The Best Erik Selvig Quotes

Darcy: Why are you smiling?
Dr. Erik Selvig: There is nothing more reassuring than realizing that the world is crazier than you are.

Jane: [about the mythology book] Where'd you find this?
Erik: The children's section. I just wanted to show you how silly his story was.
Jane: But you're the one who's always pushing me to chase down every possibility, every alternative.
Erik: I'm talking about science, not magic.
Jane: Well, "magic's just science we don't understand yet." Arthur C. Clarke.
Erik: Who wrote science-fiction.
Jane: A precursor to science fact!
Erik: In some cases, yeah.
Jane: Well, if there's an Einstein-Rosen bridge, then there's something on the other side. And advanced beings could have crossed it!
Erik: Oh, Jane.
Darcy: A primitive culture like the Vikings might have worshiped them as deities.
Jane: Yes! Yes, exactly. Thank you.

Dr. Erik Selvig: Your brother isn't coming, is he?
Thor: Loki is dead.
Dr. Erik Selvig: Thank God... I'm so sorry.

Dr. Erik Selvig: Any questions?
Old guy in the ward: Yeah. Can I have my shoe back?

Thor: You know, I had it all backwards. I had it all wrong.
Erik: It's not a bad thing finding out that you don't have all the answers. You start asking the right questions.
Thor: For the first time in my life, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do.
Erik: Anyone who's ever going to find his way in this world, has to start by admitting he doesn't know...

[Thor brings a drunken Selvig home]
Jane: What happened?
Thor: He's fine! We drank, we fought - he made his ancestors proud!
Jane: Put him on the bed.
Erik: [to Thor] Oh, I still don't think you're the god of thunder. But you ought to be!

Jane: Years of research, gone.
Darcy: They even took my iPod.
Erik: What about the backups?
Jane: They took our backups. They took the backups of our backups. They were extremely thorough.
Darcy: I just downloaded, like, 30 songs onto there.

[after credits]
[Dr Selvig wanders around an underground base]
Nick: [greeting him] Dr. Selvig.
Erik: So, you're the man behind all this? It's quite a labyrinth. I was thinking that you had taken me down here to kill me.
Nick: I've been hearing about the New Mexico situation. Your work has impressed a lot of people who are much smarter than I am.
Erik: I had a lot to work with: the Foster theory, a gateway to another dimension... it's unprecedented...
[Fury doesn't respond]
Erik: ...isn't it?
Nick: Legend tells us one thing; history, another. But, every now and then, we find something that belongs to both.
[Fury opens a suitcase, which contains a small cube]
Erik: What is it?
Nick: Power, Doctor. If we figure out how to tap it, maybe unlimited power.
[Loki is seen in a reflection, smiling]
Loki: [whispers to Selvig] Well, I guess that's worth a look.
Erik: Well, I guess that's worth a look.

Jane: [Darcy and Ian appear through a portal while kissing] Darcy!
Darcy: [She drops Ian] Jane!
Dr. Erik Selvig: Ian!
Ian: Selvig!
Darcy: Mew-mew!
[Mjölnir zooms by]