Babylon 5 Quotes
Londo: Something my father said. He was old, very old at the time. I went into his room, and he was sitting alone in the dark, crying. So I asked him what was wrong, and he said, "My shoes are too tight, but it doesn't matter, because I have forgotten how to dance." I never understood what that meant until now. My shoes are too tight, and I have forgotten how to dance.
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Delenn: Human ways are often unfathomable. But in time, one learns to live with them.
G'Kar: If one has an exceedingly strong constitution.
G'Kar: If one has an exceedingly strong constitution.
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Jeffrey Sinclair: Everyone lies, Michael. The innocent lie because they don't want to be blamed for something they didn't do, and the guilty lie because they don't have any other choice.
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[A mysterious man accuses Sinclair of selling out to the Minbari at the Battle of the Line.]
Sinclair: We never had a chance. You say we could have won, but you weren't there, you didn't see them! When I looked at those ships, I…I didn't just see my death — I saw the death of the whole damn human race!
Knight Two: Then why did they surrender?!
Sinclair: I don't know! Maybe the universe blinked. Maybe God changed His mind. All I know is that we got a second chance!
Sinclair: We never had a chance. You say we could have won, but you weren't there, you didn't see them! When I looked at those ships, I…I didn't just see my death — I saw the death of the whole damn human race!
Knight Two: Then why did they surrender?!
Sinclair: I don't know! Maybe the universe blinked. Maybe God changed His mind. All I know is that we got a second chance!
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[Ambassador Kosh hires commercial telepath Talia for an mysterious job.]
Kosh: We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
[Later, after the first meeting]
Kosh: We shall commence again tomorrow at the hour of longing.
Kosh: We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
[Later, after the first meeting]
Kosh: We shall commence again tomorrow at the hour of longing.
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Talia Winters: All the clearances seem to be in order, and the pay is very generous. However, there's something I still don't understand.
Kosh: Understanding is a three-edged sword.
Kosh: Understanding is a three-edged sword.
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Kosh: Ahh. You seek meaning.
Talia: Yes.
Kosh: Then listen to the music, not the song.
Talia: Yes.
Kosh: Then listen to the music, not the song.
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Ivanova: [to a Drazi ship threatening to fire on the station] Vakar Ashok, our gun arrays are now fixed on your ship. They will fire the instant you come into range. You will find their power most impressive…for a few seconds.
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[Sinclair returns to C&C to see how Ivanova is handling the armed vessels from many outraged non-aligned worlds.]
Susan Ivanova: Well, I've managed to get the ship captains engaged in a debate over who has the best claim to Jha'dur. The winner will be the first to attack.
Jeffrey Sinclair: Creative.
Susan Ivanova: Well, I've managed to get the ship captains engaged in a debate over who has the best claim to Jha'dur. The winner will be the first to attack.
Jeffrey Sinclair: Creative.
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[A distressed Talia presses Kosh for the meaning of his "business deal" with Abbut.]
Talia: What is he? And what was on that data crystal he gave you?
Kosh: Reflection. Surprise. Terror. For the future.
Talia: What is he? And what was on that data crystal he gave you?
Kosh: Reflection. Surprise. Terror. For the future.
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[A gloating "Deathwalker" Jha'dur reveals the secret of her immortality drug.]
Jha'dur: You and the rest of your kind take blind comfort in the belief that we are monsters, that you could never do what we did. The key ingredient in the anti-agapic cannot be synthesized. It must be taken from living beings. For one to live forever, another one must die. You will fall upon one another like wolves. It will make what we did pale by comparison. The billions who live forever will be a testimony to my work. And the billions who are murdered to buy that immortality will be the continuance of my work. Not like us? You will become us.
Jha'dur: You and the rest of your kind take blind comfort in the belief that we are monsters, that you could never do what we did. The key ingredient in the anti-agapic cannot be synthesized. It must be taken from living beings. For one to live forever, another one must die. You will fall upon one another like wolves. It will make what we did pale by comparison. The billions who live forever will be a testimony to my work. And the billions who are murdered to buy that immortality will be the continuance of my work. Not like us? You will become us.
