The X Files Quotes
Frohike: I don't understand. Why would the government want to turn Scully into a bimbo?
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Scully: Hello, Mulder? Can you hear me? I'm at the hotel. Where are you? What do you mean, "What hotel?" Las Vegas. I'm in Las Vegas, aren't you? You called me. What do you mean you didn't call me? ...Oh, man, I am going to kick their asses.
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Frohike: So you want to hit the slots?
Langly: You know, Byers, growing old with us ain't so bad.
Frohike: Oh, shut up, Langly. You really want him to kill himself?
Langly: You know, Byers, growing old with us ain't so bad.
Frohike: Oh, shut up, Langly. You really want him to kill himself?
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Scully: (voiceover) From Space, it seems an abstraction-- a magician's trick on a darkened stage. And from this distance one might never imagine that it is alive. It first appeared in the sea almost four billion years ago in the form of single-celled life. In an explosion of life spanning millions of years, nature's first multicellular organisms began to multiply... and then it stopped. 440 million years ago, a great mass extinction would kill off nearly every species on the planet leaving the vast oceans decimated and empty. Slowly, plants began to evolve, then insects, only to be wiped out in the second great mass extinction upon the Earth. The cycle repeated again and again. Reptiles emerging, independent of the sea only to be killed off. Then dinosaurs, struggling to life along with the first birds, fish, and flowering plants - their decimations Earth's fourth and fifth great extinctions. Only 100,000 years ago, Homo Sapiens appear-- man. From cave paintings to the bible to Columbus and Apollo 11, we have been a tireless force upon the earth and off cataloguing the natural world as it unfolds to us. Rising to a world population of over five billion people all descended from that original single cell, that first spark of life. But for all our knowledge, what no one can say for certain, is what or who ignited that original spark. Is there a plan, a purpose or a reason to our existence? Will we pass, as those before us, into oblivion, into the sixth extinction that scientists warn is already in progress?
Scully: Or will the mystery be revealed through a sign, a symbol, a revelation?
Scully: It began with an act of supreme violence-- a big bang expanding ever outward, cosmos born of matter and gas, matter and gas ten billion years ago. Whose idea was this? Who had the audacity for such invention? And the reason? Were we part of that plan ten billion years ago? Are we born only to die? To be fruitful and multipl
Scully: Or will the mystery be revealed through a sign, a symbol, a revelation?
Scully: It began with an act of supreme violence-- a big bang expanding ever outward, cosmos born of matter and gas, matter and gas ten billion years ago. Whose idea was this? Who had the audacity for such invention? And the reason? Were we part of that plan ten billion years ago? Are we born only to die? To be fruitful and multipl
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Scully: (voiceover) I came in search of something I did not believe existed. I've stayed on now, in spite of myself. In spite of everything I've ever held to be true. I will continue here as long as I can... as long as you are beset by the haunting illness which I saw consume your beautiful mind. What is this discovery I've made? How can I reconcile what I see with what I know? I feel this was meant not for me to find but for you... to make sense of - make the connections which can't be ignored... connections which, for me, deny all logic and reason. What is this source of power I hold in my hand - this rubbing - a simple impression taken from the surface of the craft? I watched this rubbing take its undeniable hold on you, saw you succumb to its spiraling effect. Now I must work to uncover what your illness prevents you from finding. In the source of every illness lies its cure.
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Scully: (about to cry) I don't know what to believe anymore. Mulder, I was so determined to find a cure to save you that I could deny what it was that I saw and now I don't even know... I don't know... I don't know what the truth is... I don't know who to listen to. I don't know who to trust. (pauses; is crying) Diana Fowley was found murdered this morning. I never trusted her... but she helped save your life just as much as I did. She gave me that book. It was her key that led me to you. I'm sorry... I'm so sorry. I know she was your friend. (she puts her arms around him; they hold each other)
Mulder: Scully, I was like you once. I didn't know who to trust. Then I... I chose another path... another life, another fate, where I found my sister. The end of my world was unrecognizable and upside down. There was one thing that remained the same. (gently holds her face; looks in her eyes) You... were my friend, and you told me the truth. Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant... my touchstone.
Scully: And you are mine.
[They move their faces close together; Scully kisses him on the forehead for a long time. They pull slightly apart; Scully puts his hat back on his head, cups his face in her hands. They look in each others' eyes before she gently touches his lips with her fingers before leaving. He stands in the doorway and closes his eyes.]
Mulder: Scully, I was like you once. I didn't know who to trust. Then I... I chose another path... another life, another fate, where I found my sister. The end of my world was unrecognizable and upside down. There was one thing that remained the same. (gently holds her face; looks in her eyes) You... were my friend, and you told me the truth. Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant... my touchstone.
