Arnold Schwarzenegger credited as playing...
The Terminator
- John Connor: [1:16:18] No, no, no, no. You gotta listen to the way people talk. You don't say "affirmative," or some shit like that. You say "no problemo." And if someone comes on to you with an attitude you say "eat me." And if you want to shine them on it's "hasta la vista, baby."
- The Terminator: Hasta la vista, baby.
- John Connor: Yeah but later, dickwad. And if someone gets upset you say, "chill out"! Or you can do combinations.
- The Terminator: Chill out, dickwad.
- John Connor: Great! See, you're getting it!
- The Terminator: No problemo.
- [the Terminator has promised not to kill anybody, but to get into the hospital he shoots the guard in the legs]
- The Terminator: He'll live.
- The Terminator: I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
- Cigar Biker: You forgot to say "please."
- John Connor: Todd and Janelle are dicks, but I've gotta warn them. You got a quarter?
- [the Terminator smashes into the coin bin and hands John a quarter]
- Janelle Voight: [answers the phone] Hello?
- John Connor: Janelle, it's me!
- Janelle Voight: John?
- John Connor: Yeah. Is everything all right? Are you guys okay?
- Janelle Voight: Sure, honey, everything's okay. Are you all right?
- John Connor: Yeah, I'm fine.
- Janelle Voight: John, it's late. Honey, I was beginning to worry about you. If you hurry home, we can sit down and have dinner together. I'm making beef stew.
- John Connor: [holds his hand over the phone] Something's wrong. She's never this nice.
- Janelle Voight: John, where are you?
- Todd Voight: [hearing Max barking outside] What the hell is that goddamn dog barking at?
- Todd Voight: [shouting at Max] Hey! Shut up you worthless piece of shit!
- John Connor: [to himself] The dog's really barking...
- Todd Voight: Thought you were gonna tell the kid to get rid of that fucking mutt.
- Janelle Voight: [uses her arm to kill Todd] John, honey, it's late. Please don't make me worry.
- John Connor: [to Terminator, hand over the phone] Could it already be there?
- Janelle Voight: Honey, are you okay?
- The Terminator: [takes the phone from John and impersonates his voice] I'm right here. I'm fine.
- Janelle Voight: Are you sure? Are you sure you're all right?
- The Terminator: [to John; normal voice] What's the dog's name?
- John Connor: Max.
- The Terminator: [impersonating John's voice] Hey Janelle, what's wrong with Wolfie? I can hear him barking. Is he all right?
- Janelle Voight: Wolfie's fine, honey. Wolfie's just fine. Where are you?
- The Terminator: [hangs up the phone] Your foster parents are dead.
- The Terminator: I know now why you cry
- [wipes a tear from John's face]
- The Terminator: but it's something that I can never do.
- [the T-1000 has fallen into a vat of molten steel]
- John Connor: Is it dead?
- The Terminator: Terminated.
- John Connor: We need to get my mother.
- The Terminator: Negative. The T-1000's highest probability for success now will be to copy Sarah Connor and to wait for you to make contact with her.
- John Connor: Great, but what happens to her?
- The Terminator: Typically, the subject being copied is terminated.
- John Connor: Shit! Why didn't you tell me? We gotta go right now!
- The Terminator: Negative. She's not a mission priority.
- John Connor: Fuck you! She's a priority to me!
- The Terminator: Why do you cry?
- John Connor: You mean people?
- The Terminator: Yes.
- John Connor: I don't know. We just cry. You know, when it hurts.
- The Terminator: Pain causes it?
- John Connor: No, it's when there's nothing wrong with you, but you hurt anyway. You get it?
- The Terminator: No.
- John Connor: You just can't go around killing people.
- The Terminator: Why?
- John Connor: What do you mean why? 'Cause you can't.
- The Terminator: Why?
- John Connor: Because you just can't, okay? Trust me on this.
- John Connor: [1:18:54] We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean.
- The Terminator: It's in your nature to destroy yourselves.
- John Connor: Yeah. Major drag, huh?
- John Connor: Are you ever afraid?
- The Terminator: No.
- John Connor: Not even of dying?
- The Terminator: No.
- John Connor: You don't feel any emotion about it one way or another?
- The Terminator: No. I have to stay functional until my mission is complete. Then it doesn't matter.
- John Connor: Yeah. I have to stay functional too. I'm "too important".
- John Connor: [1:11:28] Can you learn stuff you haven't been programmed with so you could be... you know, more human? And not such a dork all the time?
- The Terminator: My CPU is a neural-net processor; a learning computer. But Skynet presets the switch to read-only when we're sent out alone.
- Sarah Connor: Doesn't want you doing too much thinking, huh?
- The Terminator: No.
- John Connor: Can we reset the switch?
- The Terminator: Rotate the two locking cylinders counterclockwise. Do it. Now, open the port cover. Pull to break the seal. Good. Now, remove the shock dampening assembly. You can now access the CPU. Do you see it?
- Sarah Connor: Yes.
- The Terminator: Pull the CPU bolts space tab. Pull
- John Connor: You're not here to kill me. I figured out that for myself. So what's the deal?
- The Terminator: My mission is to protect you.
- John Connor: Yeah? Who sent you?
- The Terminator: You did. Thirty-five years from now, you reprogrammed me to be your protector here, in this time.
- John Connor: Oh, this is deep.
- John Connor: Does it hurt when you get shot?
- The Terminator: I sense injuries. The data could be called "pain."
- The Terminator: In three years, Cyberdyne will become the largest supplier of military computer systems. All stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record. The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes online August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.
- Sarah Connor: Skynet fights back.
- The Terminator: Yes. It launches its missiles against the targets in Russia.
- John Connor: Why attack Russia? Aren't they our friends now?
- The Terminator: Because Skynet knows that the Russian counterattack will eliminate its enemies over here.
- The Terminator: [arriving at the mental hospital] Why we stop now?
- John Connor: Now, you gotta promise me you're not gonna kill anyone, right?
- The Terminator: Right.
- John Connor: Swear?
- The Terminator: What?
- John Connor: Just put up your hand and say, "I swear I won't kill anyone."
- The Terminator: [raises his hand] I swear I won't kill anyone.
- The Terminator: I'll take care of the police.
- John Connor: Hey, wait! You swore!
- The Terminator: [smiles] Trust me.