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[Sinclair and Garibaldi are discussing the actions of Kosh during this episode]
Sinclair: They say God works in mysterious ways.
Michael Garibaldi: Maybe so. But He's a con man compared to the Vorlon.
Sinclair: They say God works in mysterious ways.
Michael Garibaldi: Maybe so. But He's a con man compared to the Vorlon.
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M'Ola: No one knows what is written in the stream [of Time] until the waters surround him.
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Susan Ivanova: After that [pacing to and fro], maybe I'll try pacing fro and to, just for the kick of it.
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Michael Garibaldi: Sure is for people with nothing on the line. You and me? We just get on with it.
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Jeffrey Sinclair: Who asked you to play God?
Franklin: Every damn patient who comes through that door, that's who. People come to doctors because they want us to be gods. They want us to make it better…or make it not so. They want to be healed and they come to me when their prayers aren't enough. Well, if I have to take the responsibility, then I claim the authority too. I did good. And we both know it. And no one is going to take that away.
Franklin: Every damn patient who comes through that door, that's who. People come to doctors because they want us to be gods. They want us to make it better…or make it not so. They want to be healed and they come to me when their prayers aren't enough. Well, if I have to take the responsibility, then I claim the authority too. I did good. And we both know it. And no one is going to take that away.
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Franklin: I'm waiting. For an apology.
Sinclair: You'd better check the temperature in Hell first.
Sinclair: You'd better check the temperature in Hell first.
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Jeffrey Sinclair: Lieutenant Commander Ivanova, escort Major Kemmer off the Observation Dome.
Susan Ivanova: With pleasure. [to Kemmer] You are going to resist, I hope.
Susan Ivanova: With pleasure. [to Kemmer] You are going to resist, I hope.
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Major Lianna Kemmer: I demand you open a channel to Earth at once!
Ivanova: I am a Lieutenant Commander in Earthforce, Major. I do not take demands. If you have a request, I'll consider it.
Maj. Kemmer: Very well, then. I request that you open a channel to Earthdome!
Ivanova: Request denied. Have a nice day.
Ivanova: I am a Lieutenant Commander in Earthforce, Major. I do not take demands. If you have a request, I'll consider it.
Maj. Kemmer: Very well, then. I request that you open a channel to Earthdome!
Ivanova: Request denied. Have a nice day.
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Sinclair: You're more trouble than a toilet full of snakes, but I couldn't run this station without you.
Michael Garibaldi: Commander, I sense a huge pay raise coming my way.
Sinclair: Hah. Dream on.
Michael Garibaldi: Commander, I sense a huge pay raise coming my way.
Sinclair: Hah. Dream on.
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[G'Kar is informed that Londo Mollari is the only person on the station that has a flower he needs for a religious ceremony]
G'Kar: Why does the universe hate me?
G'Kar: Why does the universe hate me?
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[Londo Mollari returns to his quarters to find the door open and G'Kar sitting at his table]
G'Kar: You left your door unlocked, Ambassador. Careless of you. I thought it best to sit here and guard your room until you returned.
Londo: And did you find anything of interest in my humble quarters while you were 'guarding it'?
G'Kar: [obviously disappointed] No.
G'Kar: You left your door unlocked, Ambassador. Careless of you. I thought it best to sit here and guard your room until you returned.
Londo: And did you find anything of interest in my humble quarters while you were 'guarding it'?
G'Kar: [obviously disappointed] No.
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Jeffrey Sinclair: You should never hand someone a gun unless you're sure where they'll point it.
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Senator Hidoshi: You are not the most popular person in government circles right now.
[After the call ends]
Sinclair: [unhappily] So what else is new?
[After the call ends]
Sinclair: [unhappily] So what else is new?
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Susan Ivanova: I've always had a hard time getting up when it's dark outside.
Jeffrey Sinclair: But in space, it's always dark.
Ivanova: [morosely] I know. I know.
Jeffrey Sinclair: But in space, it's always dark.
Ivanova: [morosely] I know. I know.
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