Scully: And you are mine.
[They move their faces close together; Scully kisses him on the forehead for a long time. They pull slightly apart; Scully puts his hat back on his head, cups his face in her hands. They look in each others' eyes before she gently touches his lips with her fingers before leaving. He stands in the doorway and closes his eyes.]
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Rob Roberts: Welcome to Lucky Boy. May I take your order?
Mulder: Yeah, we'll have it our way. (both flash their badges)
Scully: FBI. Special Agents Scully and Mulder. We'd like a word with your manager, please.
Mulder: Yeah, we'll have it our way. (both flash their badges)
Scully: FBI. Special Agents Scully and Mulder. We'd like a word with your manager, please.
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Mr Rice: But look - there's four Lucky Boys in Costa Mesa alone and something like 30 in Orange County.
Scully: (sighing) Thirty-two.
Mulder: (quickly, annoyed) Yeah, long day. So let's make this quick. Does everybody have their button?
Scully: (sighing) Thirty-two.
Mulder: (quickly, annoyed) Yeah, long day. So let's make this quick. Does everybody have their button?
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Mulder: You live here alone?
Rob Roberts: Yeah, it's just me.
Mulder: Uh-huh. Mom or girlfriend?
Rob Roberts: What?
Mulder: (grinning) Come on, man, who cleans up after you?
Rob Roberts: Neither. It's just me I-I live here alone.
Mulder: Well, bravo. You know, they say single guys are just bears who own furniture, (smiles) but... I mean, my place... (wistfully) Oh, but here... you can smell the Pine-Sol.
Rob Roberts: Yeah, it's just me.
Mulder: Uh-huh. Mom or girlfriend?
Rob Roberts: What?
Mulder: (grinning) Come on, man, who cleans up after you?
Rob Roberts: Neither. It's just me I-I live here alone.
Mulder: Well, bravo. You know, they say single guys are just bears who own furniture, (smiles) but... I mean, my place... (wistfully) Oh, but here... you can smell the Pine-Sol.
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Mulder: If there's anybody that can tell us about the Millennium Group, it's him. He used to consult for them. Later, he fought to bring them down at the expense of his own career and reputation.
Scully: Single-minded.
Mulder: Yeah.
Scully: Sounds like someone I know.
Scully: Single-minded.
Mulder: Yeah.
Scully: Sounds like someone I know.
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Mulder: He's not our murderer, and those four dead bodies aren't dead and the millennium is... (looks at his watch) 14 hours away.
Scully: Mulder, those people, even when they were alive mangled biblical prophecy to the extent that it's unrecognizable. The year 2000 is just their artificial deadline - and besides, 2001 is actually the start of the new millennium.
Mulder: (slight smile) Nobody likes a math geek, Scully.
Scully: Mulder, those people, even when they were alive mangled biblical prophecy to the extent that it's unrecognizable. The year 2000 is just their artificial deadline - and besides, 2001 is actually the start of the new millennium.
Mulder: (slight smile) Nobody likes a math geek, Scully.
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[Mulder and Scully are watching the New Year's celebrations on TV, which is showing kissing couples and everyone celebrating. They look a little awkward. Both turn to look at each other, then lean close and kiss gently for a few seconds, then smile.]
Mulder: (smiling) The world didn't end.
Scully: (calmly pleased) No, it didn't.
Mulder: Happy New Year, Scully.
Scully: Happy New Year, Mulder.
[He puts his arm around her shoulders and they walk off together.]
Mulder: (smiling) The world didn't end.
Scully: (calmly pleased) No, it didn't.
Mulder: Happy New Year, Scully.
Scully: Happy New Year, Mulder.
[He puts his arm around her shoulders and they walk off together.]
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Mulder: Come on, you were cruising, right? I mean, a small town like this you're not exactly living La Vida Loca. I know-- I grew up in Dullsville, too, you know. Nothing to do but drive and park.
Tony: How long ago was that? (Mulder raises his eyebrows) Look. Don't you think I know what you're doing? You're like the tenth cop who's come in here trying to relate to me till I confess.
Scully: If you didn't do it, it's all the more reason to clear it up.
Tony: Everything I know is in my statement.
Mulder: Okay, but bear with us 'cause we're old and stupid. (Scully hides a smile by looking down)
Tony: How long ago was that? (Mulder raises his eyebrows) Look. Don't you think I know what you're doing? You're like the tenth cop who's come in here trying to relate to me till I confess.
