Jack Ryan Well, Sir, I was just thinking that perhaps there's another possibility we might consider. Raimus might be trying to defect.
2nd most-quoted character in The Hunt for Red October (1990): in 19 of its 59 quotes
Most scenes with: Capt. Marko Ramius (6), Capt. Bart Mancuso (2), Dr. Jeffrey Pelt (2)
"The average Rooskie, son, don't take a dump without a plan." Wait a minute. We don't have to figure out how to get the crew off the sub. He's already done that, he would have had to. All we gotta do is figure out what he's gonna do. So how's he gonna get the crew of the sub. They have to want to get off. How do you get a crew to want to get off a submarine? How do you get a crew to want to get off a nuclear sub...
More lines from Jack Ryan
4 quotes Jack Ryan Jack Ryan I'm not an agent, I just write books for the CIA.
Jack Ryan [to himself]
Next time, Jack, write a damn memo.
Jack Ryan [Sarcastic-imitating Ramius]
"Ryan, some things in here don't react well to bullets." Yeah, like me. I don't react well to bullets.
Scenes with Jack Ryan
14 scenes
Flight Attendant
The flight will go much faster if you do try to get some sleep.
Ryan I don't sleep on planes. Turbulence.
Flight Attendant
Pardon?
Ryan Solar radiation heats the earth's crust, warm air rises, cool air descends: turbulence. I don't like that.
Flight Attendant
Oh. Well, try to get some sleep anyway.
Jack Ryan Where are we going, anyway?
Briefing for Jeffrey Pelt, the President's National Security Advisor. Most of the Joint Chiefs will be there, along with a few other people.
Jack Ryan Who's giving the briefing?
You are.
You slammed the door on the General pretty hard, didn't you?
Jack Ryan That was not my intention.
Oh, yes, it was! He was patronizing you, and you stomped on him! And in my opinion, he deserved it!
Okay, when do you leave?
Jack Ryan [laughing]
Wait a minute! The General was right. I am not field personnel, I am only an analyst.
You're perfect. I can't ask any of these characters to go. One, they don't believe in it. Two, they'd never stake their reputation on a hunch. Whereas you...
Jack Ryan ...are expendable.
Something like that.
[Jack is being ferried to the Enterprise disguised as a Navy officer - a storm batters at the airplane]
Helicopter Pilot [shouting amiably over the engines] So you don't like flyin', huh? This is nothin'! You shoulda been with us five, six months back! Whoa, talk about puke! We ran into a hailstorm over the Sea of Japan! Everyone was retchin' his guts out! The pilot shot his lunch all over the windshield, and I barfed on the radio - knocked it right out! It wasn't that lightweight stuff, either, it was that chunky, industrial-weight puke! [proferring a candy bar] Wanna bite?
Jack Ryan [through clenched teeth]
Next time you get a bright idea, Jack, put it in a memo!
Helicopter Pilot Fuel status says we turn back now.
Jack Ryan Wait a minute. Fuel status? You have a reserve, don't you?
Helicopter Pilot Yes, sir. I've got a ten minute reserve... but I'm not allowed to invade that except in time of war.
Jack Ryan Listen, mister, if you don't get me on board that goddamn submarine, that just might be what you'll have! You got me? Now you have ten more minutes' worth of fuel, we stay here ten more minutes!
What's he going to do, sail into New York, pop the hatch, and say "Here I am"?
Jack Ryan It might be just that simple, yes.
They're pinging away with their active sonar like they're looking for something, but nobody's listening.
Jack Ryan What do you mean?
Well, they're moving at almost forty knots. At that speed, they could run right over my daughter's stereo and not hear it.
[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.
Capt. Vasili Borodin
[a torpedo is racing toward them]
Torpedo impact, 20 seconds.
Captain Ramius
[to Ryan]
What books?
Jack Ryan Pardon me?
Captain Ramius
What books did you write?
Jack Ryan I wrote a biography of, of Admiral Halsey, called "The Fighting Sailor", about, uh, naval combat tactics...
Captain Ramius
I know this book!
Capt. Vasili Borodin
Torpedo impact...
Captain Ramius
Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan...
Capt. Vasili Borodin
...10 seconds.
Captain Ramius
...Halsey acted stupidly.
Captain Ramius
[during a shootout in the missile room]
Hey, Ryan, be careful what you shoot at. Most things in here don't react too well to bullets.
Jack Ryan Right.
Jack Ryan [Moves closer to enemy, who fires several shots at him]
I have to be careful what I shoot at?
Captain Ramius
There's one thing you haven't yet asked me: why?
Jack Ryan Well, I thought you would tell me when you felt ready.
Captain Ramius
Well, there are those who believe that we should attack the United States first. Settle everything in one moment. Red October was built for that purpose.
Captain Ramius
"... and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." Christopher Columbus.
Jack Ryan Welcome to the New World, Captain.
Captain Second Rank Vasili Borodin
[Ryan has just steered the Red October into the VK Konovalov's inbound torpedo upon Ramius' stern order]
Torpedo impact, 7, 6, 5 seconds, 4, 3, 2, torpedo impact... now.
Commander Bart Mancuso
[the torpedo slams into the bow of Red October and breaks up on impact]
I'll be damned!
Jack Ryan What happened?
Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. By turning into the path of the torpedo, the Captain closed the distance before it could arm itself.
Ryan So that's it?
Captain Ramius
Not quite. Right now Tupolev is removing the safety features on all his weapons. He won't make the same mistake twice.
