Atomic bomb quotes

- James Bond: It doesn't matter a damn to you, I suppose, that thousands of innocent people will be killed in that "accident" of yours?
- Orlov: Better than letting a handful of old men in Moscow bargain away our advantage in disarmament talks!

Sir Roger Moore - James Bond
Steven Berkoff - Orlov

“- Student Journalist: As your party's leading presidential candidate, you are a staunch advocate of nuclear proliferation. Does wanting more and bigger missiles stem from a penis envy of the Russians?
- Norman Mart: No, son. That's primitive thinking. I will add, though, that I'll put my slab on the yard stick against Gorby any day.”
Patrick O'Neill - Student Journalist
Clu Gulager - Norman Mart

“- Rita: You think Einstein walked around thinkin' everyone was a bunch of dumb shits?
- Joe Bowers: Yeah. Hadn't thought of that.
- Rita: Now you know why he built that bomb.”
Maya Rudolph - Rita
Luke Wilson - Joe Bauers

“I don't know about these guys, but General Aleksandr Kodoroff doesn't ride around on a nuclear transportation train. It's like Ivana Trump on the subway.”
George Clooney - Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe

- J. Robert Oppenheimer: You know the Bhagavad-Gita? "I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds".
- Kenneth Bainbridge: Yeah. Now we're all sons of bitches.

David Strathairn - J. Robert Oppenheimer
Michael J. Reynolds - Kenneth Bainbridge

“- Donna Stratton: Sorry, Captain, I didn't realize you had a serious interests in strategic bombers.
- Capt. Loomis Birkhead: Donna, my interest is very strategic. How would you like me to show you the cockpit?”
Nancy Allen - Donna Stratton
Tim Matheson - Capt. Loomis Birkhead

“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?”

James Ackerman - Joshua

“There is a rumor they are evacuating Moscow. Yeah. There are even people leaving Kansas City because of the missile fields. Now I ask you: Where does one go from Kansas City? To, uh, the Yukon? To Tahiti? We are not talking about Hiroshima anymore. Hiroshima was... was peanuts!”
George Petrie - Dr. Landowska

“- Capt. Loomis Birkhead: Sir, you don't have any bombers here, do you, sir?
- Col. 'Madman' Maddox: Bombers? Son, if I had bombers I'd be bombin' the hell out of them right now!”
Tim Matheson - Capt. Loomis Birkhead
Warren Oates - Col. 'Madman' Maddox

“Harry, the clock on that nine-foot nuclear weapon is ticking.”
Will Patton - Chick

- Joe Hallenbeck: What is that?
- Jimmy Dix: It's a bomb.
- Joe Hallenbeck: It doesn't look like a bomb, it looks like an apple with lines comin' out of it. They're gonna say "Don't open the briefcase, it's full of fresh fruit!".

Bruce Willis - Joe Hallenbeck
Damon Wayans - Jimmy Dix

“- Dr. Tam: I guess you would call it an implosive-explosive sub-molecular device.
- Lamont Cranston: Or an atomic bomb.
- Dr. Tam: Hey, that's catchy.”
Sab Shimono - Dr. Tam
Alec Baldwin - Lamont Cranston

“I saw it! I saw it! It was like a white light in the sky.”

Christian Bale - Jim

“- Ace Levy: Sir, I don't understand. Who needs a knife in a nuke fight anyway? All you gotta do is push a button, sir.
- Sgt. Zim: Cease fire. Put your hand on that wall trooper. Put your hand on that wall! The enemy can not push a button... if you disable his hand. Medic!”

Jake Busey - Ace Levy
Clancy Brown - Sgt. Zim

“- James Bond: You've defused hundreds of these, right?
- Dr. Christmas Jones: Yeah, but they're usually standing still.
- James Bond: Yes, well, life is full of small challenges.”

Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
Denise Richards - Dr. Christmas Jones

“Bombs! I don't hear any bombs! Now they're up there. They came all the way from Asia. Don't you think they'd bring a few bombs along?”
Robert Stack - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

“Well, boys, this is it. Nuclear combat, toe to toe with the Rooskies.”
Slim Pickens - Maj. 'King' Kong

“- Elizabeth Stephens: Paul, did you build an atomic bomb?
- Paul Stephens: Only a little one.”
Jill Eikenberry - Elizabeth Stephens
Christopher Collet - Paul Stephens

“Frank, if you're going to be blown to bits, I want to be here with you.”

Priscilla Presley - Jane Spencer

“Gotta come down out of the clouds gentlemen, and get into the business... of winning the war.”
Paul Newman - Gen. Leslie R. Groves

“- Dr. Emmett Brown: What on Earth is this thing I'm wearing?
- Marty McFly: Ah, this, this is a radiation suit.
- Dr. Emmett Brown: Radiation suit? Of course. 'Cause of all the fallout from the atomic wars.”

Chris Lloyd - Dr. Emmett Brown
Michael J. Fox - Marty McFly

“- Hunter: Captain Ramsey, under operating procedures governing the release of nuclear weapons, we cannot launch our missiles unless both you and I agree.
- Ramsey: COB, what're you waiting for?
- Hunter: This is not a formality, sir! This is expressly why your command must be repeated. It requires my assent, I do not give it and furthermore, you...” (continue)(continue reading)
Denzel Washington - Hunter
Gene Hackman - Ramsey

“- Bill Graham: Hurry up!
- Caleb Taylor: Look, man, I ain't ever messed with stuff like this before and I'd just as soon not get my hands blowed off, okay?”

Michael Alldredge - Bill Graham
Jason Bernard - Caleb Taylor

“It is the right time when principles are at stake. We can't lose our heads because of a crisis. Besides, we have no proof nuclear weapons are going to work. But once we do use them, who can say when they'll be used again?”
Keiju Kobayashi - Prime Minister Mitamura

“Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?”

John Travolta - Vic Deakins