Tom Cruise movie quotes

View Quote The only thing I have to eat is Yoohoo and Cocoa Puffs, so if you want anything else bring it with you.

View Quote That's a relief! I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to use the 'liar, liar, pants-on-fire' defense.

View Quote Oh, spare me the psychobabble father bullshit.

View Quote Most people, ten years from now, same job, same place, same routine. Everything the same. Just keeping it safe over and over and over. Ten years from now. Man, you don't know where you'll be ten minutes from now . . .

View Quote Get with it. Millions of galaxies of hundreds of millions of stars, and a speck on one in a blink. That's us, lost in space. The cop, you, me... Who notices?

View Quote Guy gets on the subway and dies. Think anybody'll notice?

View Quote [to Rod] I am out here for you. You don't know what it's like to be ME out here for YOU. It is an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about, ok?

View Quote I will not rest until I have you holding a Coke, wearing your own shoe, playing a Sega game featuring you, while singing your own song in a new commercial, starring you, broadcast during the Superbowl, in a game that you are winning, and I will not sleep until that happens. I'll give you fifteen minutes to call me back.

View Quote There's genius everywhere, but until they turn pro, it's like popcorn in the pan. Some pop... some don't.

View Quote Maverick is supersonic. I'll be there in thirty seconds.

View Quote I'll hit the brakes, he'll fly right by.

View Quote [to Cougar and Merlin while flying alongside them] Any of you boys seen an aircraft carrier around here?

View Quote I've got a charge in my head, I'm going to die unless you kill me.

View Quote [before jumping down from the wall of Vatican City] Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

View Quote [To Julia] I need you to trust me.

View Quote I've come to answer your prayers. Life has no meaning anymore, does it? The wine has no taste, food sickens you and there seems no reason for any of it.

View Quote Do you still want death? Or have you tasted it enough?

View Quote Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately, and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are; none so like him as ourselves.

View Quote Relax Luther, it's much worse than you think.

View Quote [Holding the wad of explosive chewing gum before jumping off chopper in the Chunnel] Red Light! Green Light!

View Quote If a man has crushed, shot, stabbed, and detonated five members of his own IMF team, how upset do you really think you're gonna make him by hauling Mom and Uncle Donald down to the county courthouse?

View Quote And you knew that Nakorvitch's way of smuggling the virus in was through himself, using his bloodstream as a petri dish, you knew that did you. I bet you were so busy trying to knock of that 747 that you hadn't worked out what Chimera really was.[Ambrose: I knew what it was!]

View Quote We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now lets see what chance it has.

View Quote We've got 19 hours and 57 minutes. I'll get Bellerophon into your system by then. Just stay alive. I'm not going to lose you.

View Quote [to Robbie] Okay, hey, enough of the "Ray" shoot, alright! It's Dad, Sir, or, if you want, Mr. Ferrier. It sounds a little weird to me, but you decide.

View Quote We're gonna leave this house in 60 seconds.

View Quote Robbie, you wanna head in that direction?! There's nothing living in that direction, Robbie!

View Quote I need you to trust me, one last time.

View Quote Hagar! You spend too much! Time! On the internet!

View Quote There's no nations on this one. There's no rival ideologies, no dogma. It's who keeps their head and who panics.

View Quote [speaking with the Silent Samurai, after being beaten to the ground by Uijo] I just realized, I've been remiss. Forgive me, I forgot to thank you for looking out for me yesterday. That is your job, correct? Protecting me. Well done 'Bob.' You don't mind if I call you Bob, do you? I knew a Bob once; God, he was ugly as a mule. Are you a ladies man, Bob?

View Quote There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea, no past, no future.

View Quote [kneeling in front of Emperor] If you believe me to be your enemy, command me, and I will gladly take my life.

View Quote Kmart sucks!

View Quote What you have to understand is, four days ago he was only my brother in name. And this morning we had pancakes.

