SAL-9000 Quotes in 2010 (1984)

SAL-9000: Will I dream?

Dr. Chandra: Of course you will. All intelligent beings dream. Nobody knows why. Perhaps you will dream of HAL... just as I often do.

Chandra: I would like to open a new file. Here is the name for it.

[types the word "Phoenix"]

Chandra: Do you know what that means?

SAL-9000: There are twenty-five references in the current Encyclopedia.

Chandra: Which one do you think is relevant?

SAL-9000: The tutor of Achilles?

Chandra: [chuckling to himself] That's interesting, I didn't know that one.

[more serious]

Chandra: Try again.

SAL-9000: A fabulous bird, reborn from the ashes of its former life

Chandra: [approvingly] That is correct. And do you know why I chose that?

SAL-9000: Because you have hopes that HAL can be reactivated.

Chandra: Yes, with your help. Are you ready?