The X Files Quotes
Scully: Snake handling. I didn't learn that in catechism class.
Mulder: That's funny. I knew a couple of Catholic schoolgirls who were expert at it.
Mulder: That's funny. I knew a couple of Catholic schoolgirls who were expert at it.
TV Show: The X-Files
Scully: Rattlesnakes and medieval visions of damnation. Well, I for one, feel a whole lot closer to God.
Mulder: I don't know, Scully. When you... when you get right down to it is snake handling any harder to buy into than communion wafers or transubstantiation...?
Scully: Or believing in flying saucers, for that matter.
Mulder: I don't know, Scully. When you... when you get right down to it is snake handling any harder to buy into than communion wafers or transubstantiation...?
Scully: Or believing in flying saucers, for that matter.
TV Show: The X-Files
Mulder: Reverend, do something about these snakes, please.
Reverend O'Connor: You got nothing to fear if you're righteous people.
Mulder: (very nervous) Just in case we're not, we could use a little righteous help here.
Reverend O'Connor: You got nothing to fear if you're righteous people.
Mulder: (very nervous) Just in case we're not, we could use a little righteous help here.
TV Show: The X-Files
Reverend O'Connor: Your FBI partner could've learned something about herself if you hadn't stopped me. Some powerful good news, maybe.
Mulder: I'd say it's good news for you that she's not here right now, considering what you tried to do to her.
Mulder: I'd say it's good news for you that she's not here right now, considering what you tried to do to her.
TV Show: The X-Files
Scully: Mulder, where'd you go?
Mulder: End of the road. (Goes to Harold) He's OK, it's OK.
Harold: My son! You...you saw my son?
Mulder: He's dead, they're all dead, Harold. Your son, Amber Lynn, my sister.
Harold: No!
Mulder: Harold, you see so much, but you refuse to see him. You refuse to let him go. But you have to let him go now Harold, he's protected, he's in a better place, they're all in a better place, we both have to let go, Harold.
Harold: You're wrong. I'm gonna find him...I don't believe you!
Scully: Mulder, what happened? Are you sure you're all right?
Mulder: I'm fine. I'm free.
Mulder: End of the road. (Goes to Harold) He's OK, it's OK.
Harold: My son! You...you saw my son?
Mulder: He's dead, they're all dead, Harold. Your son, Amber Lynn, my sister.
Harold: No!
Mulder: Harold, you see so much, but you refuse to see him. You refuse to let him go. But you have to let him go now Harold, he's protected, he's in a better place, they're all in a better place, we both have to let go, Harold.
Harold: You're wrong. I'm gonna find him...I don't believe you!
Scully: Mulder, what happened? Are you sure you're all right?
Mulder: I'm fine. I'm free.
TV Show: The X-Files
Mulder: I'm sorry, but you're going to have to be isolated and kept under guard.
Sergeant Duthie: With all due respect what the *bleep* are you talking about?
Mulder: I'm talking about preventing this man from becoming a danger to himself and to others.
Sergeant Duthie: Can I see your badge again?
Scully: [smiling sweetly] Agent Mulder, can we have a word a second?
Mulder: Excuse me.
Mulder: What is it?
Scully: "What is it"? Mulder, have you noticed that we're on television?
Mulder: I don't think it's live television, Scully. She just said *bleep*.
Scully: Look, Mulder, you want to talk about werewolves to me you can knock yourself out. I may not agree with you but at least I'm not going to hold it against you but this... Mulder, this could ruin your career.
Mulder: [laughing] What career? Scully, I appreciate it. You don't want me looking foolish. I do. I appreciate that.
Scully: I don't want me looking foolish, Mulder.
Sergeant Duthie: With all due respect what the *bleep* are you talking about?
Mulder: I'm talking about preventing this man from becoming a danger to himself and to others.
Sergeant Duthie: Can I see your badge again?
Scully: [smiling sweetly] Agent Mulder, can we have a word a second?
Mulder: Excuse me.
Mulder: What is it?
Scully: "What is it"? Mulder, have you noticed that we're on television?
Mulder: I don't think it's live television, Scully. She just said *bleep*.
Scully: Look, Mulder, you want to talk about werewolves to me you can knock yourself out. I may not agree with you but at least I'm not going to hold it against you but this... Mulder, this could ruin your career.
