David Levinson Quotes in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

David Levinson: They like to get the landmarks.

David Levinson: That's... definitely bigger than the last one.

David Levinson: What goes up must come down.

David Levinson: I've had years to get us ready. We never had a chance.

President Whitmore: We didn't last time, either.

Jake Morrison: Pee your pants?

David Levinson: Uh, yeah.

Jake Morrison: Yeah, me too.

Captain Steven Hiller: I ain't heard no fat lady!

David Levinson: Forget the fat lady. You're obsessed with fat lady. Just get us out of here!

[Hiller and Levinson are about to launch the bomb, knowing they can't escape. They both wave to the alien watching them]

David Levinson: Hey, take a look at the Earthlings. Goodbye!

Captain Steven Hiller: Y'all take care, all right? Nothing but love for ya. Nothing but love for ya.

Captain Steven Hiller: [to David] You think they have any idea what's about to happen to them?

David Levinson: Not a chance in hell. Goodnight!

Captain Steven Hiller: PEACE!

[launches the bomb]

David Levinson: We're hit! We took a hit!

Captain Steven Hiller: [yelling] We're not hit! We're not hit! Stop side-seat driving!

David Levinson: [trying to make a break for the exit] Left! Left! Tunnel! Tunnel! Exit! Exit! Left!

Captain Steven Hiller: Where the hell do you think I'm going?

David Levinson: Ok, ok. We're we're we're uh...

[indicating they were communicating]

David Levinson: Uh oh, they're closing up on us... they're closing...

Captain Steven Hiller: Shut up, shut up, shut up!

David Levinson: Must go faster. Must go faster! Must go faster! Go, go, go, go!

[escapes from the alien ship]

David Levinson: [screaming]

Captain Steven Hiller: Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

Captain Steven Hiller: Oh! Elvis has left the building!

David Levinson: [in Elvis voice] Oh, thank you very much.

[in his own voice]

David Levinson: Oh, I love you man!

Captain Steven Hiller: [after reversing into the rear wall] Oops.

David Levinson: W-what do you mean, oops?

Captain Steven Hiller: Some jerk put this...

[Turns the piece of paper round]

Captain Steven Hiller: the wrong way round.

David Levinson: Don't say "oops".

Captain Steven Hiller: What do you say we try that again?

David Levinson: Yes, yes. Yes. Without the "oops". Thataway.

[Points forward]

David Levinson: You really think you can fly that thing?

Captain Steven Hiller: You really think you can do all that bullshit you just said?

Marty Gilbert: A countdown... wait, a countdown to what David?

David Levinson: It's like in chess: First, you strategically position your pieces and when the timing is right you strike. They're using this signal to syncronize their efforts and in 5 hours the countdown will be over.

Marty Gilbert: And then what?

David Levinson: Checkmate.

Marty Gilbert: Oh, my God. I gotta call my brother, my housekeeper, my lawyer. Nah, forget my lawyer.

Julius Levinson: You punched the President?

David Levinson: He wasn't the President *yet*!

Julius Levinson: Hey, hey, hey, don't you tell him to shut up! You'd all be dead now if it weren't for my David! None of you did anything to prevent this!

Gen. Gray: There was nothing we could do! We were totally unprepared for...

Julius Levinson: AAAHHH, don't give me unprepared! You knew about this for years! What,with that spaceship you found in New Mexico! What was it called... Roswell, New Mexico! And that other place... uh... Area 51, Area 51! You knew then! And you did nothing!

President Thomas Whitmore: Mr. Levinson, contrary to what you may have read in the tabloids, there is no Area 51. There is no spaceship...

Albert Nimzicki: Uh... excuse me, Mr. President? That's not entirely accurate.

David Levinson: What, which part?

David Levinson: They're chasing us!

Captain Steven Hiller: Really, YOU THINK?

David Levinson: They're bringing us in.

Captain Steven Hiller: When the hell was you gonna tell me?

David Levinson: Oops.

Captain Steven Hiller: We're gonna have to work on our communication.

[Connie left David to pursue a career]

Constance: Haven't you ever wanted to be part of something special?

David Levinson: I was part of something special

David Levinson: [holding cigar] It's funny, I always thought these things were gonna kill me.

Julius Levinson: David! What the hell are you doing?

David Levinson: Making a mess!

Julius Levinson: Yes, this I can see.

Marty Gilbert: [on the phone] Ma, I know, just try and stay calm.

David Levinson: Tell her to pack up and leave town.

Marty Gilbert: What?

David Levinson: Just do it!

Marty Gilbert: Ma, listen, pack your stuff and head for Aunt Esther's. Don't argue with me; just go.

[hangs up]

Marty Gilbert: David, why did I just send my mother to Atlanta?

David Levinson: Time's up.

Julius Levinson: [as David is inspired with the idea for a computer virus] What's the matter with you?

David Levinson: Genius. My dad. Total genius.

Captain Steven Hiller: [holds out cigar] This is our victory dance. Not until the fat lady sings.

David Levinson: Oh. Yes, OK.

[takes cigar]

Captain Steven Hiller: [holds onto cigar] This is important.

David Levinson: Mm. Fat lady. I gotcha.

David Levinson: A toast, to the end of the world.

Julius Levinson: [pointing to David's cigar] Oh, so *this* is healthy?

David Levinson: I could get used to it!

[Julius discards a styrofoam cup]

David Levinson: Hey, you have any idea how long it takes for those cups to decompose?

Julius Levinson: If you don't move soon, I'm gonna start to decompose.

David Levinson: Must go faster, must go faster!

David Levinson: [after explaining how to set up the virus in the mothership] Do you really think you can fly that thing?

Captain Steven Hiller: Do you really think you can do all that bullshit you just said?... Hoo!