Dr. Emmett Brown: Marty, I'm sorry, but the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning. Marty McFly: [startled] What did you say? Dr. Emmett Brown: A bolt of lighting. Unfortunately, you never know wh...
Dr. Emmett Brown: [Doc has just finished the final preparations for Marty's return to 1985] Well, I guess that's everything. Marty McFly: [pause] Thanks. Dr. Emmett Brown: Thank *you*! [Marty emotionally embraces Doc, which surprises him] Dr. Emmett ...
[concerning his audition tape] Marty McFly: What if I send in the tape and they don't like it? I mean, what if they say I'm no good? What if they say, "Get outta here, kid. You got no future"? I mean, I just don't think I can take that kind of reject...
Lorraine Baines: It's our first television set. Dad just picked it up today. Do you have a television? Marty McFly: Well, yeah. You know we have... two of them. Milton Baines: Wow! You must be rich. Stella Baines: Oh, honey, he's teasing you. Nobody ...
Young Biff: Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here? Old Biff: It's *leave*, you idiot! "Make like a tree, and leave." You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong. Young Biff: All right then, LEAVE! And take your book with you!
Marty McFly: What about the police, Biff? They're gonna match up the bullet with that gun. Biff Tannen: Kid, I own the police! Besides, they couldn't match up the bullet that killed your old man. Marty McFly: You son of a... [Biff cocks the gun] Biff...
Marty McFly: That's right, Doc. November 12, 1955. Doc: Unbelievable, that old Biff could have chosen that particular date. It could mean that that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance. Almost as if it were the temporal ...
Marty McFly: [showing the two boys how to play the shoot 'em up video game] I'll show you, kid. I'm a crack shot at this. [shoots a perfect score with the electronic gun] Video Game Boy #1: You mean you have to use your hands? Video Game Boy #2: That...
Grandma Tannen: Biff, Biff, where are you goin' now? Biff Tannen: I told you, grandma, I'm goin' to the dance. Grandma Tannen: When you comin' home? Biff Tannen: I'll get home, when I get home. Grandma Tannen: Don't forget to turn off the garage ligh...
Biff Tannen: Where is he? CPR Kid: Who? Biff Tannen: Calvin Klein. CPR Kid: Who? Biff Tannen: The guy with the hat. Where is he? CPR Kid: Oh he went that way. I think he took your wallet! [to bystander] CPR Kid: I think he took his wallet.
Doc: And in the future, we don't need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles. Saloon Old Timer #3: If everybody's got one of these auto-whatsits, does anybody walk or run anymore? Doc: Of course we run. But for recreation. For fun. Sa...
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: [arriving at the Palace Saloon] Are you in there, Eastwood? It's eight o'clock, and I'm callin' you out! Marty McFly: [looks at the town clock, then steps towards Buford cautiously at a window] It's not 8:00 yet! Buford "Mad ...
Undertaker: Excuse me, Mr. Eastwood. I just need your measurement. [measures Marty] Marty McFly: Aw, look, pal. I don't wanna buy a suit. Undertaker: [chuckles] No. This is for your coffin. Marty McFly: [realizing what is going on] My coffin? Underta...
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Eight o'clock Monday, runt. If you ain't here, I'll hunt you and shoot you down like a duck. Buford's Gang Member #1: It's "dog", Buford. Shoot him down like a dog. Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: [enraged] Lets go, boys! Let these ...
Marty McFly: I had this horrible nightmare. Dreamed I w-... dreamed I was in a western. And I was being chased by all these Indians... and a bear. Maggie McFly: Well... you're safe and sound here, now, at the McFly farm. Marty McFly: McFly farm? Why,...
Doc: [into the walkie-talkie from inside the cab of the train] Each detonation will be accompanied by a sudden burst of acceleration. Hopefully, we'll hit 88 mph, before the needle gets much past 2,000. Marty McFly: [into the walkie-talkie] Why, what...
Large Woman: Start this train! Sundance Kid: Get back inside there, lady. Large Woman: Oh, I'm not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of anything! I'm a grandmother and a female and I've got my rights. You can bull all the others, but you can't bull me! I...
Butch Cassidy: Boy, you know every time I see Hole-in-the-Wall again, it's like seeing it fresh for the first time. And every time that happens, I keep asking myself the same question: how could I be so damn stupid to keep coming back here? Sundance ...
Jack Twist: [looking over at Ennis in the firelight; he has laid back and is looking up at the stars, smiling] Anything interesting up there in heaven? Ennis Del Mar: [for the first time in a long time, content] I was just sending up a prayer of than...
Balthasar: Pardon me - you are a stranger here. Would you be from Nazareth? Judah Ben-Hur: Why do you ask? Balthasar: I thought... you might be the one... the one I have come back from my country to find. He would be about your age. Judah Ben-Hur: Wh...
Ken: What the fuck are you doing, Ray? Ray: What the fuck are 'you' doing? [Ken sticks pistol behind his back] Ken: Nothing. Ray: Oh, my God... you were gonna kill me. Ken: No, I wa - You were gonna kill yourself! Ray: Well... I'm allowed. Ken: No, y...
