Cleaning Man at Flophouse: [damaged skin on the Terminator is rotting from gangrene] Hey, buddy. You got a dead cat in there, or what? [the Terminator visualizes: 'POSSIBLE RESPONSE: YES/NO; OR WHAT?; GO AWAY; PLEASE COME BACK LATER; FUCK YOU, ASSHOL...
The Terminator: I'm a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told she was here. Could I see her please? Desk Sergeant: No, you can't see her she's making a statement. The Terminator: Where is she? Desk Sergeant: It may take a while. Want to wait? There's a be...
Kyle Reese: [to Sarah] Come with me if you want to live.
Punk Leader: [the Terminator arrives naked and encounters some punks] Nice night for a walk, eh? The Terminator: Nice night for a walk. Punk: Wash day tomorrow? Nothing clean, right? The Terminator: Nothing clean. Right. Punk Leader: Hey, I think thi...
Sarah Connor: [to the Terminator] You're terminated, fucker.
Kyle Reese: What day is it? The date! Cop in Alley: 12th... May... Thursday... Kyle Reese: [viciously] WHAT YEAR?
[last lines] Sarah Connor: What did he just say? Gas Station Attendant: He said there's a storm coming in. Sarah Connor: [sighs] I know.
[opening title card] Title card: The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight...
Sarah Connor: [recording a tape for her future son] The hardest thing is deciding what I should tell you and what not to. But I guess I've got a while yet before you're old enough to even understand the tapes. They're more for me at this point just s...
Kyle Reese: John Connor gave me a picture of you once. I didn't know why at the time. It was very old - torn, faded. You were young like you are now. You seemed just a little sad. I used to always wonder what you were thinking at that moment. I memor...
Detective Hal Vukovich: I hate these press cases, especially the weird press cases. Where you going? Lieutenant Ed Traxler: To make a statement. Maybe make these jackals work for us. If I can get on the tube by 11:00, maybe she'll call us. Well, how ...
Sarah Connor: Are you sure you have the right person? Kyle Reese: I'm sure. Sarah Connor: [angrily] Oh, come on. Do I look like the mother of the future? I mean am I tough, organized? I can't even balance my checkbook! Look Reese, I didn't ask for th...
Kyle Reese: [to the Terminator] Come on, motherfucker!
Sarah Connor: What's it like when you go through time? Kyle Reese: White light. Pain. It's like being born, maybe.
Sarah Connor: So Reese is crazy? Dr. Peter Silberman: In technical terminology: he's a loon. Lieutenant Ed Traxler: [shows a bullet-proof vest] Sarah, this is what they call body armor. Our tac guys wear these. It can stop a 12-gauge round. This othe...
Kyle Reese: The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human... sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero him. Sarah Connor: Look, I am not stupid,...
[after Sarah tries to escape and bites Reese's hand] Kyle Reese: Cyborgs don't feel pain. I do. Don't do that again. Sarah Connor: [weakly] Just let me go! Kyle Reese: Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. ...
Dr. Peter Silberman: Why this elaborate scheme with the Terminator? Kyle Reese: It had no choice. Their defense grid was smashed. We'd won. Taking out Connor then would make no difference. Skynet had to wipe out his entire existence! Dr. Peter Silber...