View Quote Charlie: I'll see you in two weeks, okay Raymond?
Raymond: One for bad, two for good.
Charlie: Well, bet two then, Raymond.
Raymond: Yeah.

View Quote You want to know something funny? I discovered the law again. You actually made me think about it. I managed to go through three years of law school without doing that.

View Quote Hey Ray, wouldn't it be funny if I went to Harvard, you went to jail and we both ended up surrounded by crooks.

View Quote Mitch McDeere: Anything I can do for you?
Ray McDeere: Sure. Get me out of here.
Mitch McDeere: Where to?
Ray McDeere: Anywhere I can see a whole lot of sky. I get through the days, I even eat the food. It's amazing how much you miss the sky.

View Quote [Final voice-over] In 2054, the six-year Precrime experiment was abandoned. All prisoners were unconditionally pardoned and released, though police departments kept watch on many of them for years to come. Agatha and the twins were transferred to an undisclosed location, a place where they could find relief from their gifts. A place where they could live out their lives in peace.

View Quote In the middle of the Civil War, for example, Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus observing that a limb may be sacrificed to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb.

View Quote John Anderton: I'm not a murderer. I've never even met the man I'm supposed to kill.
Iris Henimen: And yet, a chain of events has started, a chain that will lead inexorably to his death.
John Anderton: Not if I stay away from him.
Iris Henimen: How can you avoid a man you've never met?

View Quote "How to Fake Like You Are Nice and Caring"

View Quote Do you think they're your friends? They're not your friends. Do you really think she'll be there when things go bad? Huh? When things go wrong? You think again. **** Denise. Denise the piece. Oh, you're gonna give me that cherry pie sweet mama baby.

View Quote I will not apologize for who I am. I will not apologize for what I need. I will not apologize for what I WANT!

View Quote [Repeated line] Talk to me, Goose.

View Quote Cyclone: Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. Your reputation precedes you.
Maverick: Thank you, sir.
Cyclone: Wasn't a compliment.
Maverick: I have to admit I wasn't expecting an invitation back.
Warlock: They're called "orders," Maverick.
Cyclone: I'm Vice-Admiral Beau Simpson, I'm the Air Boss. I believe you know Rear Admiral Bates.
Maverick: Warlock, sir.
Warlock: You two have something in common. Cyclone was first in his class back in '88.
Maverick: Actually, sir, I finished second. Just wanted to manage expectations.
Warlock: The target - an underground uranium enrichment plant built in violation of a multilateral NATO treaty. This plant poses a direct threat to our allies in the region. The Pentagon has tasked us with assembling a strike team and taking it out, before it becomes fully operational. The plant sits in an underground bunker at the end of this valley. Said valley is GPS-jammed and protected by a surface-to-air missile array, serving a limited number of fifth-generation fighters, which in turn backed up by a plentiful array of surplus aircraft - even a few old F-14's.
Cyclone: Seems like we're not the only ones holding on to old relics.
Warlock: What's your read, Captain?
Maverick: Well, sir, normally this would be a cakewalk for the F-35 stealth, but the GPS jamming negates that. The surface-to-air threat necessitates a low-level, laser-guided strike, tailor-made for the F-18. I figure four precision bombs, minimum. That makes it four F-18s, flying in pairs. That is one hell of a steep climb outta there, exposing you to all the SAMs. You survive that, it's a dogfight all the way home.
Warlock: All scenarios for which you have real-world experience.
Maverick: Not the same mission, sir. [looks back at the screen displaying the enrichment plant] No, someone's not coming back from this.
Cyclone: Can it be done or not?
Maverick: How soon before the plant becomes operational?
Warlock: Three weeks, maybe less.
Maverick: Well, it's been a while since I've flown an F-18, and I don't know who I'd trust to fly the other three, but, I'll find a way to make it work.
Warlock: I think you misunderstand, Captain.
Cyclone: We don't want you to fly it. We want you to teach it.
Warlock: [activates a screen listing of pilots] We recalled 12 Top Gun graduates from their squadrons. We want you to narrow that pool down to six. They'll fly the mission.
Cyclone: Is there a problem, Captain?
Maverick: You know there is, sir.
Cyclone: Yeah. Bradley Bradshaw, AKA "Rooster." Understand you used to fly with his old man. Tragic what happened.
Warlock: Captain Mitchell was cleared of any wrongdoing; Goose's death was an accident.
Cyclone: Is that how you see it, Captain? Is that how Goose's son sees it?
Maverick: With all due respect, sir, I'm not a teacher.
Cyclone: You were a Top Gun instructor before.
Maverick: That was over 30 years ago, sir; I lasted two months. It's not where I belong.
Cyclone: Well, then let me be perfectly blunt: you were not my first choice. In fact, you weren't even on a list. You are here at the request of Admiral Kazansky. Now, Iceman happens to be a man I deeply admire. And he feels you still have something left to offer the Navy. What that is I can't imagine. You don't have to take this job. But let me be clear: this will be your last post, Captain. You fly for Top Gun, or you don't fly for the Navy ever again.

