Independence Day

• "Look, I really don't think they flew ninety billion light years to come down here and start a fight, and get all rowdy."
• "That's right! Thats what you get! Look at you! Ship all banged up! Who's the man? Who's the man?! Wait until I get another plane! I am going to line up all your friends right beside you!"
• "Welcome to Earth!"
• "Now that's what I call a close encounter."
• "I'm just a little anxious to get up there and whip E.T.'s ass, that's all."
• "Y'know, this was supposed to be my weekend off, but noooo. You got me out here, draggin' your heavy ass, through the burnin' desert, with your dreadlocks sticking out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin' all big and bad... and what the hell is that smell? (kicks alien) I could've been at a barbecue! ..but I ain't mad."
• "Ooops...."

David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum)

• "It's like in chess. First, you strategically position your pieces, and when the timing is right you.. strike. They're using this signal to syncronize their efforts and in approximately, five hours ..the countdown will be over. {and then..} Checkmate!"

Julius Levinson (Judd Hirsch)

• "'All you need is love.' John Lennon, smart man, shot in the back - very sad."
• "Everyone's trying to get out of Washington, and we're the only schmucks trying to get in."
• "You don't actually think they spend twenty thousand dollars on a hammer, thirty thousand dollars on a toilet seat, do you?"
• "If I had known I was gonna meet the president I would've worn a tie. Look at me, I look like a schliemiel. "

Russel Casse (Randy Quaid)

• "I picked a helluva day to quit drinkin'."
• "In the words of my generation: Up Yours!"
• "Hello boys, I'm Baaaack!"

Thomas Whitmore (Bill Pullman)

• "Gentlemen! Let's plow the road!"
• "I'm a fighter pilot, Will. I belong in the air."
• "Isn't it amazing how fast everyone can turn against you."
• "Good morning.. Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom...Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"

Others

• "It's the real thing! A radio signal from another world!" - SETI Technician
• "They don't let us out much." - Doctor Oaken
• "Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!" - Captain Jimmy Wilder
• "Two words mister president: Plausible deniability." - Albert Nimzicki
• "Our official position is: We don't have an official position." - Connie Spano

Cast

• President Thomas Whitmore: Bill Pullman
• Connie Spano: Margaret Colin
• David Levinson: Jeff Goldblum
• Captain Steve Hiller: Will Smith
• Jasmine Dubrow: Vivica A. Fox
• Russell Casse: Randy Quaid
• Julius Levinson: Judd Hirsch
• Doctor Oaken: Brent Spiner
• Jimmy Wilder: Harry Connick Jr