The best Quotes from Independence Day

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.

If we don't act now, we may not have much of an America left to defend.

Once again, the L.A.P.D. is asking Los Angelenos not to fire their guns at the visitor spacecraft. You may inadvertently trigger an interstellar war.

Albert Nimzicki: "I'm not Jewish."
Julius Levinson: "Nobody's perfect."

If you're so smart, tell me something, how come you go to M.I.T. for 8 years to become a cable repairman?

President Whitmore: "Why the hell wasn't I told about this place?"
Albert Nimziki: "Two words, Mr. President. Plausible deniability."
President Whitmore: "I don't understand. Where does all this come from? How do you get funding for something like this?"
Julius Levinson: "You don't actually think they spend $20,000 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you?"

The only mistake I ever made was to appoint a sniveling little weasel like you Secretary of Defense. However, that is a mistake, I am happy to say, that I don't have to live with. Mr. Nimzicki... you're fired!

David Levinson: "Hey, you have any idea how long it takes for those cups to decompose?"
Julius Levinson: "If you don't move soon, I'm gonna start to decompose."

Julius Levinson: "You punched the President?"
David Levinson: "He wasn't the President yet!"

Constance Spano: "Now what do we do?"
President Whitmore: "Address the nation. There's gonna be a lot of frightened people out there."
Constance Spano: "Yeah? I'm one of 'em."

I picked a hell of a day to quit drinkin'.

Welcome to Earth!

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.

Payback's a b*tch, ain't it?

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 this 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 its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution - but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when 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!

I never thought I'd say this, but suddenly Independence Day seems a richly nuanced film.

There is no reason to have a plan B, because it distracts from plan A.

Love will make you do crazy things.

He who says he can and he who says he can't, are both usually right.

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

Life is lived on the edge.

Stefan Raab: "Hi, you're Will Smith. Say hello to my audience."
Will Smith: "Hi to my audience!"

It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself!

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.

Everybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism

All we are saying is give peace a chance

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too

Crow T. Robot: "It's the nicest weather Earth has ever had!"
Mike Nelson: "Notice how big Japan is?"

That's one small step for special effects, one giant leap for our imaginations!

Leonard: "You owe me another two dollars, the price of moo shu pork went up."
Howard: "It's getting tougher and tougher to be a bad Jew."

Warriors - the hour of victory has arrived. Come, you tauren! Rise up, you ogres! Today, you stand united with the Horde. Lok-Tar Ogar!

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.