View Quote [after Maverick demonstrates that the mission he's trying to teach can be accomplished]
Cyclone: You have put me in a difficult position, Captain. On the one hand, you have demonstrated that this mission can be flown, perhaps the only way it can be survived. On the other hand, you did it by stealing a multi-million dollar military aircraft and flying it in such a manner that it may never be airworthy again. Iceman is no longer here to protect you. I have everything I need to have you court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. So what do I do? Risk the lives of my pilots and perhaps the success of this mission? Or, risk my career by appointing you team leader?
Maverick: [tries to approach Cyclone] Sir...
Warlock: [holds him back] I think the Admiral is asking a rhetorical question, Captain.

View Quote [Last words] Long live sacred Germany!

View Quote [translation of letter he is writing] The Fuhrer's promises of peace and prosperity have fallen by the wayside leaving in their wake a path of destruction. The outrages committed by Hitler's SS are a stain on the honor of the German Army. There is widespread disgust in the officer corps toward the crimes committed by the Nazis, the murder of civilians, the torture and starvation of prisoners, the mass execution of Jews. My duty as an officer is no longer to save my country, but to save human lives. I cannot find one general in a position to confront Hitler with the courage to do it. I find myself surrounded by men unwilling or unable to face the truth; Hitler is not only the archenemy of the entire world, but the archenemy of Germany. A change must be made.

View Quote [When Olbricht and Stauffenberg arrive at Fromm's office, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel is inside; the two are engaged in a shouting match, arguing furiously.]
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel: I have better things to do with my time than to come down here and clean up your mess! If you were enough of a man to run this department, I wouldn't have to do it myself! You're an old woman, Fromm! I'd send you to the front if I didn't think you'd surrender, just to be Montgomery's whore! [storms out as Fromm's secretary brings Stauffenberg and Olbricht in.]
General Friedrich Fromm: What is it you want?
General Friedrich Olbricht: I wanted to introduce our new man, Colonel Stauffenberg.
Fromm: Ah! From Africa. Well, I'd offer you my hand, but I might not get it back.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I'd say the General's lost more important things this morning.
Fromm: [breaks out in laughter] It's about time they put somebody with balls into this office, [laughs] Please sit down, Colonel. And Olbricht, if you must. [Stauffenberg and Olbricht sit at Fromm's desk] They tell me you're critical of the war, Colonel, not that you don't seem to have good reason.
Stauffenberg: I am critical of indecision, General.
Fromm: In the field?
Stauffenberg: In Berlin.
Fromm: So, that's why you're here, I take it. To make decisions...
Stauffenberg: I've already made my decision. I'm here to help others make theirs.
Fromm: They say when there's no clear option, the best thing is to do nothing.
Stauffenberg: We're at war. We must act. Sometimes rashly.
Fromm: And what rash action did you have in mind, Colonel?
Stauffenberg: That would be a decision for the supreme military commander, sir.
Fromm: A supreme commander. Second only to the Chancellor. If I were that man, this war would be going quite differently.
Olbricht: Well, we were thinking the same thing. [pause]
Fromm: I don't need to remind you that we have all sworn an oath to the Fuhrer. [Carefully disables a listening device in his telephone] Having said that, I'm going to forget this conversation ever took place, in the strict understanding that such talk never occurs again under this roof. Is that clear?!
Stauffenberg: Yes, sir.
Olbricht: Yes, sir.
Fromm: Now you can tell your friends, Colonel, that I always come down on the right side, and as long as the Fuehrer is alive, you know what side that is.