Mulder: [laughing] What career? Scully, I appreciate it. You don't want me looking foolish. I do. I appreciate that.
Scully: I don't want me looking foolish, Mulder.
TV Show: The X-Files
Deputy Wetzel: And it's hard to have a fast-track career in law enforcement when everybody thinks you're nuts.
Mulder: Tell me about it.
Mulder: Tell me about it.
TV Show: The X-Files
Coroner's Assistant: Well, we got murder victims stacked three-deep in the freezer. Plus you got this camera crew reporting everything. Why?
Scully: [to the camera, smiling pleasantly] Because the FBI has nothing to hide.
Scully: [to the camera, smiling pleasantly] Because the FBI has nothing to hide.
TV Show: The X-Files
Mulder: [on the phone] Mulder.
Scully: Mulder, please tell me I can go home.
Mulder: Oh, hey, Scully. How's the stakeout?
Scully: Well, the furnace broke and I can just about see my breath in here.
Mulder: Ouch. I'm sorry to hear that.
Scully: That... and I've witnessed a couple hundred things I'd like to erase from my brain. Eww. But as of yet, no mystery woman.
Mulder: Well, she'll come, you know? It's just a matter of time. She'll show up - I'm sure of that.
Scully: Yeah, well not before I die of malnutrition.
Mulder: Hey, Scully, tough it out. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Right? [to Ellen, who is putting some dishes on his plate] No, no, no, no. No capers, thank you.
Scully: I'm sorry. What?
Mulder: I said, "What a... what a crazy caper." I'll talk to you later... and, uh, keep warm. Bye.
Scully: Mulder, please tell me I can go home.
Mulder: Oh, hey, Scully. How's the stakeout?
Scully: Well, the furnace broke and I can just about see my breath in here.
Mulder: Ouch. I'm sorry to hear that.
Scully: That... and I've witnessed a couple hundred things I'd like to erase from my brain. Eww. But as of yet, no mystery woman.
Mulder: Well, she'll come, you know? It's just a matter of time. She'll show up - I'm sure of that.
Scully: Yeah, well not before I die of malnutrition.
Mulder: Hey, Scully, tough it out. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Right? [to Ellen, who is putting some dishes on his plate] No, no, no, no. No capers, thank you.
Scully: I'm sorry. What?
Mulder: I said, "What a... what a crazy caper." I'll talk to you later... and, uh, keep warm. Bye.
TV Show: The X-Files
Mulder: [on the phone] Mulder.
Scully: Mulder, when you find me dead, my desiccated corpse propped up staring lifelessly through the telescope at drunken frat boys peeing and vomiting into the gutter just know that my last thoughts were of you and how I'd like to kill you.
Scully: Mulder, when you find me dead, my desiccated corpse propped up staring lifelessly through the telescope at drunken frat boys peeing and vomiting into the gutter just know that my last thoughts were of you and how I'd like to kill you.
TV Show: The X-Files
Scully: [voice over] Time passes in moments ... moments which, rushing past define the path of a life just as surely as they lead towards its end. How rarely do we stop to examine that path, to see the reasons why all things happen, to consider whether the path we take in life is our own making or simply one into which we drift with eyes closed. But what if we could stop, pause to take stock of each precious moment before it passes? Might we then see the endless forks in the road that have shaped a life? And, seeing those choices, choose another path?
TV Show: The X-Files
Mulder: But that was merely prelude of what was to come. Three years later, in 1994 even more complex formations occurred simultaneously on opposite ends of the English countryside with the Mandelbrot Set, were it still there, at its center. Then, in 1997, even more complex formations occurred... [Scully is completely engrossed in her salad; doesn't listen to him at all. Mulder pauses] ... and I'm not wearing any pants right now.
TV Show: The X-Files
Security Guard: Do you have an appointment?
[Skinner and Mulder flash their badges.]
Security Guard: (rudely) Do you have an appointment?
[They look at each other, surprised, and flash their badges again.]
Skinner: (insistent) Maybe you missed this the first time around.
[Skinner and Mulder flash their badges.]
Security Guard: (rudely) Do you have an appointment?
[They look at each other, surprised, and flash their badges again.]
Skinner: (insistent) Maybe you missed this the first time around.
