Harry Stamper quotes from Armageddon (1998)

Harry Stamper

The United States government just asked us to save the world. Anyone wanna say no?

Harry Stamper

Get a hold of Truman, and prepare the world for bad news.

Rockhound

Hey Harry.

Harry Stamper

What?

Rockhound

You realize we're sitting on 45,000 pounds of fuel, one nuclear warhead and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder? Makes you feel good doesn't it?

Harry

Yeah, Rock.

A.J.

Tell Grace that I'll, I'll always be with her. Can you do that?

Harry Stamper

Yeah. Okay, kid. [pulls AJ's air hose out and rips off his own mission badge and hands it to AJ] Give this to Truman! Make sure Truman gets that! Get in there. [pushes AJ back into the hatch and closes the door] It's my turn now.

A.J.

Harry! You can't do this to me! It's my job!

Harry

You go take care of my little girl now. That's your job. I always thought of you as a son. I'd be damn proud to have you marry Grace.

A.J.

Harry…

Harry

You take care of yourself. [pushes a button sending the hatch up] I love you.

A.J.

No wait Harry I love you! Harry don't do this! I love you! No wait a minute!

Harry Stamper

Bye son.

Harry Stamper

What's your contingency plan?

Truman

Contingency plan?

Harry

Your backup plan. You gotta have some kind of backup plan, right?

Truman

No, we don't have a back up plan, this is, uh…

Harry

And this is the best that you-that the government, the U.S. government could come up with? I mean, you're NASA for crying out loud, you put a man on the moon, you're geniuses! You're the guys that're thinking shit up! I'm sure you got a team of men sitting around somewhere right now just thinking shit up and somebody backing them up! You're telling me you don't have a backup plan, that these eight boy scouts right here [gestures to USAF pilots], that is the world's hope, that's what you're telling me?

Truman

Yeah.

Harry

None of you have to go. You can all just sit here on Earth and wait for this big rock to crash into it, killing everything and everybody we know. The United States government just asked us to save the world. Anybody wanna say no?

Chick

20 years. Haven't turned you down once. Not about to start now. I'm there.

Guess I can't let you go up there alone.

Bear

I'm with you.

Oscar

Man, this is historic. Guys, this is, like, deep blue hero stuff! Of course I'm in.

Rockhound

While I don't share his enthusiasm…you know me. Beam me up, Scotty!

Harry

You all right, Max?

Max

I…I…whatever you think?

Harry

How about you?

A.J.

I'm in.

Harry

All right then. We go.

Rockhound

I don't mean to be the materialistic weasel of this group, but…do you think we'll get hazard pay out of this?

Harry

For God's sakes, think about what you're doin'. Why are you listening to someone that's a hundred thousand miles away? No one down there can help us and if we don't get this job done, then everybody's gone.

Chick

Forty two seconds.

Harry

I have been drilling holes in the earth for thirty years. And I have never, never missed a depth that I have aimed for. And by God, I am not gonna miss this one. I will make 800 feet.

You swear on your daughter's life, on my family's, that you can hit that mark?

Harry

I will make 800 feet. I swear to God I will.

Then let's turn this bomb off.

Get off…the nuclear…warhead.

Rockhound

Just wanted to feel the power between my legs, brother.

NOW!

Rockhound

Hey Colonel! [Sharp turns to look at him] NO NUKES! NO NUKES! NO NUKES!

Harry

You got any bullets left in that gun?

Truman

So what's the verdict?

Harry Stamper

They'll do it. They've made a few requests though.

Truman

Such as?

Stamper

Well, there's uh, few things here, uh... nothin' really big, uh, just- Well, as an example, uh, uh, Oscar here, he's got some outstanding parking tickets. Wants them wiped off his record.

Oscar

Fifty-six tickets in seven states...

Stamper

I'll-I'll tell 'em Oscar, you got it.

Oscar

Okay.

Stamper

Uh, Noonan's got two women friends that he'd like to see made American citizens, no questions asked. Max would like you to...bring back eight-track tapes. Not sure if that's gonna work, but, uh, let's see what else. Um, Chick wants a full week's Emperor's Package at Caesar's Palace. Um - hey, you guys wouldn't be able to tell us who actually killed Kennedy, would ya? [Truman and the General look at him] Didn't think so. Um, Bear would like to stay at the... [tries to read writing] "White horse"? [looks up at Bear]

Bear

White. House. White House.

Stamper

White House. Yeah, he'd like to stay in the Lincoln bedroom of the White House for the summer. Stuff like that.

Truman

Sure, I think we can, uh, take care of... some of that.

Rockhound

Harry!

Stamper

Yeah, one more thing, um...none of them wanna pay taxes again. Ever. [Kimsey and Truman stare at Harry, who smirks and shrugs]

Grace Stamper

Daddy? [chuckles happily]

Harry Stamper

Hi, Gracie. Hi, honey. Grace, I know I promised you I was comin' home.

Grace

I don't under... understand.

Harry

Looks like I'm gonna have to break that promise.

Grace

I, um, I lied to you too, when I told you that I didn't wanna be like you... [smiles] because I am like you. Everything good that I have inside of me, I have from you. I love you so much, Daddy. I'm so proud of you. I'm so scared. I'm so scared.

Harry

I know, baby. But there won't be anything to be scared of soon. Gracie, I want you to know that AJ saved us. He did. I want you to tell Chick, that I couldn't have done it without him. None of it. I want you to take care of AJ. I wanna see your granddad come so far from up here, Grace. He told me that God gives us children so we could have roses in December. He gave me a gardenful, a whole gardenful, Gracie. He really did. I wish I could be there to walk you down the aisle. [Grace gets teary-eyed] But I'll... I'll look in on you from time to time, okay, honey? [a tear streams down his face as he looks at Grace one last time] I love you, Grace.

Grace

I love you too.

Harry

Gotta go now, honey.

Grace

Daddy, no! [touches the screen as Harry cuts the video feed] No. No, Dad, no! [breaks down crying]