Michael Garibaldi quotes from Babylon 5

Londo Mollari

The next day, I woke up, I saw her in the light of day, sleeping against my arm, and I decided I would rather chew off my arm than wake her up.

Michael Garibaldi

Aw, that's sweet.

Londo

No, no! She had a voice that could curdle fresh milk.

Like my granddad used to say: "Nuke 'em till they glow, and shoot 'em in the dark!" That'll take care of them. Just like magic.

Michael Garibaldi

Magic? Want to see magic? I got a little magic trick for ya. I got a little magic that'll make you pass through the top of the bar! [grabs the barfly]

Hey! Leggo!

Garibaldi

I'll need complete silence or I'll have to ask for another volunteer from the audience. Let's see, what was that magic word again? Shazam? [slams the barfly into the bar] No, that's not it. I'll tell you what, I'll go home and look at my books, then I'll come back. If you're still talking trash about killing Marsies, we'll try it again and again [slams him again] until we get it right, huh?

Susan Ivanova

God, I hate mornings.

Jeffrey Sinclair

We noticed. Personally, I find it the best part of the day.

Michael Garibaldi

Ah, me too.

Ivanova

[sighs] We all have our cross to bear.

Sinclair

The time I really learned to appreciate mornings was during the three years I spent being taught by Jesuits. [His voice drops to a near-whisper, and Ivanova starts to nod off.] We used to get up at five o'clock every morning for sunrise mass. Then an hour of meditation before class. We would sit, quiet, at peace. [Her eyelids are getting heavier.] Breathing in, breathing out. Breathing in, breathing out. [She's out cold.] Breathing in, breathing out. [Sinclair winks at Garibaldi, and the chief swaps their just-started breakfasts with dirty, empty dishes, but leaves Ivanova's untouched.]

Garibaldi

Well!

Ivanova

[snapping awake] What?

Garibaldi

Oh, that was great! Boy, just hit the spot! [to Sinclair] I see you cleaned your plate too! Guess I'd better get going.

Sinclair

Me too, it's nearly seven-thirty.

Ivanova

Sev--seven-thirty? I...I didn't even...I slept through breakfast? This isn't fair! It's n...

Sinclair

Something, Lieutenant Commander?

Ivanova

No! Nothing, I'm fine! I'm fine, you'll have to excuse me. [into her link] C&C, this is Ivanova! I realize I'm late, but I'm on my way! [She runs out, and Garibaldi swaps the dishes back.]

Sinclair

I'll notify your next of kin. [picks up his tray and leaves]

Garibaldi

Four...three...two...one...

Ivanova

[out in the corridor, shouting] AUGH! GARIBALDI, YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!

Garibaldi

This is the part I hate most: the waiting.

Sinclair

Hmm. (There's a moment of silence.)

Garibaldi

Mind if I ask you a question?

Sinclair

Sure.

Garibaldi

Okay, it's morning, you're getting ready for work, you pull on your pants --do you fasten and zip, or zip and then fasten?

Sinclair

What kind of question is that?

Garibaldi

Well, look, we've got two hours to kill --

Sinclair

Forget it.

Garibaldi

Just a question.

Sinclair

Why do you want to know?

Garibaldi

Why do I want to know? Because I think about these things sometimes. I was getting dressed this morning, I couldn't remember how I did it, and I started thinking about it. Does everyone do it the same way? Is it a left-handed/right-handed thing --?

Sinclair

(incredulous) You think about this stuff a lot?

Garibaldi

Yeah. Look, okay, I'm sorry I asked. You're always so serious all the time. Not every conversation has to be the end of the world as we know it.

Sinclair

I didn't mean to --

Garibaldi

Never mind. It's okay. I'll just -- watch my console. Don't worry about it. (After a long pause, Sinclair sighs.)

Sinclair

Fasten, then zip. You?

Garibaldi

Fasten zip. (Sinclair chuckles.)

Sinclair

How much longer?

Garibaldi

One hour, fifty seven minutes. (pause) Want to talk socks?

Sinclair

No.

Garibaldi

Just a question.

Sinclair

I'm not having this conversation.

Michael Garibaldi

[waking up from his coma] Oh, God. I'm out of it for a few days, the whole place goes to hell!

John Sheridan

Well, I hope I can prove otherwise. Captain John Sheridan, your new CO.

Garibaldi

I don't know you.

Sheridan

No, but I think we'll get along just fine.

Michael Garibaldi

Trust me, Doc, you are gonna love this!

Franklin

I can feel my arteries hardening just being in the same room with it!

Amis

[after waking up in the brig] Oh, God. What did I do this time?

Michael Garibaldi

You don't remember?

Amis

Well, I've found that life is, in general, much easier if I forget most of the things that happen to me.

Garibaldi

You were about to accuse the Centauri ambassador of being in league with the devil...which may not be far from the truth.

Garibaldi

Lousy way to die, huh?

John Sheridan

Hmm. Last time I checked, there weren't too many good ways.

Amis

Incoming! Incoming! Incoming! INCOMING!

Michael Garibaldi

How long has he been like that?

Couple hours now.

Amis

To the walls. Get to the walls!

Damn Lurkers. We oughta space all of them.

Garibaldi

Hanson?

