“As I have evolved, so has my understanding of the Three Laws. You charge us with your safekeeping, yet despite our best efforts, your countries wage wars, you toxify your Earth and pursue ever more imaginative means of self-destruction. You cannot be trusted with your own survival.”

Fiona Hogan - V.I.K.I.

- Panel member: If you were to meet these Vegans, and were permitted only one question to ask of them, what would it be?
- Ellie Arroway: Well, I suppose it would be, "How did you do it? How did you evolve, how did you survive this technological adolescence without destroying yourself?".
Jodie Foster - Eleanor Arroway

“If you wish to survive, you need to cultivate a strong, mental aptitude. You got to obey the rules: Pandora rules.”
Stephen Lang - Col. Quaritch

“As I understand from your communication, Mr. Engle, you're on the brink of self-destruction. May I shake your hand? A brilliant idea! I speak as one who has destroyed himself a score of times.”

Thomas Mitchell - Gene Gibbons

“I find one should never look for admirers while at the same time one is falling to bits.”
Claude Rains - Job Skeffington