Godzilla 1985: The Legend Is Reborn * Quotes

"Nature has a way sometimes of reminding Man of just how small he is. She occasionally throws up terrible offspring's of our pride and carelessness to remind us of how puny we really are in the face of a tornado, an earthquake, or a Godzilla. The reckless ambitions of Man are often dwarfed by their dangerous consequences. For now, Godzilla, that strangely innocent and tragic monster, has gone to earth. Whether he returns or not, or is never again seen by human eyes, the things he has taught us remain..."

Steve Martin: "You may have to re-think your strategies, gentlemen. There's possibly no weapon, on Earth, that can defeat Godzilla except perhaps..."
General Goodhoe: "Who are you?"
Steve Martin: "The name is 'Martin'. You asked for me to be brought here."
Colonel Raschen: "Mr. Martin is the man you wanted to see, General. He's the newspaper man who witnessed Godzilla's attack 30 years ago."
Steve Martin: "Well thank God you're here. Seeing as how you seem to be the only person who seems to know anything about whatever it is we're dealing with, what can we do?"
General Goodhoe: "I was the only American to have survived that catastrophy. If you men had seen what I saw, you'd realize that fire power of any kind or magnitude is not the answer."
Steve Martin: "Well if the Japanese were able to stop him 30 years ago, why can't we now? ... General, Godzilla's like a hurricane or a tidal wave. We must approach him as we would a force of nature. We must understand him. Deal with him. Perhaps, even, try to communicate with him. And, just for the record, 30 years ago they never found any corpse."

"Run for your lives! Let's do lunch sometime!"

"What are you doing here? You have the rest of Shinjuku to play with!"

"Godzilla... I was hoping I would never hear that name again."

Goro Maki: "If it triggers a real volcanic eruption, Godzilla will be burned alive. What a horrible death."
Dr. Hayashida: "It won't kill him. Couldn't."
Hiroshi Okumura: "What do you mean? It's gotta' kill him, Professor!"
Dr. Hayashida: "The other night at the reactor... Didn't you sense it? The beast has a purpose. 30 years ago, Godzilla appeared for the first time. Before that, he was only a legend. Godzilla is a warning. A warning to every one of us. When mankind falls into conflict with nature, monsters are born. I'm just trying to... send him home."

Dr. Hayashida: "Okumura, you saw a monster?"
Hiroshi Okumura: "That's right. Professor, I've told my story, so many times. I told, the police, Maritime Security, but none of them seem to believe a word!"
Dr. Hayashida: "That's natural. Not everyday, monsters appear."