Scully: If you didn't do it, it's all the more reason to clear it up.
Tony: Everything I know is in my statement.
Mulder: Okay, but bear with us 'cause we're old and stupid. (Scully hides a smile by looking down)
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Mulder: I don't know-- some kind of territorial or spiritual entity, maybe. (Scully sighs) Poltergeists have long been associated with violent acts like this and they tend to manifest around young people. They seem to be drawn to the turmoil of adolescence.
Scully: (innocently, almost coy) Mulder. Rather than spirits... can we at least start with Tony's friends? (looks like she is playing with his tie) Please? Just... for me?
Scully: (innocently, almost coy) Mulder. Rather than spirits... can we at least start with Tony's friends? (looks like she is playing with his tie) Please? Just... for me?
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Max: (to Scully) You must have been a Betty, back in the day. (walks away)
Scully: A "Betty"?
Mulder: (smiling) Back in the day.
Scully: A "Betty"?
Mulder: (smiling) Back in the day.
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Mulder: This man fell for 30 floors, plus the distance down this shaft, because these doors just happened to be open-- straight through, nothing but net.
Scully: Ouch.
Mulder: I'm guessing that's what he said. After, he got up, climbed out of here and scampered off into the night.
Scully: Ouch.
Mulder: I'm guessing that's what he said. After, he got up, climbed out of here and scampered off into the night.
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Scully: You know in 1998, there was a British soldier who plummeted 4,500 feet when his parachute failed and he walked away with a broken rib?
Mulder: What's your point?
Scully: My point is that if there's a wind gust, or a sudden updraft and, plus, if he landed in exactly the right way, I mean, I don't know. Maybe he just got lucky.
Mulder: What if he got really, really lucky? That's your big scientific explanation, Scully? I mean, how many thousands of variables would have to convene in just the right mixture for that theory to hold water?
Scully: I don't know.
Mulder: Well, thousands.
Mulder: What's your point?
Scully: My point is that if there's a wind gust, or a sudden updraft and, plus, if he landed in exactly the right way, I mean, I don't know. Maybe he just got lucky.
Mulder: What if he got really, really lucky? That's your big scientific explanation, Scully? I mean, how many thousands of variables would have to convene in just the right mixture for that theory to hold water?
Scully: I don't know.
Mulder: Well, thousands.
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[There is a creaking sound, and Mulder suddenly crashes through the floor to the room below]
Scully: You okay, Mulder?
Mulder: (looking slightly embarrassed) Yeah, it's all right. My ass broke the fall.
Scully: You okay, Mulder?
Mulder: (looking slightly embarrassed) Yeah, it's all right. My ass broke the fall.
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Mulder: A programmed behavior prompted and manifested by suggestion in this case, a rhythmic motion of the hands producing a unconscious act in a conscious state. (Raises and lowers his hand; she gives him a Look.) Doesn't work on you. (She smiles.)
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Mulder: You know, it's funny, when all is said and done, there's not much mystery in murder.
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Billy LaBonge: Yo. Can't you do anything that ain't a hundred years old? That ain't old school, that's decrepit.
Maleeni: (patiently) Young man, shall I come heckle you on your job? Make sure you count out the requisite number of McNuggets?
Maleeni: (patiently) Young man, shall I come heckle you on your job? Make sure you count out the requisite number of McNuggets?
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Mulder: So, basically he died of a heart attack, somebody crept up behind him, sawed his head off and then glued it back on all in the space of 30 seconds. (begins laughing) Does that make sense to you?
Scully: No. Which makes it even stranger still because, as far as I can tell this body has been dead for over a month. I see signs of refrigeration.
Mulder: And yet he performed yesterday. What a trooper.
Scully: No. Which makes it even stranger still because, as far as I can tell this body has been dead for over a month. I see signs of refrigeration.
Mulder: And yet he performed yesterday. What a trooper.
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Pinchbeck: Come in. Good morning, Mr. And Mrs...?
Mulder: (quickly; taking out his badge) Agents... Mulder and Scully. FBI.
Mulder: (quickly; taking out his badge) Agents... Mulder and Scully. FBI.
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Billy LaBonge: What's in it for me? I mean, let's say I help you out. What do I get in return?
Scully: (hopefully) The feeling of pride that comes from performing your civic duty?
Scully: (hopefully) The feeling of pride that comes from performing your civic duty?
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Mulder: How did this impersonator switch out the dead body?
Billy LaBonge: With ease. You're going to kick yourselves when I show you how he did this, it's so simple. 'Cause magic is all about... (wiggles fingers mysteriously) misdirection.