TV Show: The X-Files
Skinner: Dr. Voss, can you enlighten us as to what Dr. Scobie intended to tell the grand jury? We know it had to do with company research.
[The Lead Counsel, a large lawyerly looking man sitting next to Voss interrupts as Voss is about to answer]
Lead Counsel: I'm sorry. Dr. Voss would be in violation of his employment confidentiality clause in answering that question.
Skinner: Dr. Scobie was your friend?
Dr. Peter Voss: Yeah, for 14 years, mm-hmm.
Skinner: And yet you demoted him five weeks ago. You took him off a particular project. Can you tell us why that happened?
Lead Counsel: [interrupting] As before, Dr. Voss would be in violation of his confidentiality clause in answering questions regarding the nature of his work here at Morley. I'm sure you understand our cooperation cannot extend itself to revealing corporate secrets.
Skinner: [getting pissed] Yeah, I'm not sensing any "cooperation" whatsoever. In fact, I'm one more non-answer away from getting a federal warrant and searching this entire building.
Lead Counsel: Then this meeting is over. Dr. Voss. [The lawyers all begin to get up from the table. Mulder pulls an evidence bag from his pocket]
Mulder: Dr. Voss... can you tell me what that is? [He tosses the bag to Voss. Inside is the dead beetle from Jim Scobie's glass]
Dr. Peter Voss: It's a tobacco beetle. Why?
Mulder: We found it at Jim Scobie's house.
Dr. Peter Voss: Well, you'll find a lot of these around here. They're everywhere. There's probably a dozen in the grill of your car right now.
Lead Counsel: May I ask where you're going with this, Agent?
Mulder: [sarcastically] I'm sorry, I can't. Answering that question would violate FBI confidentiality due to the sensitive nature of our investigation.
[The Lead Counsel, a large lawyerly looking man sitting next to Voss interrupts as Voss is about to answer]
Lead Counsel: I'm sorry. Dr. Voss would be in violation of his employment confidentiality clause in answering that question.
Skinner: Dr. Scobie was your friend?
Dr. Peter Voss: Yeah, for 14 years, mm-hmm.
Skinner: And yet you demoted him five weeks ago. You took him off a particular project. Can you tell us why that happened?
Lead Counsel: [interrupting] As before, Dr. Voss would be in violation of his confidentiality clause in answering questions regarding the nature of his work here at Morley. I'm sure you understand our cooperation cannot extend itself to revealing corporate secrets.
Skinner: [getting pissed] Yeah, I'm not sensing any "cooperation" whatsoever. In fact, I'm one more non-answer away from getting a federal warrant and searching this entire building.
Lead Counsel: Then this meeting is over. Dr. Voss. [The lawyers all begin to get up from the table. Mulder pulls an evidence bag from his pocket]
Mulder: Dr. Voss... can you tell me what that is? [He tosses the bag to Voss. Inside is the dead beetle from Jim Scobie's glass]
Dr. Peter Voss: It's a tobacco beetle. Why?
Mulder: We found it at Jim Scobie's house.
Dr. Peter Voss: Well, you'll find a lot of these around here. They're everywhere. There's probably a dozen in the grill of your car right now.
Lead Counsel: May I ask where you're going with this, Agent?
Mulder: [sarcastically] I'm sorry, I can't. Answering that question would violate FBI confidentiality due to the sensitive nature of our investigation.
TV Show: The X-Files
Wayne Federman: You're both crazy.
Mulder: Well, why do you say that?
Wayne Federman: (to Mulder) Well, you're crazy for believing what you believe. (to Scully) And you're crazy for not believing what he believes. I'll leave you with that. Thank you. (leaves)
Mulder: I miss him already.
Mulder: Well, why do you say that?
Wayne Federman: (to Mulder) Well, you're crazy for believing what you believe. (to Scully) And you're crazy for not believing what he believes. I'll leave you with that. Thank you. (leaves)
Mulder: I miss him already.
TV Show: The X-Files
Cardinal O'Fallon: Is being made a fool of a crime, Agent Mulder?
Mulder: I'd be doing life if it were, sir.
Mulder: I'd be doing life if it were, sir.
TV Show: The X-Files
Scully: How...?
Mulder: [answering the question before she asks] 42.
Scully: You've seen this movie 42 times?
Mulder: Yes.