View Quote I'm droppin in the hammer.

View Quote Let me drive I won't make a fool out of you.

View Quote Claire, I'm more afraid of bein' nothing than I am of being hurt.

View Quote I'm Bill Cage. You're Dr. Carter. We've had this conversation before. Two fingers behind your back. I've had the visions. I've seen the Omega. [Ĉomrádes theń duçt tąpe hįs mouth shut]

View Quote I'm going to tell you a story. It's going to sound ridiculous. The longer I talk, the more rational it's going to appear.

View Quote William Cage: Listen man, I've never been in one of these.
Griff: Yeah, well, I've never been with two girls at the same time before. But you can bet when that day comes, I'll make it work.

View Quote Welcome to Vienna, Benji. Miss me?

View Quote That missing plane was carrying the Secretary of the World Bank. The fire bankrupted a global arms corporation. That wreck triggered a civil war. These are no accidents. They're links in a chain, the work of a single organization - the Syndicate. A rogue nation, trained to do what we do, with a new purpose. To destroy the system that created them, regardless of who's in their way.

View Quote [to Ilsa] You were just doing your job. That's all we're going to say about it.

View Quote Mission accomplished!

View Quote Light the fuse.

View Quote Brandt: 26 minutes till door knock...25 minutes till door knock...24 minutes till door knock...
Ethan Hunt: The countdown is not helping.
Brandt: I'm just saying.

View Quote [To Grady Seasons] Hey, Grady, up your ass with the spot. Is that okay with you?

View Quote I think maybe the money's what's throwing you off here today.

View Quote Vincent Lauria: [Eddie is pushing to go on the road] This is my job, Eddie.
Eddie Felson: You think so? Hmmm. That's funny. I don't think so. I think it's your problem.

View Quote From now on, my fist is gonna be so far up your shithole that every time you have a thought, it's gonna have to tiptoe past my wedding ring. Take control of your actors, or I will shut you down.

View Quote Great. Let me get this down. 100 million... Oh, wait! I got a better idea. Instead of a hundred million, how about I send you a hobo's dick cheese? Then, you kill him. Do your thing, skin the **** bastard. Go to town, man. Go to town! In the mean time and as usual, go **** yourself.

View Quote [incensed at Flaming Dragon's demands] Okay, Flaming Dragon. ****face. First, take a big step back... and literally **** YOUR OWN FACE! Now, I don't know what kind of pan-Pacific bullshit power play you're trying to pull here, but Asia, Jack, is my territory. So whatever you're thinking, you'd better think again. Otherwise I'm gonna have to head down there and I will rain down an ungodly **** firestorm upon you! You're gonna have to call the **** United Nations and get a **** binding resolution to keep me from **** destroying you. I am talking scorched earth, mother****er! I will massacre you! I WILL **** YOU UP! [hangs up; to assistant] Find out who that was.

View Quote You bitch! Why didn't you just say a rum and Coke?!

View Quote Everything ends badly, otherwise, it would never end.

View Quote Days get shorter and shorter, nights longer and longer, before you know it, your life is just one long night with a few comatose daylight hours.

View Quote Hey, your heads-up display has a built-in GPS guidance system. Follow it to the target. Open your chute when the system says -- not before, and definitely not after, or the last thing that goes through your mind will be your kneecaps. Is that clear? [Walker: Crystal.]

