Fight the Future

Dana Scully: "I had you."
Fox Mulder: "No, you didn't."
Scully: "Oh, yeah. I had you big time."
Mulder: "You had nothing."
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"Maybe we should call in a bomb threat to Houston. I hear it's free beer night at the Astrodome."
--Fox Mulder
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"One man alone cannot fight the future."
--Conrad Strughold

Well-Manicured Man: "Kill Mulder, and you risk turning one man's quest into a crusade."
Conrad Strughold: "Then you must take away what he holds most valuable. That with which he cannot live without."

"You've kept me honest. You've made me a whole person. I owe you everything, Scully, and you owe me nothing."
--Fox Mulder

"You can't quit now, Scully. I need you on this."
--Fox Mulder (from the trailer)
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"If I quit now, they win."
--Fox Mulder/Dana Scully

Dana Scully: "This is weird, Mulder."
Fox Mulder: "Very weird."
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"Go be a doctor. Go be a doctor while you still can."
--Fox Mulder

Langly: "How can we help?"
Fox Mulder: "You can strip Byers naked."
Byers: "What?"

"But you saved me. As--as difficult and as frustrating as it's been, your goddammed strict rationalism and science have saved me a thousand times over."
--Fox Mulder (to Dana Scully)

"I had you big time."
--Dana Scully

"I don't know if I want to do this without you. I don't even know if I can."
--Fox Mulder

"Five years together, Scully. How many times have I been wrong? Never! Not driving, anyway."
--Fox Mulder

The Hallway Scene
Dana Scully: (knocks on door)
Fox Mulder: "What's wrong?"
Scully: "Salt Lake City, Utah. Transfer effective immediately. I already gave Skinner my letter of resignation."
Mulder: "You can't quit now, Scully."
Scully: "I can, Mulder. I debated whether or not even to tell you in person--"
Mulder: "We are close to something here. We are on the verge."
Scully: "You're on the verge. Please don't do this to me."
Mulder: "After what you saw last night, after all you've seen, you can just walk away?"
Scully: "I have. I did. It's done."
Mulder: "I need you on this, Scully."
Scully: "You don't need me, Mulder. You never have. I've just held you back. (pauses) I've gotta go." (exits room)
Mulder: (follows her) "You want to tell yourself that so you can quit with a clear conscience, you can, but you're wrong."
Scully: "Why did they assign me to you in the first place, Mulder? To debunk your work. To rein you in, to shut you down."
Mulder: "But you saved me. As--as difficult and as frustrating as it's been sometimes, your goddammed strict rationalism and science have saved me a thousand times over. You've kept me honest. You've made me a whole person. I owe you everything, Scully, and you owe me nothing. I don't know if I want to do this alone. I don't even know if I can. And if I quit now, they win."

Miscellaneous

'America's Most Wanted' commercial
"To date, your phone tips have led to the capture of 400 dangerous fugitives--not one alien, not one sewer monster, not even a vampire...come on, people!"
--Gillian Anderson

'E! Behind the Scenes: The X-Files'
"I just got spluged on so it was pretty gross."
--Gillian Anderson (regarding the episode 'F. Emasculata')

'Kalifornia'
"When you first meet people, all you notice are the differences between you and them, but, as time passes, you start noticing the similarities. I guess that's how all friendships begin."
--Brian Kessler (David Duchovny)

'Robotman'
Montahue: "Whenever I watch 'The X-Files,' I wonder about you two. You're both single, good-looking...is anything going on between you two?"
Fox Mulder: "We're wildly and passionately in love."
Dana Scully: "But as FBI agents, we're trained to endure a range of emotions and never alter pulse rates."
Mulder: "For instance, right now I'm crazy, outta-my-mind gaga over Scully's bee-stung lips."
Scully: "Ditto for me and Mulder's bee-stung nose."

Montahue: "He's as harmless as E.T."
Fox Mulder: "Right...E.T. Ever notice how sweet, little Drew Barrymore grew up to be a tattooed nymphomaniacal exhibitionist after contact with E.T.?"

'The Simpsons'
Fox Mulder: "His jiggling is almost hypnotic."
Dana Scully: "Yes...it's like a lava lamp."

Inside 'The X-Files'
"Scully loves Mulder, and Mulder loves Scully. It's a wonderful romance."
--Chris Carter>
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