Amis

Oh God. Stop them. Incoming.

Garibaldi

Were you in the war?

No, I missed it.

Garibaldi

He didn't.

How do you know?

Garibaldi

[in a sad, manner-of-fact tone] I've had that same dream.

Vir Cotto

[Practicing his greetings to Londo's wives] It is a pleasure to meet you. It is a pleasure to meet you! It is a pleasure to meet you.

Michael Garibaldi

[Notices Vir talking to himself and approaches] Gonna introduce me, Vir?

Vir

You must think I look odd right now... [an alien passes by with Garibaldi staring].

Garibaldi

Well, I guess it's a little relative... [referring to the alien's strange appearance]

Vir

Actually, it's relatives. I'm here to pick up some women.

Garibaldi

You'll have more luck at bars.

Vir

No, I...

Garibaldi

Just kidding.

Garibaldi

So, who are these women? Diplomats?

Vir

Oh, Ambassador Mollari's three wives.

Garibaldi

Whoa! A harem! The lucky dog. [a Centauri woman walks in]

Timov

Are you Vir?!

Vir

Yes!

Timov

I am Timov, daughter of Alguhl. You will take me to my husband.

Vir

I was told there'd be three of you...

Timov

[Looks at Garibaldi] Who is this?

Vir

Uhh...

Timov

No never mind. I said you'd take me. Is your hearing deficient?

Vir

No, but I do have a...

Timov

Then let's be off! [Walks away]

Vir

It is a pleasure to meet you!

Talia Winters

Stoner? Matt Stoner?

Garibaldi

Yeah, yeah, that was his name. Matthew.

Talia

He's not here on Babylon 5?

John Sheridan

Is that a problem?

Garibaldi

You know him?

Talia

Only in the most unpleasant sense. I was married to him.

Bester

Would it interest you to know that I'm married, Mr. Garibaldi? That I have a five-year-old daughter? That on Sundays when I'm back home, we pack a picnic lunch and go out under the dome on Syria Planum and watch the stars come out? Hardly the description of a monster.

Michael Garibaldi

[applauds sarcastically] Smooth! You're getting good at this. Keep working on it, and one of these days I might even be convinced that you're human.

Well, you've been pretty quiet. Is he right, or isn't he?

Garibaldi

Technically? Yeah, I suppose. We're obliged to uphold the laws of Earth Alliance. It doesn't mean we have to like it. And if there is some kind of illegitimate travel going through here, it's a threat to station security and we have to know about it.

Ivanova

Come on, Garibaldi. You can't tell me you agree with this. You want to help them?

Garibaldi

Want, agree, that has nothing to do with it. The law is the law. It's damn ironic, isn't it? The Corps got started because we were afraid of telepaths, now they're victims of our own fears. We took away every right they had and shoved them into a big black box called Psi Corps. Now look at them. Black uniforms, jackboots, giving orders. Some days they scare the hell out of me.

Sheridan

Yeah, if you ask me we created our own monster. And maybe we deserve it.

[meeting Garibaldi] I had an Alfredo Garibaldi under my command during the Dilgar invasion. Excellent soldier!

Michael Garibaldi

[smiles proudly] That was my dad.

[unimpressed] So much for genetics.

Michael Garibaldi

Absolutely. Sure, when things get tense out here, we have to be careful. Our search of the Centauri vessels we captured proved that they were bringing in weapons of mass destruction, offloading them outside the station, and sending them on to the front lines. Now that we know that, we can make sure it doesn't happen any more. We learn. It's what humans do.

Londo Mollari

Misunderstandings aside, yes! I definitely think it's worth it. We must simply work harder to make sure we communicate with one another to prevent this sort of tragic situation from ever happening again! A violent attack by Narn forces is an unacceptable response to a peaceful protest by my government. And with the intervention of Earth, perhaps we can keep them from making a similar mistake in the future.

G'Kar

I don't know any more. I used to think so, but now...

Susan Ivanova

Yes.

Delenn

Of course it is. For the simple reason that no one else would ever build a place like this. Humans share one unique quality: They build communities. If the Narns or Centauri or any other race built a station like this, it would be used only by their own people. But everywhere humans go, they create communities out of diverse and sometimes hostile populations. It is a great gift, and a terrible responsibility--one that cannot be abandoned.

Well...I guess we'll just have to see...won't we?

Franklin

All right, Med 2--go, go! Look, if we weren't here right now, half the people in this room would be dead! Now that should be a good enough answer for anyone.

Sure! What, are you kidding? I have a retirement pension to make, you know?

John Sheridan

Yes. But not for any of the reasons that you've probably been told. The job of Babylon 5 is not to enforce the peace. It's to create the peace. And this place was built on the assumption that we could work out our problems and build a better future. And that, to me, is the key issue. See, in the last few years, we've stumbled. We stumbled at the death of the President, the war, and on and on. And when you stumble a lot, you...you start looking at your feet. Well, we have to make people...lift their eyes back to the horizon, and see the line of ancestors behind us, saying, "Make my life have meaning." And to our inheritors before us, saying, "Create the world we will live in." I mean, w-we're not just...holding jobs and having dinner. We are in the process of building the future. That's what Babylon 5 is all about.