Best 100 Doctor Who Quotes
“””If we’re going to die, let’s die looking like a Peruvian folk band.””
“””One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.””
” “Everybody knows that everybody dies. But not every day. Not today. Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed. Some days, nobody dies at all. Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to call, everybody lives.” River Song”
““Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.” – The Second Doctor”
““Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when working at full efficiency.” – The Sixth Doctor”
““Every great decision creates ripples, like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge, rebound off the banks in unforeseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.” – The Seventh Doctor”
““The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
— The Doctor”
““In 900 years of time and space, I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important”
— The Doctor”
““When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… Grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.”
— Elton Pope”
” “A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.” The Doctor, 3rd (Jon Pertwee) “
” “The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.” The Doctor:”
““We’re all capable of the most incredible change. We can evolve while still staying true to who we are. We can honour who we’ve been and choose who we want to be next. Now’s your chance! How about it?” – The Thirteenth Doctor”
” “Never run when you’re scared.” The Doctor, 11th (Matt Smith)”
” ”Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead.” The Doctor, 6th (Colin Baker)”
” “The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and… bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant.” The Doctor, 11th (Matt Smith) “
““Never be certain of anything. It’s a sign of weakness.” The Doctor, 4th (Tom Baker) “
““ One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.” “Reinette “
“””Letting it get to you. You know what that’s called? Being alive. Best thing there is. Being alive right now is all that counts.”””
“””Superior intelligence and senseless cruelty just do not go together.”””
” “There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” The Doctor, 4th (Tom Baker) “
““Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.”
— The Doctor”
““You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!” Steven Moffat “
” “We’re all stories, in the end.” Steven Moffat”
““Never cruel or cowardly. Never give up, never give in.””
” “If you step on a butterfly, you change the future of the human race.” Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) “
” “This is who I am, right here, right now, all right? All that counts is here and now, and this is me!” The Doctor”
““Never give up. Never give in.” – The War Doctor”
” “We’re all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?” The Doctor “
““You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!”
— The Doctor”
““Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan!” The Doctor”
” “You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: they don’t alter their views to fit the facts; they alter the facts to fit their views.” Fourth Doctor”
” “Biting’s excellent. It’s like kissing – only there is a winner.” Neil Gaiman”
““I’ll be a story in your head. That’s okay. We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? ‘Cause it was, you know. It was the best. The daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away. Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well I borrowed it. I was always going to take it back.” Steven Moffat “
” “Always take a banana to a party, Rose: bananas are good!” The Doctor “
““What’s the point in two hearts if you can’t be a bit forgiving now and then?””
“””There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.””
Robot”
““Everybody knows that everybody dies. But not every day. Not today. Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed. Some days, nobody dies at all. Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to call, everybody lives.”
— River Song”
” “Almost every species in the universe has an irrational fear of the dark. But they’re wrong. ‘Cause it’s not irrational.” The Doctor, 10th (David Tennant) “
“””Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead.””
“Don’t get into a spaceship with a madman.”
““Amy Pond, there’s something you’d better understand about me ‘cause it’s important, and one day your life may depend on it: I am definitely a mad man with a box!”
— The Doctor”
““Letting it get to you. You know what that’s called? Being alive. Best thing there is. Being alive right now is all that counts.” The Doctor “
” “Amy Pond, there’s something you’d better understand about me ‘cause it’s important, and one day your life may depend on it: I am definitely a mad man with a box!” The Doctor “
” ”Everything’s got to end sometime. Otherwise nothing would ever get started.” Matt Smith “
” “If we’re going to die, let’s die looking like a Peruvian folk band.” Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) “
““Rose, before I go, I just want to tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I.”
— The Doctor”
““He’s like fire and ice. He’s like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun. He’s ancient and forever. He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe. And… he’s wonderful.””
“One good solid hope’s worth a cart-load of certainties.”
” “Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.” The Doctor “
““The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. Hey. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.” – The Eleventh Doctor”
““Rule 1: The Doctor lies.” “
” “You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand. You say no. You have the guts to do what’s right when everyone else just runs away!” Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) “
” “Superior intelligence and senseless cruelty just do not go together.” The Doctor, 3rd (Jon Pertwee) “
” “The universe is big. It’s vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles.” The Doctor”
““Never ignore coincidence. Unless, of course, you’re busy. In which case, always ignore coincidence.”
— The Doctor”
“There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things which act against everything we believe in. They must be fought.”””
” “I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams.” The Doctor “
“””Just be your natural, horrid self.”””
” “Courage isn’t just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It’s being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.” The Doctor, 3rd (Jon Pertwee) “
““You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!” The Doctor “
” “You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.” Rose Tyler “
““Time travel is like visiting Paris. You can’t just read the guidebook, you’ve got to throw yourself in. Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers.” – The Ninth Doctor”
““The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views.” – The Fourth Doctor”
““People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint – it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly… time-y wimey… stuff.” Steven Moffat “
““The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it’s a world, or a relationship… Everything has its time. And everything ends.” Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) “
” “Good men don’t need rules.” The Doctor, 11th (Matt Smith) “
““Never ignore coincidence. Unless, of course, you’re busy. In which case, always ignore coincidence.” The Doctor “
“Never run when you’re scared.”
““Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan!”
—The Doctor”
“You can’t rule the world in hiding. You’ve got to come out on the balcony sometimes and wave a tentacle.”
““Bit of a hermit.” “A hermit? With friends” “Hermits United. We meet up every 10 years, swap stories about caves. It’s good fun… for a hermit.””
““Some people live more in twenty years than others do in eighty. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.””
” “In 900 years of time and space, I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important” The Doctor “
” “There’s always something to look at if you open your eyes!” The Doctor, 5th (Peter Davison) “
““I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren’t there.” – The Eighth Doctor”
” “When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… Grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.” Elton Pope”
” “Come on, Rory! It isn’t rocket science, it’s just quantum physics! The Doctor (Matt Smith)” “
“Always take a banana to a party.”
” “The Doctor: Don’t blink. Don’t even blink. Blink and you’re dead. Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. And don’t blink.” Steven Moffat “
““Do you know what thinking is? It’s just a fancy word for changing your mind.” – The Twelfth Doctor”
“””Almost every species in the universe has an irrational fear of the dark. But they’re wrong. ‘Cause it’s not irrational.”””
““This is one corner… of one country, in one continent, on one planet that’s a corner of a galaxy that’s a corner of a universe that is forever growing and shrinking and creating and destroying and never remaining the same for a single millisecond. And there is so much, so much to see.”
— The Doctor”
” “Rose, before I go, I just want to tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I.” The Doctor “
““There’s a lot of things you need to get across this universe. Warp drive… wormhole refractors… You know the thing you need most of all? You need a hand to hold.” The Doctor “
““A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.” – The Third Doctor”
““The least important things, sometimes, my dear boy, lead to the greatest discoveries.” – The First Doctor,”
““Big flashy things have my name written all over them. Well… not yet, give me time and a crayon.” Matt Smith “
““Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters. It’s the person.” – The Tenth Doctor”