Outbreak quotes
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Sam Daniels: What're you gonna be doing at CDC?
Robby Keough: Working BL-4. Same as you.
Sam Daniels: My job.
Robby Keough: Well, I like to think of it as my job.
Robby Keough: Working BL-4. Same as you.
Sam Daniels: My job.
Robby Keough: Well, I like to think of it as my job.
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Sam Daniels: What have I ever done to make your life miserable, sir?
Gen. Billy Ford: You got up this morning, didn't you?
Gen. Billy Ford: You got up this morning, didn't you?
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[Sam and Casey caution eager new team member Major Salt.]
Sam Daniels: It's just one of those panics that puts us all in danger.
Casey Schuler: And he's under direct orders not to die out there. And that's one set of orders he's actually planning on following.
Sam Daniels: It's just one of those panics that puts us all in danger.
Casey Schuler: And he's under direct orders not to die out there. And that's one set of orders he's actually planning on following.
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[Sam looks over Casey's shoulder as he dictates the Motaba Valley outbreak report.]
Sam Daniels: "Alarmingly high fatality. All localized within a three-mile radius... incubation period short... appears contained." Alarming! Casey, you didn't put "alarming".
Casey Schuler: It's an adverb, Sam. It's a lazy tool of a weak mind.
Sam Daniels: "Alarmingly high fatality. All localized within a three-mile radius... incubation period short... appears contained." Alarming! Casey, you didn't put "alarming".
Casey Schuler: It's an adverb, Sam. It's a lazy tool of a weak mind.
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Sam Daniels: You know, fear gets a bad rap, Salt. I don't want anybody working with me who isn't scared. Okay?
Maj. Salt: Well then I'm you're man, sir.
Maj. Salt: Well then I'm you're man, sir.
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Casey Schuler: I think a state-sanctioned divorce signed by both parties is strong evidence that something is off.
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Casey Schuler: I hate this bug.
Sam Daniels: Come on, Casey. You have to love its simplicity. It's one-billionth our size and it's beating us.
Casey Schuler: So, what do you wanna do — take it to dinner?
Sam Daniels: No.
Casey Schuler: What, then?
Sam Daniels: Kill it.
Sam Daniels: Come on, Casey. You have to love its simplicity. It's one-billionth our size and it's beating us.
Casey Schuler: So, what do you wanna do — take it to dinner?
Sam Daniels: No.
Casey Schuler: What, then?
Sam Daniels: Kill it.
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[Sam tries unsuccessfully to get Robby to issue a CDC alert.]
Sam Daniels: Once in your life, take a chance!
Robby Keough: You know what, Sam? I did. I married you.
Sam Daniels: Once in your life, take a chance!
Robby Keough: You know what, Sam? I did. I married you.
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Sam Daniels: Nobody gets sick within 24 hours, we're in the clear!
Robby Keough: This doesn't sound like you.
Sam Daniels: What?
Robby Keough: Imagining the best-case scenario.
Sam Daniels: Why not? I still think there's hope for us.
Robby Keough: This doesn't sound like you.
Sam Daniels: What?
Robby Keough: Imagining the best-case scenario.
Sam Daniels: Why not? I still think there's hope for us.
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[Gen. Ford refuses to send Col. Daniels to Cedar Creek.]
Billy Ford: Now, I'm your boss; I have my boss. Is that clear to you?!
Sam Daniels: Yeah. Get your boss on the phone! Call up McClintock! Tell him to put me on a plane before the two of you kill a lot of people!
Billy Ford: Colonel, I'm gonna suggest that you shut up now before you say something else you're gonna be sorry for. And don't forget who you're talking to!
Sam Daniels: Well, tell me who I'm talking to, 'cause I don't know who I'm talking to anymore, Billy. Am I talking to USAMRIID? The Pentagon? The CIA? ****ing McClintock? Dugway?
Billy Ford: Now, I'm your boss; I have my boss. Is that clear to you?!
Sam Daniels: Yeah. Get your boss on the phone! Call up McClintock! Tell him to put me on a plane before the two of you kill a lot of people!
Billy Ford: Colonel, I'm gonna suggest that you shut up now before you say something else you're gonna be sorry for. And don't forget who you're talking to!
Sam Daniels: Well, tell me who I'm talking to, 'cause I don't know who I'm talking to anymore, Billy. Am I talking to USAMRIID? The Pentagon? The CIA? ****ing McClintock? Dugway?
