Fox Mulder quotes from The X-Files

Mulder

(to Kersh and the panel) Yes.. I'd like to congratulate you - On succeeding where so many before you have failed. A bullet between the eyes would have been preferable to this charade. But I've learned to pretend over the past nine years - to pretend that my victories mattered only to realize that no one was keeping score. To realize that liars do not fear the truth if there are enough liars.. That the devil is just one man with a plan, but evil, true evil, is a collaboration of men, which is what we have here today. If I am a guilty man, my crime is in daring to believe; that the truth will out and that no one lie can live forever.. I believe it still. Much as you try to bury it, the truth is out there. Greater than your lies, the truth wants to be known. You will know it. It'll come to you, as it's come to me, faster than the speed of light. (Notices the ghosts of Krycek & X standing behind the panel of judges) ..You may believe yourselves rid of your headache now, and maybe you are... but you've only done it by cutting off your own heads.

Fox Mulder

[as narrator] My name is Fox Mulder. Since my childhood, I have been obsessed by a controversial global phenomenon. Since my sister disappeared when I was 12 years old... in what I believe was an alien abduction. My obsession took me to the FBI, where I investigated paranormal science cases through the auspices of a unit known as the X-Files. Through this unit, I could continue my work on the alien phenomenon, and the search for my missing sister. In 1993, the FBI sought to impugn my work, bringing in a scientist and medical doctor to debunk it... which only deepened my obsession for the better part of a decade, during which time that agent, Dana Scully, had her own faith tested. In 2002, in a change of direction and policy, the FBI closed the X-Files, and our investigation ceased. But my personal obsession did not.

Mulder

Sorry, nobody down here but the FBI's most unwanted.

Scully

Agent Mulder. I'm Dana Scully. I've been assigned to work with you.

Mulder

Oh, isn't it nice to be suddenly so highly regarded. So who did you tick off to get stuck with this detail, Scully?

Scully

Actually, I'm looking forward to working with you. I've heard a lot about you.

Mulder

Oh, really... I was under the impression that you were sent to spy on me.

Mulder

Do you believe in the existence of extraterrestrials?

Scully

Logically I would have to say no. Given the distances need to travel from the of reaches of space the energy requirements would exceed a spacecraft's capabilities ...

Mulder

Conventional wisdom...

Scully

The answers are there, you just have to know where to look.

Mulder

That's why they put the 'I' in FBI.

Scully

So?

Mulder

So you and I are going to the Spud State to investigate a little kidnapping.

Scully

I don't get it, Mulder. Does this have something to do with an X-File? I thought you only liked those... uh... paranormal-type cases. Am I missing something here?

Mulder

Let's just say this case has a... distinct smell to it. A certain... paranormal bouquet.

Deep Throat

Leave this case alone, Agent Mulder.

Mulder

What?

Deep Throat

The military will not tolerate an FBI investigation.

Mulder

Who are you?

Deep Throat

I, er, can be of help to you. I've had a certain interest in your work.

Mulder

How do you know about my work?

Deep Throat

Well, let's just say that I'm in a position to know quite a lot of things, er, things about our government.

Mulder

Who are you? Who do you work for?

Deep Throat

It's unimportant, I came here to give you some valuable advice. You are exposing yourself and Agent Scully to unnecessary risk, I advise you to drop the case.

Mulder

I can't do that.

Deep Throat

You have much work to do, Agent Mulder, don't jeopardise the future of your own efforts.

Scully

You believe it all, don't you?

Mulder

Why wouldn't I?

Scully

Mulder, did you see their eyes? If I were that stoned -

Mulder

Oooh... if you were that stoned, what?

Scully

Mulder, you could have shown that kid a picture of a flying hamburger and he would have told you that's exactly what he saw.

Mulder

Tell me I'm crazy.

Scully

Mulder... you're crazy.

[tapping on window] Please, step out of the car.

Mulder

[to Scully] You think if maybe we ignore him, he'll go away?

[tapping on window] Please, step out of the car.

Mulder

[to Scully] Guess not.

Deep Throat

Mister Mulder, why are those like yourself, who believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life on this Earth, not dissuaded by all the evidence to the contrary?

Mulder

Because, all the evidence to the contrary is not entirely dissuasive.

Deep Throat

Precisely.

Mulder

They're here, aren't they?

Deep Throat

Mister Mulder, they've been here for a long, long time.

I'm selling limited edition prints, twenty dollars. Down to my last five, if you're interested.

Mulder

Put it on my tab.

Scully

(leans over to Mulder) Sucker.

Mulder

Why would I make them so uncomfortable?

Scully

It probably has to do with your reputation.

Mulder

Reputation? I have a reputation?

Scully

Mulder, look, Colton plays by the book and you don't. They feel your methods, your theories are...

Mulder

Spooky? Do you think I'm spooky?

So, Mulder, what do you think? Does this look like the work of little green men?

Mulder

Grey.

Excuse me?

Mulder

Grey. You said green men. A Reticulan's skin tone is actually grey. They're notorious for their extraction of terrestrial human livers. Due to iron depletion in the Reticulan galaxy.

You can't be serious.

Mulder

Do you have any idea what liver and onions go for on Reticula?

Scully

Mulder, they don't want you involved, they don't want to hear your theories. That's why Blevins has you hidden away down here.

Mulder

You're down here, too.