The Hunt for Red October quotes

53 total quotes

Capt. Bart Mancuso
Capt. Marko Ramius
Dr. Jeffrey Pelt
Jack Ryan
Multiple Characters

View Quote When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result, his men were well motivated.

View Quote Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please.

View Quote [Sarcastic-imitating Ramius] "Ryan, some things in here don't react well to bullets." Yeah, like me. I don't react well to bullets.

View Quote Central Intelligence Agency... Now, there's a contradiction in terms.

View Quote Sonarman 2nd Class Ronald Jones: Conn, Sonar! Crazy Ivan!!!

View Quote Admiral James Greer: That torpedo didn't self-destruct, you heard it hit the hull and I... was never here.

View Quote Capt. Bart Mancuso: [Ramius comments in Russian to Borodin that Mancuso is a "buckaroo". Ryan laughs] What's so funny?
Jack Ryan: Ah, the Captain seems to think you're some kind of... cowboy.
Captain Ramius: [in Russian] You speak Russian.
Jack Ryan: [in Russian] A little. It is wise to study the ways of ones adversary. Don't you think?
Captain Ramius: [in English] It is.

View Quote Once more, we play our dangerous game, a game of chess against our old adversary - The American Navy. For forty years, your fathers before you and your older brothers played this game and played it well. But today the game is different. We have the advantage.

View Quote We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.

View Quote It reminds me of the heady days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin when the world trembled at the sound of our rockets. Now they will tremble again - at the sound of our silence. The order is: engage the silent drive.

View Quote ...the only sound they will hear is our laughter, while we sail to Havana, where the sun is warm, and so is the...comradeship.

View Quote [Today is] a great day, comrades! We sail into history!

View Quote I miss the peace of fishing like when I was a boy. Forty years I've been at sea. A war at sea. A war with no battles, no monuments... only casualties. I widowed her the day I married her. My wife died while I was at sea, you know.

View Quote Anatoli, you're afraid of our fleet. Well, you should be. Personally, I'd give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?

View Quote Well, Sir, I was just thinking that perhaps there's another possibility we might consider. Raimus might be trying to defect.