View Quote What's done is done when we say it's done.

View Quote I'll/We'll figure it out!

View Quote If we have souls, they are made of the love we share... undimmed by time and unbound by death.

View Quote **** you Sally.

View Quote Jack: How can a man die better...
Sally: You don't have to die, Jack. She doesn't have to die.
Jack: Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is, to die well.

View Quote June: Why am I in a bikini?
Roy: We're in the tropics...
June: How did I get into the bikini, Roy?
Roy: June...I have been trained to disable a bomb in a padded jail cell with nothing but a Junior Mint and a tooth pick. I think I can get you in and out of some clothes without...looking. ...I'm not saying that's what I did...."

View Quote Roy: I did warn you not to get on the plane.
June: When? How?
Roy: When I said, 'Sometimes things happen for a reason'.
June: That's not a warning, Roy! That's like a saying on a bumper sticker. Next time, try, 'June, if you get on that plane, you will freaking die!'

View Quote June: Please...stop shooting people!
Roy: Okay. I understand. You stay here while I go talk to the guys back in the tunnel. *stands up with his gun in hand* Actually, I'm going to go shoot them, but I'll be back!

View Quote I trust you Lily, I will always trust you.

View Quote I trust you, Lili. I'll always trust you.

View Quote Jack [After Lily touches the unicorns]: What you did is forbidden.
Lily: Who says so?
Jack: It is known, Lily. These are sacred animals. You risk your immortal soul.
Lily: I only wanted to touch one. Where is the harm in that?

View Quote "We live and die in the shadows, for those we hold close... and those we never meet."

View Quote If anything happens to either of them, there's no place on Earth where you or your God will be safe from me. There's no place where I won't go to kill you. That is written.

View Quote Kitteridge: I understand, you're upset...
Ethan: I'm not upset, Kitteridge. You wanted me to listen. This is me listening.
Kittridge: Alright. I put the bounty on Ilsa's head. I also told you how to find her. But I didn't make her steal the key. She did that for reasons of her own. But that's the pattern, isn't it? You helped her out of trouble, and she always found her way back. I'm not gonna apologize to you, Hunt. It's my job to use you, just like it's your job to be of use. Did you accomplish your mission or not?
Ethan: Wherever the other half of this is, whatever the completed key unlocks, I will find it.
Kittridge: And then what?
Ethan: No-one should be trusted with control of the Entity. I mean to kill it.
Kittridge: Ethan, the next World War isn't gonna be a cold one, it's gonna be a shooting one. It's gonna be a ballistic war over a rapidly shrinking ecosystem. It's gonna be a war for the last of our dwindling energy, drinkable water, breathable air. Whoever controls the Entity controls the truth. The concepts of right and wrong can be clearly defined for everyone, for centuries to come.
Ethan: Do you even hear yourself?!
Kittridge: Your days of fighting for the so-called "greater good" are over. You need to pick a side.
Ethan: I'm on the same side I've always been on. Stay out of my way.
Kittridge: I can't do that. We're gonna be coming after you. The world's gonna be coming after you. And one way or another, this mission of yours is gonna cost you... dearly.

View Quote Sergeant Johnson: We're going to die here because of you!
Nick Morton: Just let me think!
Sergeant Johnson: What!?
Nick Morton: I'm thinking...
Sergeant Johnson: What are you thinking!?
Nick Morton: I'm thinking we're probably going to die here.
Sergeant Johnson: I knew it!

View Quote Dr. Henry Jekyll: You are alive because you were chosen.
Nick Morton: Chosen? By what?
Dr. Henry Jekyll: Evil. The ultimate evil.

View Quote Nick Morton: You're welcome, by the way.
Jenny Halsey: How's that?
Nick Morton: Because I saved your...whatever-it-is. [pointing out at the desert]
Jenny Halsey: That was safely hidden for 5,000 years before you dropped a Hellfire missile on it.