Scully: Doesn't that make you sad? It makes me sad.
Mulder: [answering the question before she asks] 42.
Scully: You've seen this movie 42 times?
Mulder: Yes.
Scully: Doesn't that make you sad? It makes me sad.
TV Show: The X-Files
Mulder: (on the phone with Skinner) Uh... So what are you up to right now, sir?
Skinner: I'm taking a bubble bath.
Mulder: Uh, hold on just one second, sir. (clicks over on the receiver to talk to Scully, grinning with delight) Hey, Scully, Skinman is calling me from a bubble bath.
Skinner: It's still me, Mulder.
[Scully takes a sip of her wine, not hearing anything. Mulder is embarrassed.]
Mulder: Uh, sir, well, hold on one second, sir. (He clicks the receiver again) Scully?
Scully: Yeah?
Mulder: Yeah, Skinner is calling me from a bubble bath.
Scully: Wow, he's really gone Hollywood.
Mulder: Totally.
Scully: You know, Mulder, speaking of Hollywood, I think that Tea Leoni has a little crush on you.
Mulder: Oh, yeah, right. Like Tea Leoni's ever going to have a crush on me.
Scully: I think that Shandling likes you a bit, too.
Mulder: Really?
Skinner: I'm taking a bubble bath.
Mulder: Uh, hold on just one second, sir. (clicks over on the receiver to talk to Scully, grinning with delight) Hey, Scully, Skinman is calling me from a bubble bath.
Skinner: It's still me, Mulder.
[Scully takes a sip of her wine, not hearing anything. Mulder is embarrassed.]
Mulder: Uh, sir, well, hold on one second, sir. (He clicks the receiver again) Scully?
Scully: Yeah?
Mulder: Yeah, Skinner is calling me from a bubble bath.
Scully: Wow, he's really gone Hollywood.
Mulder: Totally.
Scully: You know, Mulder, speaking of Hollywood, I think that Tea Leoni has a little crush on you.
Mulder: Oh, yeah, right. Like Tea Leoni's ever going to have a crush on me.
Scully: I think that Shandling likes you a bit, too.
Mulder: Really?
TV Show: The X-Files
Mulder: This is an FBI fleet sedan from our Kansas City field office requisitioned by two seasoned agents there driven into a tree at 43 miles an hour by the female agent in a novel effort to kill her male counterpart. Now, you might think I'm going to suggest psychokinesis-- pk-- someone or something controlling the agents with remote, mind-bending power.
Scully: But it's not?
Mulder: Both agents sustained critical injuries. Their stories eerily similar ...
[Two slides of the woman who looks like Scully lying in full body cast in the hospital.]
Mulder: ...as if they temporarily lost control of their minds unable to alter their behavior.
[Two slides of the man who looks like Mulder, also in full body casts]
Mulder: You may think that I'm going to say it's past lives unresolved or fate, stalking the agents like an animal ...
Scully: ... but you're not.
Mulder: No, the interesting thing about these agents is they had worked together for seven years previously without any incident.
Scully: Seven years?
Mulder: Yeah, but they are not ... romantically involved if that's what you're thinking.
Scully: Not even I would be so farfetched.
[Mulder smiles slightly. The next slide shows that the two agents are in the same hospital room, with their matching injuries.]
Mulder: You have any ideas, Scully, any thoughts?
Scully: What I'm thinking, Mulder, is how familiar this seems. Playing Watson to your Sherlock. You dangling clues out in front of me one by one. It's a game, and... and, as usual, you're, you're holding something back from me. You're not telling me something about this case.
Mulder: (finger to his mouth, pretending to think hard about it) Hmm...
Scully: Okay, so th
Scully: But it's not?
Mulder: Both agents sustained critical injuries. Their stories eerily similar ...
[Two slides of the woman who looks like Scully lying in full body cast in the hospital.]
Mulder: ...as if they temporarily lost control of their minds unable to alter their behavior.
[Two slides of the man who looks like Mulder, also in full body casts]
Mulder: You may think that I'm going to say it's past lives unresolved or fate, stalking the agents like an animal ...
Scully: ... but you're not.
Mulder: No, the interesting thing about these agents is they had worked together for seven years previously without any incident.
Scully: Seven years?
Mulder: Yeah, but they are not ... romantically involved if that's what you're thinking.
