk, eh?
The Terminator : Nice night for a walk.
Punk : Wash day tomorrow? Nothing clean, right?
The Terminator : Nothing clean. Right.
Punk Leader : Hey, I think this guy's a couple cans short of a six-pack.
The Terminator : Your clothes... give them to me, now.
Punk Leader : Fuck you, asshole!
Punk Leader : Nice night for a walk, eh?
The Terminator : Nice night for a walk.
Punk : Wash day tomorrow? Nothing clean, right?
The Terminator : Nothing clean. Right.
Punk Leader : Hey, I think this guy's a couple cans short of a six-pack.
The Terminator : Your clothes... give them to me, now.
Punk Leader : Fuck you, asshole!
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Kyle Reese : Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
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[ after Sarah tries to escape and bites Reese's hand ]
Kyle Reese : Cyborgs don't feel pain. I do. Don't do that again.
Kyle Reese : Cyborgs don't feel pain. I do. Don't do that again.
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Dr. Silberman : Well, how are you supposed to get back?
Kyle Reese : I can't. Nobody goes home. Nobody else comes through. It's just him - and me.
Kyle Reese : I can't. Nobody goes home. Nobody else comes through. It's just him - and me.
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The Terminator : I'm a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told she was here. Could I see her please?
Desk Sergeant : No, you can't see her she's making a statement.
The Terminator : Where is she?
Desk Sergeant : It may take a while. Want to wait? There's a bench over there. [ points to bench ]
The Terminator : [ looks around, examining the structural integrity of the room, then looks back at him ] I'll be back!
Desk Sergeant : No, you can't see her she's making a statement.
The Terminator : Where is she?
Desk Sergeant : It may take a while. Want to wait? There's a bench over there. [ points to bench ]
The Terminator : [ looks around, examining the structural integrity of the room, then looks back at him ] I'll be back!
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Cleaning Man at Flophouse : [ Damaged skin on the Terminator is rotting from gangrene ] Hey, buddy. You got a dead cat in there, or what? [ the Terminator visualizes: 'POSSIBLE RESPONSE: YES/NO; OR WHAT?; GO AWAY; PLEASE COME BACK LATER; FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE; FUCK YOU' ]
The Terminator : Fuck you, asshole.
The Terminator : Fuck you, asshole.
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Detective Vukovich : I hate these press cases, especially the weird press cases. Where you going?
Lieutenant Traxler : To make a statement. Maybe make these jackals work for us. If I can get on the tube by 11: 00, maybe she'll call us. Well, how do I look?
Detective Vukovich : Like shit, boss.
Lieutenant Traxler : Yo momma.
Lieutenant Traxler : To make a statement. Maybe make these jackals work for us. If I can get on the tube by 11: 00, maybe she'll call us. Well, how do I look?
Detective Vukovich : Like shit, boss.
Lieutenant Traxler : Yo momma.
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Sarah Connor : Are you sure you have the right person?
Kyle Reese : I'm sure.
Sarah Connor : Oh, come on. Do I look like the mother of the future? I mean am I tough, organized? I can't even balance my checkbook. Look Reese, I didn't ask for this honor and I don't WANT IT, ANY OF IT!
Kyle Reese : I'm sure.
Sarah Connor : Oh, come on. Do I look like the mother of the future? I mean am I tough, organized? I can't even balance my checkbook. Look Reese, I didn't ask for this honor and I don't WANT IT, ANY OF IT!
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Sarah Connor : Tell me about my son.
Kyle Reese : He's about my height. He has your eyes.
Sarah Connor : What's he like?
Kyle Reese : You trust him. He's got a strength. I'd die for John Connor.
Sarah Connor : Well... at least now I know what to name him. I don't suppose you know who the father is, so I won't tell him to get lost when I meet him?
Kyle Reese : John never said much about him. I know he dies before the war.
Sarah Connor : Wait. I don't want to know.
Kyle Reese : He's about my height. He has your eyes.
Sarah Connor : What's he like?
Kyle Reese : You trust him. He's got a strength. I'd die for John Connor.
Sarah Connor : Well... at least now I know what to name him. I don't suppose you know who the father is, so I won't tell him to get lost when I meet him?
Kyle Reese : John never said much about him. I know he dies before the war.
Sarah Connor : Wait. I don't want to know.
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Sarah Connor : What's it like when you go through time?
Kyle Reese : White light. Pain. It's like being born, maybe.
Kyle Reese : White light. Pain. It's like being born, maybe.
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Sarah Connor : So Reese is crazy?
Dr. Silberman : In technical terminology: he's a loon.
Dr. Silberman : In technical terminology: he's a loon.
Movie: The Terminator