[Mulder does the same silly finger-waggle at Scully; she smiles and tries to ignore him.]
Billy LaBonge: Your impersonator simply made sure everyone was looking the other way when he pulled Maleeni's body from its secret hiding place underneath... the floor. (Dramatically lifts one of the floor panels up from the bottom of the van, revealing... nothing; none of the other panels show anything either; surprised) Man, this guy's good.
Billy LaBonge: With ease. You're going to kick yourselves when I show you how he did this, it's so simple. 'Cause magic is all about... (wiggles fingers mysteriously) misdirection.
[Mulder does the same silly finger-waggle at Scully; she smiles and tries to ignore him.]
Billy LaBonge: Your impersonator simply made sure everyone was looking the other way when he pulled Maleeni's body from its secret hiding place underneath... the floor. (Dramatically lifts one of the floor panels up from the bottom of the van, revealing... nothing; none of the other panels show anything either; surprised) Man, this guy's good.
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Krycek: If I'm so full of crap, why all the precautions?
Skinner: Precisely because you are so full of crap, Krycek.
[He taps Krycek on the chest, then gets on the elevator with Mulder, Scully, and Doggett.]
Skinner: Your ass stays here.
[Krycek smirks at him as the door close.]
Skinner: Precisely because you are so full of crap, Krycek.
[He taps Krycek on the chest, then gets on the elevator with Mulder, Scully, and Doggett.]
Skinner: Your ass stays here.
[Krycek smirks at him as the door close.]
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Mulder: Don't you find it odd that the amazing Maleeni's a lousy poker player? I mean, this is a guy who's adept at manipulating cards.
Scully: Maybe he wasn't so adept. LaBonge certainly doesn't have a high opinion of his skills.
Mulder: There's another possibility. Behold - an ordinary household quarter. (holds up a quarter) I'm going to take the quarter from my right hand and place it into my left hand. (flourishes) Where is it?
Scully: It's in your right hand.
Mulder: (shows empty right hand) Oh, no, no, no.
Scully: (taps his right hand; nothing still. She smiles, impressed) Ah... That's not bad.
Mulder: (reaches out to grab her nose) Blow your nose, Scully.
Scully: (warning him) Mulder...
Mulder: (holding her nose between his fingers) Blow your nose.
Scully: (deadpan) Ah-choo.
Mulder: (quarter falls into his hand) Ta-da.
Scully: (amused) Amazing!
Mulder: (proudly) The great Muldeeni!
Scully: Maybe he wasn't so adept. LaBonge certainly doesn't have a high opinion of his skills.
Mulder: There's another possibility. Behold - an ordinary household quarter. (holds up a quarter) I'm going to take the quarter from my right hand and place it into my left hand. (flourishes) Where is it?
Scully: It's in your right hand.
Mulder: (shows empty right hand) Oh, no, no, no.
Scully: (taps his right hand; nothing still. She smiles, impressed) Ah... That's not bad.
Mulder: (reaches out to grab her nose) Blow your nose, Scully.
Scully: (warning him) Mulder...
Mulder: (holding her nose between his fingers) Blow your nose.
Scully: (deadpan) Ah-choo.
Mulder: (quarter falls into his hand) Ta-da.
Scully: (amused) Amazing!
Mulder: (proudly) The great Muldeeni!
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Scully: You know, Mulder, there's still one thing that you haven't explained.
Mulder: What's that?
Scully: How the Amazing Maleeni was able to turn his head completely around.
Mulder: I don't know that.
Scully: I do. I'll show you. Observe. (gets down on hands and knees on the floor; Mulder grins. Puts her hands on the floor, turns one hand a full 360 degrees; Mulder is impressed)
Mulder: Gee! Very nice. How'd you do that?
Scully: Well... magic. (keeps walking down the hall; he follows)
Mulder: No. Seriously, Scully, how'd you do it? You know, it's not the same thing. It's different with the head. Come on. Look at this. (does the disappearing thumb trick; she ignores him)
Mulder: What's that?
Scully: How the Amazing Maleeni was able to turn his head completely around.
Mulder: I don't know that.
Scully: I do. I'll show you. Observe. (gets down on hands and knees on the floor; Mulder grins. Puts her hands on the floor, turns one hand a full 360 degrees; Mulder is impressed)
Mulder: Gee! Very nice. How'd you do that?
Scully: Well... magic. (keeps walking down the hall; he follows)
Mulder: No. Seriously, Scully, how'd you do it? You know, it's not the same thing. It's different with the head. Come on. Look at this. (does the disappearing thumb trick; she ignores him)
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