Paradox Quotes

Everything is unprecedented until it happens for the first time.

I’ve safely delivered one million passengers over 40 years and tomorrow I’m going to be judged over 208 seconds.

A man with no time became a man for all-time.

Happiness is your biggest enemy. It weakens you. Puts doubts in your mind. Suddenly you have something to lose.

Therein lies the truth about tragedies. They bring some people closer together, drive others apart.

Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come.

— Doc! Doc, come in!
— Marty, come in.
— Listen, Biff's guys chased me into the gym and they're gonna jump... me.
— Then get out of there!
— No, Doc, not me. The other me. The one that's up on stage playing «Johnny B. Goode».
— Great Scott! Your other self will miss the lightning bolt. You won't get back to the future and we'll have a major paradox!
— Wait. A paradox? You mean one of those things that can destroy the universe?
— Precisely.

Dinosaurs had brains the size of walnuts and they ruled the Earth for millions years.

— Jennifer could conceivably encounter... her future self. The consequences of that could be disastrous.
— Doc, what do you mean?
— I foresee two possibilities. One, coming face to face with herself 30 years older... would put her into shock, and she'd simply pass out, or two, the encounter could create a time paradox, the results of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe. Granted, that's a worst-case scenario. The destruction might, in fact, be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.
— Well, that's a relief.