Blade Runner Quotes

Batty: [taunting Deckard with a counting rhyme] Six! Seven! Go to Hell or go to Heaven!
Deckard: [Deckard smashes an iron rod against Batty's head] Go to Hell!
Batty: [grabbing the iron rod] That's the spirit.

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Deckard: The report read Routine retirement of a replicant. That didn't make me feel any better about shooting a woman in the back.

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Leon: Wake up! Time to die!

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Rick Deckard: [narrating] I didn't know anything about Holden getting wasted at the Tyrell corporation. Why should I? I was retired. Holden was my replacement. I quit after my wife left me. She went off-world with some guy who made a fortune in the Colonies. I thought I'd have a shot at being human again. I'm Deckard, Blade Runner. Retired. At least... I thought I was retired.

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[last lines]
Deckard: Gaff had been there, and let her live. Four years, he figured. He was wrong. Tyrell had told me Rachael was special. No termination date. I didn't know how long we had together... Who does?

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[ Batty has grabbed Deckard's gun hand and pulled it, along with the gun, through a hole in the wall ]
Batty : Proud of yourself, little man? [ Batty takes the gun out of Deckard's hand ]
Batty : This is for Zhora! [ Batty breaks one of Deckard's fingers ]
Batty : This is for Pris! [ Batty breaks another one of Deckard's fingers, puts the gun back into his hand and lets him go ]
Batty : C'mon, Deckard. I'm right here, but you've gotta shoot straight! [ Deckard shoots through the hole in the wall and blows one of Batty's ears off ]
Batty : Straight doesn't seem to be good enough! Now it's my turn! I'm going to give you a few seconds before I come.

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Batty : Not very sporting to fire on an unarmed opponent. I thought you were supposed to be good. Aren't you the "good" man? C'mon, Deckard. Show me what you're made of.

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Bryant : I need ya, Decks. This is a bad one, the worst yet. I need the old blade runner, I need your magic.

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Deckard : [ narrating ] They don't advertise for killers in the newspaper. That was my profession. Ex-cop. Ex-blade runner. Ex-killer.

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Deckard : Have you felt yourself to be exploited in any way?
Zhora : Like what?
Deckard : Well... well, like to get this job. I mean, did... did you do, or... or were you asked to do anything lewd... or unsavory, or... or, otherwise repulsive to your... your person, huh?
Zhora : [ laughs ] Are you for real?

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Deckard : She's a replicant, isn't she?
Tyrell : I'm impressed. How many questions does it usually take to spot them?
Deckard : I don't get it, Tyrell.
Tyrell : How many questions?
Deckard : Twenty, thirty, cross-referenced.
Tyrell : It took more than a hundred for Rachael, didn't it?
Deckard : [ realizing Rachael believes she's human ] She doesn't know.
Tyrell : She's beginning to suspect, I think.
Deckard : Suspect? How can it not know what it is?

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Deckard : [ narrating ] The report read "Routine retirement of a replicant." That didn't make me feel any better about shooting a woman in the back.

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Holden : You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down...
Leon : What one?
Holden : What?
Leon : What desert?
Holden : It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
Leon : But, how come I'd be there?
Holden : Maybe you're fed up. Maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows? You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you...
Leon : Tortoise? What's that?
Holden : [ irritated by Leon's interruptions ] You know what a turtle is?
Leon : Of course!
Holden : Same thing.
Leon : I've never seen a turtle... But I understand what you mean.
Holden : You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon.
Leon : Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden? Or do they write 'em down for you?
Holden : The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Leon : [ angry at the suggestion ] What do you mean, I'm not helping?
Holden : I mean: you're not helping! Why is that, Leon? [ Leon has become visibly shaken ]
Holden : They're just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response... Shall we continue?

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Batty : Fiery the angels fell. Deep thunder rolled around their shoulders... burning with the fires of Orc.

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Holden : Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... your mother.
Leon : My mother?
Holden : Yeah.
Leon : Let me tell you about my mother. [ Leon shoots Holden with a gun he had pulled out under the table ]

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Batty : Yes! [ smiles ]
Batty : Questions... Morphology? Longevity? Incept dates?
Hannibal Chew : Don't know, I don't know such stuff. I just do eyes, ju-, ju-, just eyes... just genetic design, just eyes. You Nexus, huh? I design your eyes.
Batty : Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes!

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Tyrell : "More human than human" is our motto.

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Batty : Gosh, you've... really got some nice toys here.

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Deckard : [ narrating ] I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life; my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.

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[ Batty wants Tyrell to extend his lifespan ]
Tyrell : Would you... like to be upgraded?
Batty : I had in mind something a little more radical.
Tyrell : What... what seems to be the problem?
Batty : Death.
Tyrell : Death; ah, well that's a little out of my jurisdiction. You...
Batty : *I want more life, fucker/father!* (IMDb Editor's note: see trivia section for details)

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Batty : Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.

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Gaff : You've done a man's job, sir. I guess you're through, huh?
Deckard : Finished. [ Gaff throws Deckard his gun ]
Gaff : It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?

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Gaff : [ voiceover ] It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?

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Rachael : Do you like our owl?
Deckard : It's artificial?
Rachael : Of course it is.
Deckard : Must be expensive.
Rachael : Very.
Rachael : I'm Rachael.
Deckard : Deckard.
Rachael : It seems you feel our work is not a benefit to the public.
Deckard : Replicants are like any other machine - they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.

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Rachael : May I ask you a personal question?
Deckard : Sure.
Rachael : Have you ever retired a human by mistake?
Deckard : No.
Rachael : But in your position, that is a risk.

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Deckard : [ narrating ] Sushi. That's what my ex-wife called me - cold fish.

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Gaff : Monsieur, azonnal kövessen engem, bitte! [ Deckard gestures to Sushi Master for translation ]
Sushi Master : He say you under arrest, Mister Deckard.
Deckard : Got the wrong guy, pal.
Gaff : Lófaszt! Nehogy már! Te vagy a Blade, Blade Runner!
Sushi Master : He say you blade runner.
Deckard : Tell him I'm eating.
Gaff : Captain Bryant toka. Meni-o mae-yo.
Deckard : Bryant, huh?

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Deckard : You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl.
Rachael : Is this testing whether I'm a replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?

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Deckard : I have had people walk out on me before, but not... when I was being so charming.

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Leon : Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch!

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