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[Airport dispatch Sergeant Wolf tries to call General Ford to confirm Daniels' change to Cedar Creek.]
Sam Daniels: You call the tower right now, and you tell 'em to change my flight plans. Put your finger on the phone! Put your finger on the phone.
Sgt. Wolf: This could mean my stripes, sir.
Sam Daniels: It'll mean your ass if you don't put your finger on the phone. Finger the phone. Finger it.
Sam Daniels: You call the tower right now, and you tell 'em to change my flight plans. Put your finger on the phone! Put your finger on the phone.
Sgt. Wolf: This could mean my stripes, sir.
Sam Daniels: It'll mean your ass if you don't put your finger on the phone. Finger the phone. Finger it.
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Sam Daniels: I know what I told you, but now I'm telling you, we're facing a new strain.
Billy Ford: What?
Sam Daniels: It spreads like flu.
Billy Ford: Impossible.
Sam Daniels: Fine! Go to the hospital, check it out yourself. Go without a mask, you'll see more clearly.
Billy Ford: What?
Sam Daniels: It spreads like flu.
Billy Ford: Impossible.
Sam Daniels: Fine! Go to the hospital, check it out yourself. Go without a mask, you'll see more clearly.
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Robby Keough: What happened, Casey?
Casey Schuler: Oh, nothing — I just got a sudden case of the willies. [...] I hate them willies. They ought to call 'em the "Sams", don't you think?
Casey Schuler: Oh, nothing — I just got a sudden case of the willies. [...] I hate them willies. They ought to call 'em the "Sams", don't you think?
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Chief of Staff: Now, as I understand it, you want to firebomb the town of Cedar Creek, California, population 2600, with something called a "fuel-air bomb", the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in our arsenal. The way it works, it explodes, sucks in all available oxygen to the core, vaporizes everything within a mile of ground zero — men, women, children, and one airborne virus. Destruction complete, case closed, crisis over.
[He pulls out a small booklet from his back pocket.]
Chief of Staff: This... Constitution of the United States... I've read it cover to cover. I don't find anything in it about vaporizing 2600 American citizens, but it does say — several times — that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process.
Chief of Staff: So, a couple of things before "Cleansweep" is even considered: One, unanimous, unwavering support for the president on this one and I mean public. You're gonna stand there shoulder to shoulder with him - he goes down, you go down. Second, I want an army of experts sighting hundreds of thousands of lab experiments, telling any idiot with a camera, that there was no other way! You got that? Hmm? No person of this government is going to go sneaking off to the Washington post telling how "they were the sold voice of opposition". If there is a voice of opposition out there, I want him in here now!
[Throws a wad of photos on the table.]
Chief of Staff: Those are the citizens of Cedar Creek, go ahead take a look at them - these are not statistics ladies and gentlemen - they're flesh and blood! I want you to burn those images into your memories, because they should haunt you until the day you die!
[He pulls out a small booklet from his back pocket.]
Chief of Staff: This... Constitution of the United States... I've read it cover to cover. I don't find anything in it about vaporizing 2600 American citizens, but it does say — several times — that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process.
Chief of Staff: So, a couple of things before "Cleansweep" is even considered: One, unanimous, unwavering support for the president on this one and I mean public. You're gonna stand there shoulder to shoulder with him - he goes down, you go down. Second, I want an army of experts sighting hundreds of thousands of lab experiments, telling any idiot with a camera, that there was no other way! You got that? Hmm? No person of this government is going to go sneaking off to the Washington post telling how "they were the sold voice of opposition". If there is a voice of opposition out there, I want him in here now!
[Throws a wad of photos on the table.]
Chief of Staff: Those are the citizens of Cedar Creek, go ahead take a look at them - these are not statistics ladies and gentlemen - they're flesh and blood! I want you to burn those images into your memories, because they should haunt you until the day you die!
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Gen. Billy Ford: Donny... these people are Americans.
Gen. Donald McClintock: 2600 dead or dying Americans. If that bug gets out of there, Billy, 260 million Americans'll be dead or dying. Those people are casualties of war, Billy. I would give 'em all a medal if I could, but they are casualties of war.
Gen. Donald McClintock: 2600 dead or dying Americans. If that bug gets out of there, Billy, 260 million Americans'll be dead or dying. Those people are casualties of war, Billy. I would give 'em all a medal if I could, but they are casualties of war.