When are we gonna get there? I'm hungry. This car smells weird.
Riley Poole
Justin Bartha · 35 quotes
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Nicolas Cage · 33 quotes
Abigail Chase
Diane Kruger · 15 quotes
Agent Sadusky
Harvey Keitel · 7 quotes
Patrick Gates
Jon Voight · 7 quotes
Shaw
David Dayan Fisher · 6 quotes
Most scenes together: Benjamin Franklin Gates & Riley Poole (15), Benjamin Franklin Gates & Abigail Chase (10), Riley Poole & Abigail Chase (6)
National Treasure quotes
Page 5 of 5Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?
Will someone please explain to me what these magic numbers are?
You know, Agent Sadusky, something I noticed about fishing? It never works out so well for the bait.
You know, the Freemasons believed that the treasure was too great for any one man to have.
You really have absolutely no understanding of a bargaining chip, do you?
You're under arrest, Mr. Howe. We've got you on kidnapping, attempted murder....and trespassing on government property.
[after Abigail keeps interrupting his thoughts]
She really can't shut her mouth, can she? [offering her the Declaration] Look, I will let you hold this if you promise to shut up, please!
[making a toast at a gala before going to steal the Declaration]
To high treason. That's what these men were committing when they signed the Declaration. Had we lost the war, they would have been hanged, beheaded, drawn and quartered, and-Oh! Oh, my personal favorite-and had their entrails cut out and burned! [laughs nervously, then clears throat] So... Here's to the men who did what was considered wrong, in order to do what they knew was right... [nods] what they knew was right.
[Standing in front of the declaration]
180 years of searching and I'm 3 feet away.
[talking about The Declaration of Independence]
It's surrounded by guards...and video monitors... and little families from Iowa... and little kids on their eighth grade field trip. And underneath an inch of bulletproof glass is an army of sensors and heat monitors if someone gets too close with a high fever. Now, when it's not on display, it is lowered into a 4 foot thick concrete, steel-plated vault that happens to be equipped with electronic combination lock and biometric access-denial systems.
[to Abigail]
You know something? You're shouting again. And it's really starting to annoy. You would do well, Dr. Chase, to be a bit more civilized in this instance.