Ghost in the Shell (film)

"Just a whisper. I hear it in my ghost."

"If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation. What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death."

"When I float weightless back to the surface, I'm imagining I'm becoming someone else. ... It's probably the decompression."

"There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind, like all the components that make up me as an individual with my own personality. Sure, I have a face and voice to distinguish myself from others, but my thoughts and memories are unique only to me, and I carry a sense of my own destiny. Each of those things are just a small part of it. I collect information to use in my own way. All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me and gives rise to my conscience. I feel confined, only free to expand myself within boundaries."

"Well, I guess cyborgs like myself have a tendency to be paranoid about our origins."

"So what happens if she turns over in her sleep? Won't her ghost separate from her body?"

"Maybe someday your "maker" will come... haul you away, take you apart, and announce the recall of a defective product. What if all that's left of the "real you" is just a couple of lonely brain cells, huh?"

"What we really need, Togusa, is not sharpshooting skills, so much as the ability to get close enough to make sure the enemy can be killed. If you want to play at long-range sniping, you can always go shoot an elephant at 500 miles with a miniature cruise missile..."

"As revenge for the fact that two of my men were killed, I even set it up so he would shoot his own son – through a door."

"What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror. Then we shall see face to face."

"Life perpetuates itself through diversity, and this includes the ability to sacrifice itself when necessary. Cells repeat the process of degeneration and regeneration until one day they die, obliterating an entire set of memory and information. Only genes remain. Why continually repeat this cycle? Simply to survive by avoiding the weaknesses of an unchanging system."

"Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."

"And where does the newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite."

"That's all it is: information. Even a simulated experience or a dream; simultaneous reality and fantasy. Any way you look at it, all the information that a person accumulates in a lifetime is just a drop in the bucket."

"You and the chief are the only ones out of the whole section whose bodies don't come with a warranty."

"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it."

"You're treated like other humans, so stop with the angst."

"Nice indeed. Everything's accounted for, except your old shell."

"Hm... pressure sensitive triggers and a gorgon mine? Or is it a dummy...? Either way, what a waste! I ought'a take it home as a souvenir."

"When I die, since I'm a real skeptic, I'm gonna gripe to the Lord and make sure I get back my original investment when I'm reincarnated..."

"Yes siree, the excitement never stops."

"Jesus Christ, what a mess! You didn't have to go that far."

"Tough chick needs backup? Since when did she ever need a hand?"

"People love machines in 2029 A.D."

"Mamoru Oshii's Animated Thriller"

"Who are you? Who slips into my robot body and whispers to my ghost?"

"It found a voice... now it needs a body"