Mother quotes from Sneakers (1992) ... Movie Quotes Database

Played by Dan Aykroyd

Sneakers (1992) · 15 quotes

Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in Sneakers (1992): in 5 of its 15 quotes
Most scenes with: Bishop (3), Whistler (3), Crease (3)

A line from Mother

Okay, boss, this LTX-71 concealable mike is part of the same system that NASA used when they faked the Apollo Moon landings. They had the astronauts broadcast around the world from a sound stage at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernadino, California. So it worked for them, shouldn't give us too many problems.

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Scenes with Mother

4 scenes

Bishop

The probable level of security is very low. But if you guys don't want to take that chance just to keep me out of jail, fine, I understand, I'll do it.

Whistler

Well, Bish, I can't speak for the other guys, but I'm in it for the money, I don't care if you go to jail.

Carl

Me neither. I'm in.

Mother

Uh... could we maybe just go back to the "they might kill us" part?

Bishop

Mother, if I thought that was likely to happen, I wouldn't bring this to you. But there is a risk.

Whistler

And it pays $175,000!

Mother

I'm in.

Crease

You guys will be chalk outlines without me. All right, what do we need?

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Liz

[Carl and Whistler try out Jannek's black box and they surprisingly break into some secure mainframes] [upon seeing the data for the Air Traffic Control System]

Oh, my God.

Mother

How is this possible?

Whistler

Cryptography systems are based on mathematical problems so complex they cannot be solved without a key.

Liz

Jannek figured out a way to solve those problems without the key and he hard-wired it into that chip.

Martin Bishop

Turn it off.

Whistler

Want to crash some passenger jets?

Bishop

I said turn it off. Turn it off. [shuts down computer]

Carl

[contemplates]

So, it's a code-breaker.

Bishop

No, it's The code-breaker. No more secrets. [leaves]

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Donald Crease

[At the gang's hideout, Crease is on the phone with a contact in the wake of discovering that Jannek was killed the night before]

Don't tell me you can't do it because I know you can. And don't tell me you won't do it because I've got to have it. I need to know, and I need to know now.

Mother

Guys, that federal building's been scheduled for demolition since August. Housed the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Agriculture. Been vacant for a month.

Carl Arbogast

[checks out the Yellow Pages]

The NSA never had an office in San Francisco. Their West Coast operations are out of Los Angeles.

Crease

[shocked]

Oh, God. Yeah, thanks. [hangs up] Jannek's grant is from the NSA. [throws phone in disgust; to Marty] How could you be so goddamn stupid?!? Two guys show up, say they're government, and you just buy it.

Whistler

They probably were government [everybody looks at him] - just not ours.

Martin Bishop

Everybody pack up whatever you can. This place isn't safe. [gets revolver]

Mother

What are you doing?

Bishop

I'm going to a concert.

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Crease

Now what are you saying, the NSA killed Kennedy?

Mother