Quotes tagged ‘X-Files’

“My name is Fox Mulder. Since my childhood, I have been obsessed by a controversial global phenomenon. Since my sister disappeared when I was 12 years old… in what I believe was an alien abduction. My obsession took me to the FBI, where I investigated paranormal science cases through the auspices of…”

— Chris Carter, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“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 w…”

— Gillian Anderson, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Right?”

— David Amann, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“That which makes miracles, can also make great evil.”

— William B. Davis, Cigarette Smoking Man, William B. Davis, imdb.com

“I want to believe so badly; in a truth beyond our own hidden and obscured from all but the most sensitive eyes. In the endless procession of souls, in what cannot and will not be destroyed. I want to believe we are unaware of God's eternal recompense and sadness. That we cannot see His truth. That t…”

— Chris Carter, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“These are tricks that the mind plays. They are ingrained cliches from a thousand different horror films. When we hear a sound, we get a chill. We see a shadow and we allow ourselves to imagine something that an otherwise rational person would discount out of hand. The whole idea of a benevolent enti…”

— Chris Carter, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“And why would God allow this to happen? Why do bad things happen to good people? Religion has masqueraded as the paranormal since the dawn of time to justify some of the most horrible acts in history.”

— Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“I think nature is supremely indifferent to whether we live or die. I mean, if you're lucky, you get 75 years, if you're really lucky you get 80 years, and if you're extraordinarily lucky, you get to live 50 of those years with a decent head of hair.”

— Frank Spotnitz, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“Life... is like a box of chocolates - A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So, you're stuck with this undefinable whipped-mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. S…”

— James Wong, Glen Morgan, The Cigarette-Smoking Man, William B. Davis, imdb.com

“Though we may not be alone in the universe, in our own separate ways, on this planet we are all alone.”

— Darin Morgan, Jose Chung, Charles Nelson Reilly, imdb.com

“Conscience is just the voices of the dead trying to save us from our own damnation.”

— Frank Spotnitz, Chris Carter, Christopher Johansen, Robert Clothier, imdb.com

“Maybe you're just seeing what you wanted to see.”

— Howard Gordon, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“I'm afraid that God is speaking and no one is listening.”

— Kim Newton, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“The dead are no longer lonely.”

— Jeff Vlaming, Virgil Incanto, Timothy Carhart, imdb.com

“You can't protect the public by lying to them.”

— Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chris Carter, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“You'll only win the war if you pick the right battles, Agent Mulder. This is a battle you can't win.”

— Frank Spotnitz, Mr. X, Steven Williams, imdb.com

“Did you really think you could call up the Devil and ask him to behave?”

— James Wong, Glen Morgan, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com

“Children aren't born liking sunflower seeds. Environments shape them; behavior patterns are taught.”

— Sara B. Charno, Sara Charno, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“Whatever you're feeling, you did the right thing.”

— Paul Brown, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“Trust no one.”

— Chris Carter, Deep Throat, Jerry Hardin, imdb.com