What is the most important sentence spoken in prometheus?

"Can you imagine how disappointing it would be for you to hear the same thing from your creator?"

"Because we could" ...Something tells me Shaw will get the same answer in Paradise

"I coulda been a contender"

Whatever David said to the engineer. That was the only scene where I held my breath, even though I knew what was coming because of a thread posted here, I think we all know the one I'm talking about, and I shouldn't have looked into it... oh well

I think the sentence David repeats 3 or 4 times in the beginning, where he says: "The trick mr. Potter, is not minding it hurts" I dunno - going by film, when they repeat a line like that multiple times and focus on it - generally means it's important.

Yes, I think a central theme is about whether people question things, or simply choose to believe what is most pleasing or comforting. The whole film turns on it. Right from scene 1. Is that primordial Earth, or just some other planet.. there's no evidence one way or another. But it can change your entire perspective on the film.

@ Chris MF was great, he really nailed the android-thingy in practically every scene. When the head explodes he doesn't even flinch. But why wasn't the whole 'the trick is not minding it hurts' explained or at least touched upon in the movie? My best line is pretty lame as well, I couldn't think of anything better.

There's nothing in the desert, and no man needs nothing.

"Can you imagine how disappointing it would be for you to hear the same thing from your creator?" that reply sums up the entire movie [as for their hopes on finding a reason for humanity's creation, or [i]raison d'étre[/i]]

"But how do you know? Hmm?"

"The trick Mr.Potter, is not minding it hurts." That to me that line is the essence of the movie, i.e; You have to keep pushing no matter how hard things get. This is especially true for Shaw and the trials she undergoes.

"no f**king way are we taking our space helmets off, you can die on your own" Oh damn no that was a dream I had were all the film made sense not just parts : ( ...

"Can you imagine how disappointing it would be for you to hear the same thing from your creator?" just perfection. also: "OMG LETS HUG THE F****** CUTE SNAKE HERPY DERP" oh wait, that wasn't an actual line from the film? it should've been.

TRY HARDER.... These two little words cost lives AND jeopardized the mission

One of the key spoken scene in PROMETHEUS was Shaw talking to David of visiting to the Engineer's home world. "I don't want to go back where I came from, I want to go where they came from!" It's kind of make you think that Shaw still want to find out the explanation of wiping out the entire human race from the "creator" or mankind. even tough the things that didn't went well in PROMETHEUS

one line is just too tricky, the most important one would be "doesn´t every child want their parents dead" it just gave me shivers when david said it , since i reckon its in everything that is created to want to break free from where it was created. otherwise most def " the trick is not minding it hurts" "because we could" and what david said to the engineer...... not too forget all stupid lines milburn said to mr hammerpede

I think I agree with: "I don't - that is what I choose to believe". I think it central and, by far, the most important: but for all the wrong reasons.

And when the Deacon was born what did it say...?

The best line. Its Christmas and I want to open my presents. I always need to friggen open my presents the minute I wake up on Christmas. That or "Take us home!" Because I don't like to go shopping with my parents. And they need to realize its a matter of life and death.

I wasn't going to say "The trick mr. Potter, is not minding it hurts", 1 because it's from another movie, and two because i wasn't sure it was the most important... I think it's kinda the morrow of the story I think it's a commentary on how to deal with your creator. For Both David, and Us our relationship with our creator is a painful thing, the Existential angst of knowing there is nothing can be crippling. The trick to carrying on with life isn't to ignore that truth, but just to not mind the pain it brings you. There's also a weird implication in the fact that david doesn't want to be free, but wants weyland to die. He's disregarded the pain of his current situation to an extreme, yet still feels for the solution to that situation... if it can be called feeling

the writers would have us say: "It's what I choose to believe", which could be Mankind's most inspirational or dangerous words. A lot of good happens out of faith, but not so good things happen in this movie because of blind faith. I like the TE Lawrence fire quote as well, and the way Pierce repeats it in the TED speech, and "try harder"..they both encapsulate the Weyland character and ethos. Without them, man would never achieve greatness. With greatness, comes responsibility and respecting the power this knowledge gives you. Without it, you end up like Weyland, bludgeoned by your own android's head ;)

"We were sooo wrong"

"Try harder"

@ Jelbright While cheesy and catchphrasy, I think you are correct.

SSSSLSLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Baby Deacon made the movie... hands down people... the humans... they just got in the way.

Trying to think of a good one that hasn't been said..... "A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable." For those thinking: [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/quotes]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/quotes[/url] I also love: [b]Peter Weyland:[/b] There's nothing to learn. [b]David:[/b] I understand, Mr. Weyland. Have a safe journey. I had no clue what it was Weyland said before dying. Now I do.

"Big things have small beginnings."

The film makes reference to living forever at least nine times. At some point this theme will merge with the religious tones. I haven't yet figured out how. I believe the makers of Prometheus thought "A king has his reign..." was the most impactful line. They opened the very first trailer with that quote.

"well, it's not exactly a traditional fetus."

"My room, ten minutes"

[i]"My room, ten minutes"[/i] I ROFL'd!!!

"I'm sorry" "It's quite all right." [Zips head up in bag.] That's my number 1. "...not minding that it hurts" #2 The "choosing to believe" is clearly critical. "You're not a real boy." "How far would you go?" "East." ... I'm also sure that some of my favorite lines have not been said... YET... October can't come quickly enough.

"It's OK, I can handle this." Just plain funny.

i agree with Chris, all of the quotes from Lawrence of Arabia were great but that one says it all! about the most memorable line in any film i have seen, and now its in two of them. (not minding it hurts) however i also think these are two great lines: another 'quote' if you will "if you cant be with the one you love, love the one youre with" -sounds like hippy talk but could also be taken a lot more philosophically i think. and i do think it has a meaning in the film. maybe in several places but certainly in a sense with Janeks sacrifice and the sacrifice of his shipmates. and of course more literally in getting invited to Vickers room ... and my third favorite is the last line. "... and im still searching" (i believe thats the correct wording). that is the best line to end any story with in my opinion. plus it just sets a positive tone which is nice because -although i love the dark things, its nice to have a positive ending sometimes as well... there are a ton of great lines of course - this film has so much symbolism i only pick up a fraction of it but i can sense there is probably a lot more. maybe its my mind playing tricks on me but i feel like almost every scene and line brims with symbolism, references to other stories and films, and other types for "metaphorical imagery." which is the kind of thing that is fun to look for, debate about, guess at, or just try to understand... and makes the film more impact-full and in new ways the more you see it.

"I didn't know you had it in you." Hands down best line!

"Fifield, are you smoking tobacco in your respirator?" "Yeah...[i] tobacco[/i]."

"I don't want to go where we came from, I want to go where they came from." The mission is a catastrophic failure, everyone is dead, her "maker" tried to kill her, she had a giant squid for a child, and her lover was burned alive right in front of her. And sadly its all her fault.....she wants answers. SEQUEL TIME!

Agreed

What David says to the SJ. Look what happens after that.

"What would you be willing to do?"