The Abyss

"When it comes to the safety of these people, there's me and then there's God, understand?"

"[trying to revive Lindsey] Goddamn, you bitch, you never backed down from anything in your life! Now, fight! Fight! Fight! Right now! Do it! ( inhales ) Fight!"

"Keep your pantyhose on."

"When you're hanging on by your fingernails, you don't go waving your arms around."

"[typing] FEELS WEIRD. YOU SHOULD TRY THIS."

"[typing] LOVE YOU WIFE"

"This here's the bottomless pit, baby. Two and a half miles, straight down."

"Triple-time sounded like a lot of money, Bud. It ain't."

"[to Hippy] See this? [puts up fist] They used to call this 'The Hammer'."

"Huh. Damn rat's breathing that shit. That is no bullshit, hands down, the goddamnedest thing I ever saw."

"There was a time that I would've asked why"

"[about the Navy SEALS] These guys are about as much fun as a tax audit."

"So raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water-tentacle."

"We all see what we want to see. Coffey looks and he sees Russians. He sees hate and fear. You have to look with better eyes than that."

"It's not easy being a cast-iron bitch. It takes discipline, years of training... A lot of people don't appreciate that."

"Schoenick, your Lieutenant is about to make a real bad career move."

"I know how alone you feel... alone in all that cold blackness... but I'm there in the dark with you. Oh, Bud you're not alone. You remember that time, you were pretty drunk, you probably don't remember... but the power went out at the old apartment, the one on Orange Street... and we were staring at that one little candle, and I said something really dumb like that candle is me, like every one of us is out there alone in the dark in this life... and you just lit up another candle and put it beside mine and said "No, see? That's me. That's me..." And we stared at the two candles, and then we... well, if you remember any of it, I'm sure you remember the next part. Bud, there are two candles in the dark. I'm with you. I'll always be with you, Bud, I promise that."

"Virgil, you wiener."

"[after Cab 3 has landed in the water] Touchdown, and the crowd goes wild."

"Heeeeeeeeeeere's M.I.R.V.!"

"I got to tell you, I give this whole thing a sphincter-factor of about 9.5."

"We don't need them. We can't trust them. We may have to take steps. We're gonna have to take steps."

"It went straight for the warhead, and they think it's cute."

"Everybody just stay calm. The situation is under control."

"Sniff something? Well did ya, rat boy?"

"USS Montana Captain: 60 knots, no wave lines; the Reds don't have anything that fast."

"Bendix: Oh no, look who's with them. It's Queen Bitch of the Universe."

"A place on earth more awesome than anywhere in space."

"There's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there's The Abyss."

"Deep below the blue surface, there lies a place no one has ever dreamed of."

"Ed Harris - Virgil "Bud" Brigman"

"Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Lindsey Brigman"

"Leo Burmester - Catfish de Vries"

"Todd Graff - Alan "Hippy" Carnes"

"John Bedford Lloyd - Jammer Willis"

"J.C. Quinn - Arliss "Sonny" Dawson"

"Kimberly Scott - Lisa "One Night" Standing"

"Captain Kidd Brewer Jr. - Lew Finler"

"Adam Nelson - Ensign Monk (SEAL)"

"Michael Biehn - Lt. Coffey (SEAL)"