Back to the Future Quotes

Jesus, George, it was a wonder I was even born.

I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by.

You'll have to forgive the crudeness of this model. I didn't have time to paint it or build it to scale.

Why, that's me! Look at me! I'm an old man! Thank God I've still got my hair.

No wonder your president has to be an actor. He's gotta look good on television.

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

What a nightmare.

Marty McFly: Damn it, Doc! Why did you have to tear up that letter? If I only had more time.
Marty McFly: Wait a minute. I got all the time I want. I got a time machine! I can just go back early and warn him.

So you're my Uncle Joey. Better get used to these bars, kid.

I g-guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.

That's Strickland. Jesus, didn't that guy ever have hair?

Look, I'm just not ready to ask Lorraine out to the dance, and not you, or anybody else on this planet is gonna make me change my mind.

George McFly: Lorraine. My density has brought me to you.
Lorraine Baines: What?
George McFly: Oh. What I meant to say was...
Lorraine Baines: Wait a minute. Don't I know you from somewhere?
George McFly: Yes. Yes. I'm George. George McFly. I'm your density. I mean, your destiny.

Things have certainly changed around *here*. I remember when this was all farmland as far the eye could see. Old man Peabody owned all of this. He had this crazy idea about breeding pine trees.

Somehow, we've gotta sneak this back to my laboratory. We've gotta get you home!

George McFly: I've never picked a fight in my entire life.
Marty McFly: Look, you're not gonna be picking a fight, Dad... Dad-Dad-Daddy-O.

Marty McFly: Calvin? Wh... Why do you keep calling me Calvin?
Lorraine Baines: Well, that is your name, isn't it? Calvin Klein? It's written all over your underwear.

George McFly: You really think I ought to swear?
Marty McFly: Yes, definitely. Goddamn it, George, swear.

Marty McFly: Mom. That you?

George McFly: I know what you're gonna say, Son, and you're right.
George McFly: You're right. But, uh, Biff just happens to be my supervisor, and I'm afraid I'm just not very good at... confrontations.
Marty McFly: But the car, Dad. I mean, he wrecked it. He totaled it. I needed that car tomorrow night, Dad. I mean, do you have any idea how important this was to me? Do you have any clue?
George McFly: I know, and all I can say is I'm... I'm sorry.

Lorraine Baines: There, there, now. Just relax.
Lorraine Baines: You've been asleep for almost nine hours now.
Marty McFly: I had a horrible nightmare. I dreamed that I went... back in time. It was terrible.
Lorraine Baines: Well, you're safe and sound now, back in good old 1955.
Marty McFly: 1955?

George McFly: Lorraine. My density has brought me to you.
Lorraine Baines: What?
George McFly: Oh. What I meant to say was...
Lorraine Baines: Wait a minute. Don't I know you from somewhere?
George McFly: Yes. Yes. I'm George. George McFly. I'm your density. I mean, your destiny.

Linda McFly: Then how am I supposed to ever meet anybody?
Lorraine Baines: Well, it'll just happen. Like the way I met your father.
Linda McFly: That was so stupid! Grandpa hit him with the car.
Lorraine Baines: It was meant to be.

Lorraine Baines: Marty, will we ever see you again?
Marty McFly: I guarantee it.

Marty McFly: Where are my pants?
Lorraine Baines: Over there, on my hope chest.

Mother? Uh, w-with Marty's parents out of town, don't you think he oughta spend the night? I mean, after all, dad almost killed him with the car.

Dr. Emmett Brown: Which one's your pop?
Marty McFly: That's him.
George McFly: [has a "kick me" sign on his back] Okay. Okay, you guys. Ah-ha-ha-ha. Very funny. You guys are being real mature.
Dr. Emmett Brown: Maybe you were adopted.

Hey, you! Get your damn hands off her!

Last night, Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out, that he'd melt my brain.

George McFly: Lou, give me a milk.
George McFly: Chocolate.

My name is Lord Vader. I am an Extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan.

If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.

This is heavy.

Oh. One other thing. If you guys ever have kids, and one of them, when he's eight years old, accidentally sets fire to the living room rug... go easy on him.

Dear Dr. Brown. On the night that I go back in time, you will be shot by terrorists. Please take whatever precautions are necessary to prevent this terrible disaster. Your friend, Marty.

He's a Peeping Tom!

Since when can weathermen predict the weather, let alone the future?

What if I send in the tape and they don't like it? I mean, what if they say I'm no good? What if they say, "Get outta here, kid. You got no future"? I mean, I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection. Jesus, I'm starting to sound like my old man!

Let's see if you bastards can do 90.

Okay. Time circuit's on. Flux capacitor, fluxing. Engine running. All right.

Now, if my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious shit!

Hey, Dad! George! Hey, you on the bike!

Whoa! Rock 'n' Roll.

Look, Marvin, you gotta play. See, that's where they kiss for the first time on the dance floor. And if there's no music, they can't dance. If they can't dance, they can't kiss. If they can't kiss they can't fall in love, and I'm history.

Marty McFly: All right.
Marty McFly: We're the, uh... We're the Pinheads.

All right, okay, McFly. Get a grip on yourself. It's all a dream. Just a very intense dream.

Time circuits on. Flux Capacitor... fluxing.

Great Scott!

This is it! This is the answer. It says here that a bolt of lightning is going to strike the clock tower at precisely 10:04 p.m. next Saturday night! If... If we could somehow harness this lightning... channel it into the flux capacitor... it just might work. Next Saturday night, we're sending you back to the future!

Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88 miles per hour, the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine.