(Responding to one of Ian's henchmen on the Charlotte.)
Albuquerque. See I can do it too. Snorkel.
Riley Poole
Justin Bartha · 35 quotes
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Nicolas Cage · 33 quotes
Abigail Chase
Diane Kruger · 15 quotes
Agent Sadusky
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Patrick Gates
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Most scenes together: Benjamin Franklin Gates & Riley Poole (15), Benjamin Franklin Gates & Abigail Chase (10), Riley Poole & Abigail Chase (6)
National Treasure quotes
Page 1 of 5(About the pipe)
Is it a billion dollar pipe? (a few seconds later) Is it a million dollar pipe?
The status quo has changed, son.
Ask your girlfriend. She's the one who's calling all the shots now. She won't shut up.
May I see the pipe?
We don't have it.
Did Bigfoot take it?
What do you see?
Ben
2:22.
What time is it now?
Clothing Store Clerk Almost 3.
No, we didn't. We didn't miss it because... you don't know this? I know something about history that you don't know.
Ben
I'd be very excited to learn about it, Riley.
Hold on one second, let me just take in this moment. [takes a deep breath] This is cool. Is this how you feel all the time? Well, except now, of course--
Riley!
All right! What I know is that daylight savings wasn't established until World War I. If it's 3 p.m. now that means that in 1776 it would be 2 p.m.
Ben
Riley, you're a genius.
Do you actually know who the first person to come up with the idea of daylight savings time was?
Abigail, Ben: Benjamin Franklin.
[Riley stomps his foot in disappointment]
You can't just leave us here.
Yes, I can. Unless Ben tells me the next clue.
Ben
There isn't another clue.
Ian, why don't you come back down here and we can talk through this together?
Okay...
The clue. Where's the treasure? Ben?
The lantern.
Ben
Dad...
The status quo has changed, son.
Ben
Don't.
It's part of Freemason teachings. In King Solomon's temple there was a winding staircase. It signified the journey that had to be made to find the light of truth. The lantern is the clue.
What does it mean?
Ben Gates
Boston. It's Boston.
The Old North Church, where Thomas Newton hung a lantern in the steeple, to signal Paul Revere that the British were coming. One if by land, two if by sea. One lantern. Under the winding staircase of the steeple, that's where we have to look.
Thank you.
Hey, you have to take us with you.
Why? So you can escape in Boston? Besides, with you out of the picture, there's less baggage to carry.
What if we lied?
Did you?
Ben
What if there's another clue?
Then I'll know right where to find you. See you, Ben.
(Ian Howe escapes, leaving Ben and the others behind)
You have the original Silence Dogood letters? Did you steal those too?!
Ben
I have scans of the originals. Quiet please.
How did you get scans?
Ben
Because I know the man who has the originals, now shush.
Why do you need them?
Ben
She really can't shut her mouth, can she?
You're treasure hunters, aren't you?
Ben
We're more like treasure protectors.
There is not a map on the back of the Declaration of Independence!
Ben
And there's no chance that some one could steal this either! [holds up and shakes Declaration of Independence]
Ben
I'm in a little trouble.
Is she pregnant?
Ben
If she is would you leave the mother of your grandchild standing out in the cold?
Ben
I'm so sorry I dropped you - I had to save the Declaration!
No, don't be. I would have done exactly the same to you.
Ben
Really?
Yeah.
I would've dropped you both. Freaks.
Ben
Let them go, Ian.
When we find the treasure.
Ben
No, now. Or you can figure out the clues for yourself. Good luck.
Ben, I don't think you fully appreciate the gravity of the situation.
Ben
The preservation room. Enjoy. Go ahead. Do you know what the preservation room is for?
Delicious jams and jellies?