Back to the Future Quotes
Doc: We shall proceed as planned, and as soon as we return to 1985, we shall destroy this infernal machine. Traveling through time has become much too painful.
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Dr. Emmett Brown: You're late, do you have no concept of time?
Marty McFly: Hey c'mon, I had to change, you think I'm going back in that, that zoot suit? The old man really came through, it worked!
Dr. Emmett Brown: What?
Marty McFly: He laid out Biff in one punch! I never knew he had it in him! He never stood up to Biff in his life!
Marty McFly: Hey c'mon, I had to change, you think I'm going back in that, that zoot suit? The old man really came through, it worked!
Dr. Emmett Brown: What?
Marty McFly: He laid out Biff in one punch! I never knew he had it in him! He never stood up to Biff in his life!
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Marty McFly: Do you know where Riverside Drive is?
Sam Baines: It's on the other end of town, a block past Maple. East end of town.
Marty McFly: A block past Maple? That's John F. Kennedy Drive.
Sam Baines: Who the hell is John F. Kennedy?
Sam Baines: It's on the other end of town, a block past Maple. East end of town.
Marty McFly: A block past Maple? That's John F. Kennedy Drive.
Sam Baines: Who the hell is John F. Kennedy?
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Marty McFly: I had a horrible nightmare. It was terrible.
Lorraine Baines: Well, you're safe and sound now. Back on the good old 27th floor.
Marty McFly: 27th floor?
Lorraine Baines: Well, you're safe and sound now. Back on the good old 27th floor.
Marty McFly: 27th floor?
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Old Biff: You always did have a way with women.
Young Biff: Get the hell out of my car, old man!
Old Biff: You wanna marry that girl, Biff? I can help make it happen.
Young Biff: Oh-oh, yeah, who are you, Miss Lonelyhearts?
Old Biff: Just get in the car, Butthead.
Young Biff: Who you callin' "butthead", Butthead? [Old Biff starts the car]
Young Biff: How do you know how to do that? Nobody can start this car but me.
Old Biff: Just get in the car, Tannen. Today's your lucky day.
Young Biff: Get the hell out of my car, old man!
Old Biff: You wanna marry that girl, Biff? I can help make it happen.
Young Biff: Oh-oh, yeah, who are you, Miss Lonelyhearts?
Old Biff: Just get in the car, Butthead.
Young Biff: Who you callin' "butthead", Butthead? [Old Biff starts the car]
Young Biff: How do you know how to do that? Nobody can start this car but me.
Old Biff: Just get in the car, Tannen. Today's your lucky day.
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George McFly : Lorraine, my density has bought me to you.
Lorraine Baines : What?
George McFly : Oh, what I meant to say was...
Lorraine Baines : Wait a minute, don't I know you from somewhere?
George McFly : Yes. Yes. I'm George, George McFly. I'm your density. I mean... your destiny.
Lorraine Baines : What?
George McFly : Oh, what I meant to say was...
Lorraine Baines : Wait a minute, don't I know you from somewhere?
George McFly : Yes. Yes. I'm George, George McFly. I'm your density. I mean... your destiny.
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George McFly : Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain.
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Marty McFly : Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?
Dr. Emmett Brown : The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
Dr. Emmett Brown : The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
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[ 1955 Doc is watching a video of 1985 Doc ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : What on Earth's this thing I'm wearing?
Marty McFly : Ah, this, this is a radiation suit.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Radiation suit? Of course, because of all the fallout from the atomic wars.
Dr. Emmett Brown : What on Earth's this thing I'm wearing?
Marty McFly : Ah, this, this is a radiation suit.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Radiation suit? Of course, because of all the fallout from the atomic wars.
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[ in the past, Marty observes his dad's incompetence ]
Marty McFly : Jesus, George, it was a wonder I was even born.
Marty McFly : Jesus, George, it was a wonder I was even born.
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Mr. Strickland : I noticed your band is on the roster for the dance auditions after school today. Why even bother, McFly? You don't have a chance, you're too much like your old man. No McFly ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley!
Marty McFly : Yeah, well, history is gonna change.
Marty McFly : Yeah, well, history is gonna change.
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[ repeated line ]
Marty McFly : If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.
Marty McFly : If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.
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Biff Tannen : Mr. McFly! Mr. McFly, this just arrived. Oh, hi, Marty. I think it's your new book.
Lorraine Baines : Oh, honey. Your first novel!
George McFly : Like I've always told you, you put your mind to it, you can accomplish *anything*.
Biff Tannen : Oh, Marty... Marty, here's your keys. You're all waxed up, ready for tonight.
Marty McFly : Keys?
