Best Quotes from HBO's Chernobyl

These clips were taken from 2019 HBO miniseries, Chernobyl. I do not own any of the footage and all credit goes to HBO and their talented team.

[Neil-jmom]

My favourite quote is "Of all the ministers and all the deputies, entire congregation of obedient fools.
They mistakenly sent the one good man."

[grandadmiralthrawn]

The quote that really sent shivers up my spine was

"You are dealing with something that has never occurred on this planet before."

[fiorentinka]

Noone ever mentions it, but I loved the conversation between Legasov and Shcherbina:
- At least evacuate Pripyat, it's 3 km away.
- That's my decision to make.
- Then make it.
- I've been told not to.

[RDog]

“These men work in the dark. They see everything.”

This stood out to me the most.

[Mr_Shite]

"never lie to miners, these men live in the they see everything" one of my personal favorite scenes.

[lakobause]

"What is the size of a house, consumes twenty liters of fuel an hour, makes a shitload of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into 3 pieces? A SOVIET MACHINE DESIGNED TO CUT AN APPLE INTO 4 PIECES!"

[Detroiter]

Almost every dialog was a fantastic quote. The writing was just phenomenal.

[chubalongchar]

And the first time they tried, they failed.
The second time they tried they failed.
The third time they tried, they failed.
The fourth time they tried was April 26, 1986

[briangronberg]

“I want you to think of Yuri Gagarin. I want you to imagine that he has been told of nothing of his mission into space until the moment he's on the launch pad. I want you to imagine all he has is a list of instructions that he has never seen before, some of which have been crossed out. This is exactly what was happening in the control room of reactor 4.”

[derekmiller]

you cut out the best part of the quote involving "why worry about something that isnt going to happen?"
He goes on to say that "we should put that on our money."

[jimkumbucket]

"if you fly over that reactor you'll be dead within weeks and by tomorrow you'll be begging for that bullet"

[AlekWheeler]

No 3.6 roentgen quotes.
Not great, not terrible.

[geronimo]

"Why worry about something that isn't going to happen. That's perfect, they should print that on our money" I loved that line.
"Where are you going? To get you 5000 tons of sand and boron"

[repo]

"He's my husband!"
"No, he's not. He's something else now."

[sairechrysbelleparcon]

"A thousand years sacrifice in our veins, and every generation must know it's own suffering" - Boris Shcherbina

[tlpricescope]

“It’s not 3 roentgen, it’s FIFTEEN THOUSAND.”

[blackoutkd]

“You put a bullet in someone. You are not you anymore. You will never be you again. But then you wake up the next morning and you are still you. And you realized that was you all along.” - Those who had been to combat will exactly understand that word.

[yerrisw]

"you're not you anymore,
you'll never be you again,
but then you wake up next morning
and you're still you.
and you realize...
that was you all along,
you just didn't know...."

[komradematt]

"I was on the toilet"

Cant believe none of you used this masterful and inspiring quote.

[johnyapple]

"Then I'll do it myself."