Independence Day (1996)

Share this quote on facebook [after punching an alien] Welcome to Earth! [puts a cigar in his mouth] Now that's what I call a close encounter.

Share this quote on facebook [to the unconscious alien] Y'know, this was supposed to be my weekend off. But no! You got me out here, draggin' your heavy ass, through the burnin' desert, with your dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin' all big and bad. And what the hell is that smell?! [screams and kicks the alien] I could've been at a barbecue! But I ain't mad.

Share this quote on facebook [to the pilots at Area 51 before the mass sortie] Good morning. [turns on mic] Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. [pauses] Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

Share this quote on facebook [at the White House roof, President Whitmore and White House Communications Director Constance Spano stare in awe at the alien ship flying overhead]
Constance: Now what do we do?
President Whitmore: Address the nation. There's gonna be a lot of frightened people out there.
Constance: Yeah. [in Whitmore's ear] I'm one of 'em. [Whitmore looks back at her then to the ship]

Share this quote on facebook [David finds Marty on the phone with his mother concerning the aliens]
Marty: I know, Ma. Just try and stay calm!
David: Tell her to pack up and leave town.
Marty: Why?! What happened?!
David: Just do it!
Marty: [to the phone] Ma! Ma, listen! Uh, get your stuff together, and head for Aunt Esther's. Don't argue with me! Just go! [hangs up] David, why'd I just send my mother to Atlanta? David?! David, talk to me!
David: Did you hear me tell you that the signal in the satellite feed is slowly recycling down to extinction?
Marty: Not really.
David: It's a countdown.
Marty: A countdown? Wait, a countdown to what, David?!
David: Uh, it's like in chess. First you strategically position your pieces. Then, when the timing's right, you strike. [turns Marty's attention to the monitor] See? They're positioning themselves all over the world usin' this one signal to synchronize their efforts. In approximately six hours, the signal's gonna disappear, and the countdown's gonna be over.
Marty: And then what?
David: Checkmate.
Marty: [gasps] Oh, my God! Oh, my God! I gotta call my brother. I better call my housekeeper. I gotta call my lawyer. Aw, forget my lawyer.

Share this quote on facebook [the Black Knights squadron is briefed on attacking the alien ship over Los Angeles]
Jimmy: You scared, man?
Steven: No. You?
Jimmy: Nope. [pauses; leans head on Steven's shoulder] Hold me.
Steven: Hey, pay attention.
Colonel: Something you wanna add to this briefing, Captain Hiller?
Steven: No, sir. I'm just a little anxious to get up there and whup E.T.'s ass. That's all.
[everyone else laughs in agreement]
Colonel: And you'll get your chance. You'll all get your chance. Good hunting. Dismissed!
Jimmy: [as the pilots prepare to suit up] Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!

Share this quote on facebook [Inside Air Force One, David, Connie, General Grey, and Nimzicki are all talking at once, after David objects to them using nuclear weapons]
Nimzicki: Shut up! Captain, get him out of here!
Julius: Hey, don't tell him to shut up! [lets it sink in] You'd all be dead now if it wasn't for my David! None of you did anything to prevent this!
General Grey: There was nothing we could do! We were totally unprepared for this!
Julius: Bah! Don't give me "unprepared"!
Constance: Come on, Julius, come on.... [tries to take Julius back]
Julius: It was, what? In the 19-- what, 50s? Whatever; when you had that spaceship.
David: Dad.
Julius: Yeah, that thing you found in New Mexico! Where was that?
David: Dad, no, not the spaceship, no.
Julius: Roswell. Roswell, New Mexico, yeah! No, you had the spaceship and you had the bodies! They were locked up in a, in a bunker. Where was that? David?
Constance: I don't know.
Julius: In Area 51, right? Area 51?! You knew then! [hissing] And you did nothing!
President Whitmore: Sir, regardless of what you may have read in the tabloids, there has never been any spacecraft recovered by our government. Take my word for it. There's no Area 51. There's no recovered spaceship.
Nimzicki: Uh, excuse me, Mr. President? That's not entirely accurate.
[uncomfortable silence amongst all on board]
David: What, which part?

Share this quote on facebook [Dr Brakish Okun tours the president's party over Area 51's workspace]
President Whitmore: I don't understand, where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this?
Julius: You don't actually think they spend $20,000 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you?

Share this quote on facebook [the president scramble into an operating room's viewing deck after an alien revives itself and attacks the surgical crew]
Dr. Okun: Release me...
Major Mitchell: Open the door, get him out of there.
General Grey: Wait!
[they notice the tentacle wrapped around Okun's neck; the alien comes into view, speaking telepathically through Okun]
Dr. Okun/Alien: Release me! Now! NOW!
President Whitmore: I know there is much we can learn from each other, if we can negotiate a truce. We can find a way to co-exist. Can there be a peace between us?
Dr. Okun/Alien: Peace?.... No peace...
Whitmore: What is it you want us to do?
Dr. Okun/Alien: Die... Die...

Share this quote on facebook EARTH: Take a good look. It could be your last.

Share this quote on facebook We've always believed we weren't alone. On July 4, we'll wish we were.

Share this quote on facebook The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe... has been answered.

Share this quote on facebook Don’t make plans for August.

Share this quote on facebook WARNING! Your next stop may not be there.

Share this quote on facebook They only want one thing...DESTRUCTION.

Share this quote on facebook On July 2, they arrive. On July 3, they strike. On July 4, we fight back.

Share this quote on facebook Today, the human race celebrates their Independence Day.

Share this quote on facebook Robert Loggia - Gen. William Grey, USMC