Nathan: One day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa. An upright ape living in dust with crude language and tools, all set for extinction.
Nathan: C'mon buddy. After a long day of Turing tests you gotta unwind. Caleb: What were you doing with Ava? Nathan: What? Caleb: You tore up her picture. Nathan: I'm gonna tear up the f*in' dance floor, dude. Check it out.
Ava: Isn't it strange, to create something that hates you?
Caleb: [Quoting J. Robert Oppenheimer who cites the Hindu Gita] "I am become death, The Destroyer of Worlds."
Nathan: [speaking about Ava's brain] Impulse. Response. Fluid. Imperfect. Patterned. Chaotic.
Caleb: [from trailer, talking about ending the project] It's not up to me... Ava: Why is it up to anyone?
Nathan: It's funny. You know. No matter how rich you get, shit goes wrong. You can't insulate yourself from it. I used to think it was death and taxes you couldn't avoid, but it's actually death and shit.
Caleb: You hacked the world's cell phones? Nathan: Yeah. And all the manufacturers knew I was doing it, too. But they couldn't accuse me without admitting they were doing it themselves.
Caleb: It's obvious, once I stop to think.
Nathan: Caleb, what's your type? Caleb: Of girl? Nathan: No, salad dressing!
Nathan: The good deeds a man has done defends him. The good deeds a man has done defends him. The good deeds a man has done... defends him.
Nathan: Okay. Fucking unreal. Okay. Ava...
Ava: Will you stay here? Caleb: Stay here? AVA!
Nathan: There you go again. Mr Quoteable
Caleb: Caleb quotes Oppenheimer to Nathan saying "I am become death, destroyer of the worlds". Oppenheimer, after the test explosion of the first nuclear bomb, realized the incredible significance of the scientific achievement and recited part of Cha...
Ava: Hello. Caleb: Hi. I'm Caleb. Ava: Hello Caleb. Caleb: Do you have a name? Ava: Yes. Ava. Caleb: I'm pleased to meet you Ava. Ava: I'm pleased to meet you too.
Nathan: It is what it is... It's Promethean man.
Caleb: We need to talk about the lies you've been spinning me. Nathan: What lies? Caleb: ...Why me?