Lorraine Baines : Oh, honey. Your first novel!
George McFly : Like I've always told you, you put your mind to it, you can accomplish *anything*.
Biff Tannen : Oh, Marty... Marty, here's your keys. You're all waxed up, ready for tonight.
Marty McFly : Keys?
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Marty McFly : Too loud. I can't believe it. I'm never gonna get a chance to play in front of anybody.
Jennifer Parker : Marty, one rejection isn't the end of the world.
Marty McFly : Nah, I just don't think I'm cut out for music.
Jennifer Parker : But you're good, Marty, you're really good. And this audition tape of yours is great. You've gotta send it in to the record company. It's like Doc's always saying...
Marty McFly : Yeah, I know, I know. "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything". [ Marty notices two girls walk by and looks at them ]
Jennifer Parker : [ turns Marty's head back to her ] That's good advice, Marty.
Marty McFly : Well, what if I take the tape in and they don't like it, what if they say I'm no good, what if they say "Get out of here kid. You've got no future." I just don't think I can handle that kind of rejection. Jesus I'm starting to sound like my old man.
Jennifer Parker : Oh, come on.
Marty McFly : [ sees a tow truck pull up with a 4X4 Toyota on the flat bed ] Check out that 4X4. That is hot. Someday Jennifer, someday, wouldn't it be great, take that truck up to the lake. Throw a couple of sleeping bags in the back. Lay out underneath the stars.
Jennifer Parker : Stop it.
Marty McFly : What?
Jennifer Parker : Does your mom know about tomorrow night?
Marty McFly : No, Get outta town! My mom thinks I'm goin camping with the guys. Look Jennifer, my mom would freak out if she knew I was going out with you and then I get this standard lecture how she never did that kind of stuff when she was a kid, I mean look, I think the woman was born a nun.
Jennifer Parker : She's just trying to keep you respectable.
Marty McFly : Well she's
Jennifer Parker : Marty, one rejection isn't the end of the world.
Marty McFly : Nah, I just don't think I'm cut out for music.
Jennifer Parker : But you're good, Marty, you're really good. And this audition tape of yours is great. You've gotta send it in to the record company. It's like Doc's always saying...
Marty McFly : Yeah, I know, I know. "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything". [ Marty notices two girls walk by and looks at them ]
Jennifer Parker : [ turns Marty's head back to her ] That's good advice, Marty.
Marty McFly : Well, what if I take the tape in and they don't like it, what if they say I'm no good, what if they say "Get out of here kid. You've got no future." I just don't think I can handle that kind of rejection. Jesus I'm starting to sound like my old man.
Jennifer Parker : Oh, come on.
Marty McFly : [ sees a tow truck pull up with a 4X4 Toyota on the flat bed ] Check out that 4X4. That is hot. Someday Jennifer, someday, wouldn't it be great, take that truck up to the lake. Throw a couple of sleeping bags in the back. Lay out underneath the stars.
Jennifer Parker : Stop it.
Marty McFly : What?
Jennifer Parker : Does your mom know about tomorrow night?
Marty McFly : No, Get outta town! My mom thinks I'm goin camping with the guys. Look Jennifer, my mom would freak out if she knew I was going out with you and then I get this standard lecture how she never did that kind of stuff when she was a kid, I mean look, I think the woman was born a nun.
Jennifer Parker : She's just trying to keep you respectable.
Marty McFly : Well she's
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Biff Tannen : And uh, where's my reports?
George McFly : Uh, well, I haven't finished those up yet, but you know I... I figured since they weren't due till...
Biff Tannen : Hello? Hello? Anybody home? Huh? Think, McFly. Think! I gotta have time to get 'em retyped. Do you realize what would happen if I hand in my reports in your handwriting? I'll get fired. You wouldn't want that to happen, would ya? Would ya?
George McFly : Of course not, Biff. Nah, I wouldn't want that to happen. Now, look. I'll, uh, finish those reports on up tonight and I'll run 'em on over first thing tomorrow. All right?
Biff Tannen : Eh, not too early. I sleep in Saturdays. Oh, McFly, your shoe's untied. [ jabs his finger up to George's face ]
Biff Tannen : Don't be so gullible, McFly. Got the place fixed up nice-o, McFly.
George McFly : Uh, well, I haven't finished those up yet, but you know I... I figured since they weren't due till...
Biff Tannen : Hello? Hello? Anybody home? Huh? Think, McFly. Think! I gotta have time to get 'em retyped. Do you realize what would happen if I hand in my reports in your handwriting? I'll get fired. You wouldn't want that to happen, would ya? Would ya?
