Back to the Future Quotes

Marty McFly : Since when can weathermen predict the weather? Let alone the future!

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Lorraine Baines : Marty, why are you so nervous?
Marty McFly : Lorraine, have you ever been in a situation where you knew you were supposed to act a certain way, but when you got there, you didn't know if you could go through with it?
Lorraine Baines : You mean, like how you're supposed to act on a first date?
Marty McFly : [ stammering ] Well, sort-sort of.
Lorraine Baines : I think I know what you're talking about. You know what I do in those situations?
Marty McFly : What?
Lorraine Baines : I don't worry. [ kisses him hard ]
Lorraine Baines : [ Lorraine stops and pulls back, Marty is freaking out ]
Lorraine Baines : This is all wrong. I don't know what it is, but when I'm kissing you, it's like I'm kissing... my brother. I guess that's doesn't make any sense.
Marty McFly : Believe me, it makes perfect sense.

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Lorraine Baines : I've never seen purple underwear before!

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[ after Marty caused him to crash into a manure truck ]
Biff Tannen : [ to his friends ] I'm gonna get that son of a bitch.

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Mark Dixon : Scram, McFly. I'm cuttin' in.

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Marty McFly : [ Marty has just woken up to a new and improved 1985, and sees his brother and sister well-dressed and sitting at the dinner table, eating breakfast ]
Marty McFly : Hey. What the hell is this?
Linda McFly : ...Breakfast.

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Dr. Emmett Brown : [ Deleted Scene, Doc Brown uses a sound fork and hits the time machine with the sound fork and frantically steps back ] I knew, I knew it, I knew it.
Marty McFly : Hey Doc, do you have a 780 TV adapter?
Dr. Emmett Brown : What?
Marty McFly : [ Realizing where in time he is ] That's right, its not invented yet.
Dr. Emmett Brown : [ Walks over to his future self's suit case ] What is this?
Marty McFly : Oh, that's your belongings.
Dr. Emmett Brown : [ Opens up the suit case and picks up a hair dryer ] What's this?
Marty McFly : It's a hair dryer.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Don't they have towels in the future?
Dr. Emmett Brown : [ Picks up a pair of underwear ] Oh, look at these... underpants. They're made of cotton. I though we would be wearing disposable paper garments by 1985.
Dr. Emmett Brown : [ Picks up a Playboy Magazine ] This? [ Looks at the magazine ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Whohohoho, the future is looking a whoooole lot better.

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[ pacing in front of the clock tower ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : [ looks at his watch ] Damn! Where is that kid? [ looks at a small alarm clock in his other hand ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Damn! [ looks at a second watch on his other wrist ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Damn, Damn!

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Dr. Emmett Brown : [ Doc has just finished the final preparations for Marty's return to 1985 ] Well, I guess that's everything.
Marty McFly : [ pause ] Thanks.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Thank *you*! [ Marty emotionally embraces Doc, which surprises him ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : In about thirty years...
Marty McFly : I hope so!

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Marty McFly : [ Doc has just been shot. Marty runs over to him ] Doc! Doc! Doc?
Marty McFly : [ Marty turns Doc's body over to reveal it is apparrently bullet-riddled and lifeless. Marty begins to cry ] Oh, no!
Marty McFly : [ Doc suddenly blinks and sits up ] You're alive!
Marty McFly : [ Doc unzips his radistion suit to reveal a bullet proof vest underneath ] Bullet proof vest? How did you know? I... I never got a chance to tell you.
Marty McFly : [ Doc smiles and removes a weathered piece of paper from his pocket. Marty unfolds the paper to reveal it is the warning letter he had written in 1955, taped back together ] What about all that talk about screwing up future events? The space-time continuum?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Well, I figured, what the hell?

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1955 radio weatherman : [ It's Marty's last night in 1955. Doc is setting up the cable that will channel the lightning bolt into the time machine ] ... Tonight's forecast: Mostly clear, with some scattered clouds...
Dr. Emmett Brown : Are you sure about this storm?
Marty McFly : Since when can weatherment predict the weather? Let alone the future?
Dr. Emmett Brown : You know, Marty, I'm gonna be sad to see you go. You've really made a differance in my life. You've given me something to shoot for! Just knowing that I'm gonna succeed in this [ gestures at time machine ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : . That I'm gonna have a chance to travel in time! [ Marty looks solemn, knowing that Doc is destined to be murdered before he gets to use the time machine himself ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : It's gonna be really hard waiting thirty years to talk to you about everything that's happened in the last few days. I'm really gonna miss you, Marty.
Marty McFly : I'm really gonna miss *you*. [ pause ]
Marty McFly : Listen, Doc, about the future...
Dr. Emmett Brown : NO! Marty, we've already agreed that having information about the future can have disastrous consequences. Even if you're intentions are good, it can backfire drastically! [ Marty nods reluctantly ]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Whatever you've got to tell me, I'll find out through the natural course of time.

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Marty McFly : [ Reading a letter he has just written ] Dear Doctor Brown, On the night I travel beck in time you will be shot by terrorists. Please do whatever is nessisary to prevent this terrible tragedy from occurring. Your friend, Marty. [ Writes the words "Do not open until 1985" on the envelope ]

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Linda McFly : [ having "originally' - - before Marty went back in time and altered the past - - complained about not being very popular socially ] Dave, if Paul calls, tell him I'm working late at the boutique tonight.
Dave McFly : Linda, first of all, I'm not your answering service; second of all, somebody named "Greg" or "Craig" called you just a little while ago.
Linda McFly : Well, which one was it - - Greg or Craig?
Dave McFly : [ a little impatiently ] I don't know; I can't keep track of all of your boyfriends!

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Biff Tannen : Say hi to your mum for me.

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Doc Brown: Golden fluid produced by the apis mellifera. I'm home.
Clara Clayton Brown: Oh, Emmett, I love it when you call me "honey".

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Doc Brown: Holy bovine!

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Doc Brown: Holy Marconi!
Verne Brown: And cheese!

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Doc Brown: Oucha magoucha!

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Doc Brown: Phew! That was a close one! If it weren't for lightning power, Marty would have been trapped in 1955 forever, or at least until 1956.

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Doc Brown: See you in the future!

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Marty McFly: Is there a Tannen in EVERY century?

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Marty McFly: What could possibly happen to us?
Doc Brown: Marty, you remember what happened to the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz?
Marty McFly: Yeah.
Doc Brown: We won't be so lucky!
Marty McFly: What a world!

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Marty McFly: You know, you could get into a lot of trouble by going back in time to see your relatives. I should know.

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[Marty has sarcastically claimed to be Michael J. Fox]
Verne Brown: [To Marty] You DO sorta look like that J. Michael Fox guy.

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Biff H. Tannen: Now then, peasant, prepare to meet your ancestors!
Doc Brown: I do quite often, but thanks for the invitation!

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Clara Clayton Brown: Emmett Lathrop Brown. Scientist, husband and father - or just another name for disaster?

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