Dr. Heywood R. Floyd Quotes

Good day, gentlemen. This is a prerecorded briefing made prior to your departure and which for security reasons of the highest importance has been known on board during the mission only by your H-A-L 9000 computer. Now that you are in Jupiter's space and the entire crew is revived it can be told to you. Eighteen months ago the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. It was buried 40 feet below the lunar surface near the crater Tycho. Except for a single very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter the four-million year old black monolith has remained completely inert. Its origin and purpose are still a total mystery.

Dr. Floyd: What's that? Chicken?
Dr. Bill Michaels: Something like that. Tastes the same anyway.

Deliberately buried. Huh!

Dr Floyd: Can't you think of anything else you want for your birthday? Something very special?
Floyd's Daughter: Yes.
Dr Floyd: What?
Floyd's Daughter: A bush baby.
Dr Floyd: A bush baby! Well, we'll have to see about that.

Now I'm sure you're all aware of the extremely grave potential for cultural shock and social disorientation contained in this present situation, if the facts were prematurely and suddenly made public without adequate preparation and conditioning.

I'm sorry, I'm simply not at liberty to say.

You guys have really come up with somethin'.

See you on the way back.