George McFly : Of course not, Biff. Nah, I wouldn't want that to happen. Now, look. I'll, uh, finish those reports on up tonight and I'll run 'em on over first thing tomorrow. All right?
Biff Tannen : Eh, not too early. I sleep in Saturdays. Oh, McFly, your shoe's untied. [ jabs his finger up to George's face ]
Biff Tannen : Don't be so gullible, McFly. Got the place fixed up nice-o, McFly.
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Marty McFly : [ being chased by terrorists ] Let's see if you bastards can do 90.
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[ concerning his audition tape ]
Marty McFly : What if I send in the tape and they don't like it? I mean, what if they say I'm no good? What if they say "Get outta here, kid. You got no future."? I mean, I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection. Jesus, I'm starting to sound like my old man!
Marty McFly : What if I send in the tape and they don't like it? I mean, what if they say I'm no good? What if they say "Get outta here, kid. You got no future."? I mean, I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection. Jesus, I'm starting to sound like my old man!
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Dave McFly : [ kissing George McFly on the head ] See ya later, Pop. Whooo, time to change that oil.
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Dr. Emmett Brown : If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.
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Lou : You gonna order something, kid?
Marty McFly : Ah, yeah... Give me - Give me a Tab.
Lou : Tab? I can't give you a tab unless you order something.
Marty McFly : All right, give me a Pepsi Free.
Lou : You want a Pepsi, PAL, you're gonna pay for it.
Marty McFly : Ah, yeah... Give me - Give me a Tab.
Lou : Tab? I can't give you a tab unless you order something.
Marty McFly : All right, give me a Pepsi Free.
Lou : You want a Pepsi, PAL, you're gonna pay for it.
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Goldie Wilson : [ rushes up to George ] Say! What do you let those boys push you around like that for?
George McFly : Well, they're bigger than me.
Goldie Wilson : Stand tall, boy. Have some respect for yourself. Don't you know if you let people walk over you now, they'll be walking over you for the rest of your life! Look at me. You think I'm gonna spend the rest of my life in this slop house?
Lou : Watch it, Goldie!
Goldie Wilson : No, sir! I'm gonna make something of myself. I'm going to Night School. And one day I'm gonna *be* somebody!
Marty McFly : That's right! He's gonna be mayor.
Goldie Wilson : Yeah, I'm gonna... [ smiles, one of his front teeth is gold ]
Goldie Wilson : Mayor! Now *that's* a good idea! I can run for mayor.
Lou : A colored mayor, that'll be the day.
Goldie Wilson : You wait and see, Mr. Carruthers. I *will* be mayor! I'll be the most powerful man in Hill Valley. And I'm gonna clean up this town.
Lou : Good. You can start by sweeping the floor. [ hands Goldie a broom ]
Goldie Wilson : [ stands tall with a hand over his heart ] Mayor Goldie Wilson. Like the sound of that. [ collects George's dishes ]
George McFly : Well, they're bigger than me.
Goldie Wilson : Stand tall, boy. Have some respect for yourself. Don't you know if you let people walk over you now, they'll be walking over you for the rest of your life! Look at me. You think I'm gonna spend the rest of my life in this slop house?
Lou : Watch it, Goldie!
Goldie Wilson : No, sir! I'm gonna make something of myself. I'm going to Night School. And one day I'm gonna *be* somebody!
Marty McFly : That's right! He's gonna be mayor.
Goldie Wilson : Yeah, I'm gonna... [ smiles, one of his front teeth is gold ]
Goldie Wilson : Mayor! Now *that's* a good idea! I can run for mayor.
Lou : A colored mayor, that'll be the day.
Goldie Wilson : You wait and see, Mr. Carruthers. I *will* be mayor! I'll be the most powerful man in Hill Valley. And I'm gonna clean up this town.
Lou : Good. You can start by sweeping the floor. [ hands Goldie a broom ]
Goldie Wilson : [ stands tall with a hand over his heart ] Mayor Goldie Wilson. Like the sound of that. [ collects George's dishes ]
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[ Lorraine's parents are talking about Marty McFly, Lorraine's future son ]
Stella Baines : He's a very strange young man.
Sam Baines : He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots too. Lorraine, if you ever have a kid that acts that way I'll disown you.
Stella Baines : He's a very strange young man.
Sam Baines : He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots too. Lorraine, if you ever have a kid that acts that way I'll disown you.
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[ Dr. Emmett Brown is doubting Marty McFly's story about that he is from the future ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Then tell me, "Future Boy", who's President in the United States in 1985?
Marty McFly : Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Ronald Reagan? The actor? [ chuckles in disbelief ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Then who's VICE-President? Jerry Lewis? [ rushing out and down a hill toward his laboratory ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady!
