The Outer Limits (1995) Season 1 quotes

Joe, do you have a bad boob job story?

Yeah, I got a story, Jules.

It's not about your boobs, is it, Joe?

This is about something way more important than that.

More important than boobs?

Well, I guess that would depend on where the fate of the universe fits into your scheme of things.

I want to talk about the truth. You know the old saying: "If you talk to God, it's called prayer; if God talks to you, it's called paranoid schizophrenia." Well, when you think about what the aliens are doing, I gotta hand it to them. Their strategy is brilliant. Divide and conquer. Make half the world think aliens do exist, make the other half think the first half is crazy. You keep playing the ends against the middle while you invade from the rear, till nobody knows what's what anymore. And the punchline to this great joke is that they get people like me to tell people like you that people like them don't exist.

[closing narration] If we mock that which we do not understand, we may learn too late that the penalty for such arrogance... is annihilation.

[opening narration] In an age of medical miracles, who shall live and who shall die may be less a matter of chance... than a matter of choice.

[closing narration] Our inexorable march toward death defines our lives, giving meaning to our every waking moment. But how will it change us when our fate is taken out of God's hands... and placed in our own?

[opening narration] The longing for redemption can express itself in many forms and sometimes, indeed, the greatest obstacle we face is found within our own conscience.

[closing narration] It is said that our lives are measured by what we leave behind. But for rich man and poor, the most valuable legacy of all... is love.

[opening narration] We denounce the bigotry of the past, secure in our own enlightenment. But if we were to encounter a race totally unlike our own... would we remain so pure of heart?

[closing narration] With each new generation, hopes for a brighter future are rekindled. But until we shrug off the shackles of hatred, we will remain prisoners of our own ignorance.

[opening narration] For all our medical advances, the human brain remains vast and largely uncharted. What revelations lie ahead for those who would explore this undiscovered country and what unknown dangers will they encounter on their journey?

[closing narration] Our greatest achievements do more than heal the sick and give strength to the weak, they also lead us from the darkness to a place of hope and light.

[opening narration] The burden of solitude is a mighty one... be it a lone voice echoing in the dark... or the cry of humanity in a desolate universe.

[closing narration] Our lives are defined by our choices: paths taken, worlds explored. But once we commit, we can never go back and choose again... or can we?

[opening narration] When is something truly alive? When it shows an ability to think or an instinct to survive or... when it becomes afraid to die?

[closing narration] Whether forged from metal or born of flesh, one simple need connects every form of life... the unquenchable thirst for freedom.