“I don't want to be human! I can't even express these things properly because I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!”
Dean Stockwell - John Cavil

“General, a machine becomes human when you can't tell the difference anymore.”
Kathryn Walker - Dr. Ellen Lamb

“- Kyle Reese: He's not a man - a machine. Terminator, Cyberdyne Systems Model 101.
- Sarah Connor: A machine? Like a robot?
- Kyle Reese: Not a robot. A cyborg. Cybernetic organism.
- Sarah Connor: No, he was bleeding.”

Michael Biehn - Kyle Reese
Linda Hamilton - Sarah Connor

“The Terminator's an infiltration unit: part man, part machine. Underneath, it's a hyperalloy combat chassis, microprocessor-controlled. Fully armored; very tough. But outside, it's living human tissue: flesh, skin, hair, blood - grown for the cyborgs.”
Michael Biehn - Kyle Reese

“- Female Colleague: If a robot could genuinely love a person, what responsibility does that person hold toward him in return? It's a moral question, isn't it?
- ProfessorHobby: The oldest one of all. But in the beginning, didn't God create Adam to love him?”

April Grace - Female Colleague
William Hurt - Professor Hobby