Marty McFly : [ following Doc ] Whoa! Wait! Doc!
Dr. Emmett Brown : And Jack Benny is Secretary of the Treasury.
Marty McFly : [ outside the lab door ] Doc, you gotta listen to me.
Dr. Emmett Brown : [ opens the door to the lab ] I've had enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, Future Boy! [ closes the door leaving Marty outside ]
Marty McFly : No, wait! Doc. Doc. The-the-the bruise - the bruise on your head. I know how that happened! You told me the whole story. You were standing on your toilet, and you were hanging a clock, and you fell, and you hit your head on the sink. And that's when you came up with the idea for the Flux Capacitor... [ somberly ]
Marty McFly : Which... is what makes time travel possible. [ Doc opens the door and looks at Marty with a stunned look on his face ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Then tell me, "Future Boy", who's President in the United States in 1985?
Marty McFly : Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Ronald Reagan? The actor? [ chuckles in disbelief ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Then who's VICE-President? Jerry Lewis? [ rushing out and down a hill toward his laboratory ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady!
Marty McFly : [ following Doc ] Whoa! Wait! Doc!
Dr. Emmett Brown : And Jack Benny is Secretary of the Treasury.
Marty McFly : [ outside the lab door ] Doc, you gotta listen to me.
Dr. Emmett Brown : [ opens the door to the lab ] I've had enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, Future Boy! [ closes the door leaving Marty outside ]
Marty McFly : No, wait! Doc. Doc. The-the-the bruise - the bruise on your head. I know how that happened! You told me the whole story. You were standing on your toilet, and you were hanging a clock, and you fell, and you hit your head on the sink. And that's when you came up with the idea for the Flux Capacitor... [ somberly ]
Marty McFly : Which... is what makes time travel possible. [ Doc opens the door and looks at Marty with a stunned look on his face ]
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Marty McFly : Wait a minute, Doc, are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Precisely.
Marty McFly : Whoa, this is heavy.
Dr. Emmett Brown : There's that word again; "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Precisely.
Marty McFly : Whoa, this is heavy.
Dr. Emmett Brown : There's that word again; "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
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[ talking about the Time Machine ]
Marty McFly : [ looks through a camcorder ] This is uh... This is heavy duty, Doc. This is great. Uh, does it run, like, on regular unleaded gasoline?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Unfortunately no, it requires something with a little more kick - plutonium.
Marty McFly : Uh, plutonium? Wait a minute. Are- [ lowers the camcorder ]
Marty McFly : Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Hey, hey, hey. Keep rolling. Keep rolling, there. [ Marty raises the camcorder ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : No, no, no, no, no. This sucker's electrical. But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
Marty McFly : Doc, you don't just walk into a store and-and buy plutonium. Did you rip that off?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Shhhhhh. Of course. From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn, gave them a shiny bomb-casing full of used pinball machine parts! Come on! Let's get you a radiation suit. We must prepare to reload.
Marty McFly : [ looks through a camcorder ] This is uh... This is heavy duty, Doc. This is great. Uh, does it run, like, on regular unleaded gasoline?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Unfortunately no, it requires something with a little more kick - plutonium.
Marty McFly : Uh, plutonium? Wait a minute. Are- [ lowers the camcorder ]
Marty McFly : Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Hey, hey, hey. Keep rolling. Keep rolling, there. [ Marty raises the camcorder ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : No, no, no, no, no. This sucker's electrical. But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
Marty McFly : Doc, you don't just walk into a store and-and buy plutonium. Did you rip that off?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Shhhhhh. Of course. From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn, gave them a shiny bomb-casing full of used pinball machine parts! Come on! Let's get you a radiation suit. We must prepare to reload.
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Biff Tannen : Since you're new here, I-I'm gonna cut you a break... today. So, why don't you make like a tree and get outta here?
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George McFly : Lou. Give me a milk... [ dramatic pause ]
George McFly : Chocolate.
George McFly : Chocolate.
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Dr. Emmett Brown : You're late, do you have no concept of time?
Marty McFly : Hey c'mon, I had to change, you think I'm going back in that, that zoot suit? The old man really came through, it worked!
Dr. Emmett Brown : What?
Marty McFly : He laid out Biff in one punch! I didn't know he had it in him! He's never stood up to Biff in his life!
Marty McFly : Hey c'mon, I had to change, you think I'm going back in that, that zoot suit? The old man really came through, it worked!
Dr. Emmett Brown : What?
Marty McFly : He laid out Biff in one punch! I didn't know he had it in him! He's never stood up to Biff in his life!
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