Scott Glenn movie quotes

Capt. Bart Mancuso

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

Capt. Bart Mancuso

My Morse is so rusty, I could be sending him dimensions on playmate of the month.

Capt. Bart Mancuso

The hard part about playing chicken is knowin' when to flinch.

Gloria Russell

What do I do?

Bill Burton

Nothing. Because he's making a terrible mistake. He thinks he has time. He doesn't. Seth Frank's too good. He'll bring him in.

Gloria Russell

Then what?

Then I kill him.

Bill Burton

Miss Russell, I should've called the police that night but I was weak. You convinced me to stay silent. I regret that. Know this: every time I see your face, I wanna rip your throat out.

Gloria Russell

He's got the letter opener. Blood. Fingerprints. Jesus... Think what he can do.

Bill Burton

The man's a thief. A thief who witnessed a murder.

Jack Crawford

Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head.

Jack Crawford

I remember you from my seminar at UVA. You grilled me pretty hard, as I recall, on the bureau's civil rights record in the Hoover years. I gave you an A.

A-minus, Sir.

Jack Crawford

Be very careful with Hannibal Lecter. Dr. Chilton at the asylum will go over all the physical procedures used with him. Do not deviate from them for any reason whatsoever. And you're to tell him nothing personal, Starling. Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head. Just do your job, but never forget what he is.

And what is that?

Dr. Chilton

Oh, he's a monster. Pure psychopath. So rare to capture one alive. From a research point of view, Lecter is our most prized asset.
...

Dr. Chilton

Crawford is very clever, isn't he, using you?

What do you mean, sir?

Dr. Chilton

A pretty young woman to turn him on. I don't believe Lecter's even seen a woman in eight years. And, oh, are you ever his taste. So to speak.

Axe

Jesus, Stevie, you never know when to quit do you? Do you ever wonder why you're stuck a **** lieutenant for life?

Axe

Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen. As 17's official toastmaster...

...and bullshitter.

Axe

Thank you, Santos. Did I happen to mention you're cut out of my will? I think it appropriate that we recognize the two asswipes... Probationary Firemen... among us today who were officially baptized into the world of Old Man Fire. First, to Tim. Despite the fact that he was born with a rather dull expression, and a really hideous pair of ears, he not only took on the beast but pulled from its clutches, assisted by a more famous and brilliant firefighter, me, a kicking and screaming civilian who will probably wind up suing us for breaking her fingernails. And to Brian... [reveals mannequin] ...whose own contribution was both more beautiful and less likely to sue. You know, when I learned that both McCaffrey brothers would be assigned here at this station together at the same time, my heart was filled with... a sudden desire to transfer. So raise a glass, lads. To funny-looking Tim, and the McCaffrey brothers, who, despite the fact that they have gotten on each other's nerves for years, have managed with great effort to still be pissed off at each other... Gentlemen.

**** you! [laughter]

Stephen

Jesus Christ, Axe!

Axe

You don't understand. My cousin, my cousin, Sally, used to work at Swayzak's office. She saw the files, Stephen. She saw what he did!

Stephen

You set me up with those chemicals on the boat?

Axe

I'm trying to explain—

Brian

Stephen!

Axe

You back off!

Stephen

Axe...

Axe

Somebody had to stop these pricks, Stephen!

Stephen

Would you look at me, Axe?

Axe

Would you please listen to me?

Stephen

What were you thinking? You burned people!

Axe

You didn't see—

Stephen

You're a fireman!

Axe

When Sally showed me what was in Swayzak's files—

Brian

You saw Swayzak's files?!

Axe

I should've told you. I should've let you on it.

Brian

Let him in on what, John? Murder?

Axe

Swayzak and those assholes were closing firehouses. They were getting our friends killed for money! I had to, Stephen! I had to do it for the department!

Brian

Did you do it for Tim, John?

Axe

That was an accident!

Stephen

Did you start that fire?

Axe

Jesus Christ! Why'd you have to go in there so **** early?

Stephen

That's why you wanted me to wait.

Axe

Let me finish Swayzak!

Brian

No, John! It's over!

Axe

You shut up! Your dad would **** puke if he saw how you shit on his department!

Brian

What would he say about what you're doing, John?!

Axe

Your dad died saving my life. He died saving my life, and these people were killing firemen for money.

Stephen

Swayzak...

Axe

He killed our friends for money! What the **** would you do?

Brian

Look, you're his lieutenant, Stephen! You've gotta handle this!

Axe

It's going!

Stephen

Get to the side, Brian! It's gonna go!

Uh, where are you putting the window?

Window? There is no window.

No window? What about the hatch?

The hatch?

Yeah, the hatch. We need a hatch with explosive bolts that we can open ourselves.

I think there is something you do not understand. This is the final form of the capsule. No hatch.

What if the automatic controls went out?

Backups, checks, etcetera. This would not happen.

I said, what would happen if it did?

The pilot would have to fly it back.

This is the way it is.

John Glenn

You know, I wonder how the press is going to feel about this.

The press? What does the press have to say about this?

Yeah, what do they have to say about it?

You boys know what makes this bird go up? Funding makes this bird go up.

That's right. No bucks, no Buck Rogers.

And, uh, the press over there, they want to see Buck Rogers.

And that's us. Buck Rogers.

John Glenn

You see, those fellas over there, they've been making us out as the seven finest, and bravest pilots in all America. And if a story were to come out in the press that we were not being allowed to fly as pilots...

Alan Shepard

We want a window.

Uh, there could maybe be in future capsules, be a window, right here.

No, that's where the hatch with explosive bolts goes.

The hatch with the explosive...? Yeah. There could be a hatch with explosive bolts on the capsule.

Alan Shepard

That is a spacecraft, sir. We do not refer to it as a "capsule". Spacecraft.

Yeah. The hatch with explosive bolts on the... spacecraft. There. And there will be pitch and yaw thrusters which will enable the astronaut occupant—

The pilot. "Astronaut occupant"?

Yeah, the astronaut... pilot to have some...

To have...

... control of the re-entry procedures.

John Glenn

Thank you. we appreciate it. You wouldn't mind if we had the press over here take a few photos of us by our spacecraft now, would you?

I guess you've heard about our project. We're going up against the Russians all the way. It's got the highest...

Priorities.

It's a hazardous undertaking. In fact, it's extremely hazardous, if you get my meaning.

It's so hazardous, that, if, uh, you decide not to volunteer, it will not be held against you in any way.

Alan Shepard

Sounds dangerous.

It is.

Very dangerous.

Alan Shepard

Count me in.

Alan Shepard

Dear Lord - please don't let me **** up.

I didn't quite copy that. Say again, please.

Alan Shepard

Uh, I said everything is A-OK!

Well, I thought that's what you said. [switches channels] He says everything is A-OK!

Montgomery Wick

You did the right thing in cutting the rope. Any good climber woud've. If Royce had had the knife, hed've done it himself.

Wick

Who's the leader, Mr. Vaughn? Who makes decisions on the mountain that mean other people live or die? Who plays God, so to speak?

Elliot

There can only be one leader. It's always the best climber. In this case I've made it clear to everyone Tom McLaren is that man.