Scully: Not even I would be so farfetched.
[Mulder smiles slightly. The next slide shows that the two agents are in the same hospital room, with their matching injuries.]
Mulder: You have any ideas, Scully, any thoughts?
Scully: What I'm thinking, Mulder, is how familiar this seems. Playing Watson to your Sherlock. You dangling clues out in front of me one by one. It's a game, and... and, as usual, you're, you're holding something back from me. You're not telling me something about this case.
Mulder: (finger to his mouth, pretending to think hard about it) Hmm...
Scully: Okay, so th
TV Show: The X-Files
Mulder: Who is it?
Scully: It's me.
Mulder: (lets her in; she goes and sits on the bed) What's wrong, Scully? You look sick.
Scully: I don't know what's wrong.
Mulder: Come in.
Scully: I, um... I was starting to get ready for bed and I started to feel really dizzy - vertigo or something - and then I just... I started to get chills.
Mulder: You want me to call a doctor?
Scully: No, I just... I just want to get warm. Thank you. (she climbs under the covers, he tucks her in before crawling in next to her and spooning with her)
Mulder: It's not worth it, Scully.
Scully: What?
Mulder: I want you to go home.
Scully: Oh, Mulder, I'm going to be fine.
Mulder: No, I've been thinking about it. Looking at you tonight, holding that baby... knowing everything that's been taken away from you. A chance for motherhood and your health and that baby. I think that... I don't know, maybe they're right.
Scully: Who's right?
Mulder: The FBI. Maybe what they say is true, though for all the wrong reasons. It's the personal costs that are too high. There so much more you need to do with your life. There's so much more than this. There has to be an end, Scully.
Scully: It's me.
Mulder: (lets her in; she goes and sits on the bed) What's wrong, Scully? You look sick.
Scully: I don't know what's wrong.
Mulder: Come in.
Scully: I, um... I was starting to get ready for bed and I started to feel really dizzy - vertigo or something - and then I just... I started to get chills.
Mulder: You want me to call a doctor?
Scully: No, I just... I just want to get warm. Thank you. (she climbs under the covers, he tucks her in before crawling in next to her and spooning with her)
Mulder: It's not worth it, Scully.
Scully: What?
Mulder: I want you to go home.
Scully: Oh, Mulder, I'm going to be fine.
Mulder: No, I've been thinking about it. Looking at you tonight, holding that baby... knowing everything that's been taken away from you. A chance for motherhood and your health and that baby. I think that... I don't know, maybe they're right.
Scully: Who's right?
Mulder: The FBI. Maybe what they say is true, though for all the wrong reasons. It's the personal costs that are too high. There so much more you need to do with your life. There's so much more than this. There has to be an end, Scully.
TV Show: The X-Files
Scully: Mulder, if any of this is true...
Mulder: If it is, or if it isn't, I want you to forget about it, Scully.
Scully: Forget about it?
Mulder: You're not going back out there. I'm not going to let you go back out there.
Scully: What are you talking about?
Mulder: It has to end sometime. That time is now.
Scully: Mulder...
Mulder: Scully, you have to understand that they're taking abductees. You're an abductee. I'm not going to risk... losing you.
Scully: I won't let you go alone.
Mulder: If it is, or if it isn't, I want you to forget about it, Scully.
Scully: Forget about it?
Mulder: You're not going back out there. I'm not going to let you go back out there.
Scully: What are you talking about?
Mulder: It has to end sometime. That time is now.
Scully: Mulder...
Mulder: Scully, you have to understand that they're taking abductees. You're an abductee. I'm not going to risk... losing you.
Scully: I won't let you go alone.
TV Show: The X-Files
Agent Short: I see the money bleed out, but it just doesn't seem to make the results of your work any better. So many of the cases you investigate are left unexplained. Makes it hard to justify the expense.
Scully: So much of the work that we do cannot be measured in standard terms.
Agent Short: How would you measure it?
Scully: We open doors with the X-Files, which lead to other doors.
Agent Short: Doors leading to... "A conspiracy of men who cooperated with alien beings to create human alien hybrids." So we could all become slaves of an alien invasion.
Scully: I believe that there was once a conspiracy. I believe I was taken by men who subjected me to medical tests, which gave me cancer and left me barren.
