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Quotes from the movie Independence Day
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It's Air Force One, for crying out loud, and still he gets sick! Look at me, like a rock, could be bad weather could be good weather, doesn't matter. We could go back, we could go fowards, up down, side to side. What-what did I say?
Julius Levinson


On a more personal note sir, ever since I was kidnapped by aliens ten years ago, I've been dyin' for some payback. Just lettin' you know, I won't let you down.
Russell Casse


launches a missile while still on the ground in his fighter] I picked a helluva day to quit drinkin'.
Russell Casse


Sorry I'm late, Mr. President!
Russell Casse


Payback's a bitch, ain't it?
Russell Casse


Hello, boys, I'm Baaaack!
Russell Casse


I gotta get me one of these!
Russell Casse


The only mistake I ever made was to appoint a sniveling little weasel like you Secretary of Defense! However, that is a mistakeóI am happy to sayóthat I don't have to live with. Mr. [Albert] Nimziki, you're fired!
President Thomas Whitmore


Isn't it amazing how quickly everyone can turn against you.
President Thomas Whitmore


I saw... its thoughts. I saw what they're planning to do. Like locusts, they're spreading from planet to planet, their whole civilization. After consuming natural resources, they move on and we're next. Nuke 'em. Let's nuke the bastards.
President Thomas Whitmore


Good morning. [feedback whine] 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. 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 are 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 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!
President Thomas Whitmore


I'm a combat pilot, Will. I belong in the air.
President Thomas Whitmore


Okay, boys, let's give Mr. Casse some cover. Gentlemen! Let's plow the road!
President Thomas Whitmore


If this isn't an insanely beautiful woman, I'm hanging up.
Head of SETI monitor station


It's the real thing! A radio signal from another world!
SETI Technician


It's the real thing! A radio signal from another world!
SETI Technician


This may be our last night on earth. You don't want to die a virgin, do you?
Older Boy


Once again, the L.A.P.D. is asking Los Angelenos not to fire their guns at the visitor spacecraft. You may inadvertently trigger an interstellar war.
Video Newscaster


Mr. President! Wow! This isÖwhat a pleasure. As you can imagine, theyÖthey don't let us out much.
Dr. Okun


This is the vault. Or as some of us like to call it: The Freak Show.
Dr. Okun


Release...me. Release me. Now.
Dr. Okun


Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!
Cpt. Jimmy Wilder


Two words, Mr. President: Plausible deniability.
Albert Nimzicki


Our official position is: We don't have an official position.
Connie Spano


The visitors have arrived, but the president remains at the White House. Question: Are Mr. Whitmore's actions A, ultra-brave or B, fool-hardy?
John McLaughlin