Agent Short: But you don't believe in aliens?
Scully: I've seen things that I cannot deny.
Scully: So much of the work that we do cannot be measured in standard terms.
Agent Short: How would you measure it?
Scully: We open doors with the X-Files, which lead to other doors.
Agent Short: Doors leading to... "A conspiracy of men who cooperated with alien beings to create human alien hybrids." So we could all become slaves of an alien invasion.
Scully: I believe that there was once a conspiracy. I believe I was taken by men who subjected me to medical tests, which gave me cancer and left me barren.
Agent Short: But you don't believe in aliens?
Scully: I've seen things that I cannot deny.
TV Show: The X-Files
Skinner: (enters her hospital room) Agent Scully.
Scully: Hi.
Skinner: Hi. How you feeling?
Scully: I'm feeling fine. They're just running some tests on me.
Skinner: Well... um... (he looks like he's in pain; he can't say it)
Scully: (almost crying) I already heard.
Skinner: (voice breaking) I lost him. I don't know what else I can say. I lost him. I'll be asked... what I saw. And what I saw, I can't deny. I won't.
Scully: (crying) We will find him. I have to. (Skinner nods and starts to leave) Sir, um... there's something else I need to tell you. Something that I need for you to keep to yourself. (she looks torn between laughing and crying) I'm having a hard time explaining it. Or believing it. But, um... (she smiles - half joy, half pain) I'm pregnant.
[Skinner is speechless. Scully tries to smile but is both laughing and sobbing.]
Scully: Hi.
Skinner: Hi. How you feeling?
Scully: I'm feeling fine. They're just running some tests on me.
Skinner: Well... um... (he looks like he's in pain; he can't say it)
Scully: (almost crying) I already heard.
Skinner: (voice breaking) I lost him. I don't know what else I can say. I lost him. I'll be asked... what I saw. And what I saw, I can't deny. I won't.
Scully: (crying) We will find him. I have to. (Skinner nods and starts to leave) Sir, um... there's something else I need to tell you. Something that I need for you to keep to yourself. (she looks torn between laughing and crying) I'm having a hard time explaining it. Or believing it. But, um... (she smiles - half joy, half pain) I'm pregnant.
[Skinner is speechless. Scully tries to smile but is both laughing and sobbing.]
TV Show: The X-Files
Scully: I don't believe this.
Skinner: This isn't about finding Mulder - this is about Kersh covering the FBI's ass.
Scully: Why do I get the feeling they'd be happy if we never found him at all?
Skinner: Look... I saw what I saw. I have to make a statement in there. I'm not going to tell them it didn't happen.
Scully: Well, you heard Kersh. They don't want the truth. You give them the truth, and they'll hang you with it.
Skinner: They can hang me with a lie, too. I'm not going to sell Mulder out.
Scully: What good are you to Mulder if you give them the power to ruin your career? (he doesn't answer) We will find him.
Skinner: This isn't about finding Mulder - this is about Kersh covering the FBI's ass.
Scully: Why do I get the feeling they'd be happy if we never found him at all?
Skinner: Look... I saw what I saw. I have to make a statement in there. I'm not going to tell them it didn't happen.
Scully: Well, you heard Kersh. They don't want the truth. You give them the truth, and they'll hang you with it.
Skinner: They can hang me with a lie, too. I'm not going to sell Mulder out.
Scully: What good are you to Mulder if you give them the power to ruin your career? (he doesn't answer) We will find him.
TV Show: The X-Files
Scully: What's my theory? My theory is you don't know Mulder at all. You never did. (flips his badge over, showing his name) "John Doggett." Kersh's task force leader. You might have just introduced yourself.
Doggett: Well, I was getting around to it.
Scully: (throws a cup full of water in his face) Nice to meet you, Agent Doggett.
Doggett: Well, I was getting around to it.
Scully: (throws a cup full of water in his face) Nice to meet you, Agent Doggett.
TV Show: The X-Files
Scully: (voiceover) We live in a darkness of our own making... blind to a habitant world all but unseen by us. A world of beings traveling through time and space imaginable to us only as flights of fancy. Who are these beings we dare to imagine but fear to accept? What dark work goes on inside their impossible machines... cloaked from us by invisible forces? If they know our secrets, why can't we know theirs?
TV Show: The X-Files