Patriot Games Quotes
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.
Dr. Caroline "Cathy" Ryan: It was him wasn't it? He's never gonna leave us alone.
Jack Ryan: He'll never get that close to us again, honey. That's why he calls in the middle of the night. It's all he can do.
Dr. Caroline "Cathy" Ryan: You get him, Jack. I don't care what you have to do. Just get him.
Jack Ryan: He'll never get that close to us again, honey. That's why he calls in the middle of the night. It's all he can do.
Dr. Caroline "Cathy" Ryan: You get him, Jack. I don't care what you have to do. Just get him.
Kevin O'Donnell: Inspector Robert Highland, we meet at last. Tell me, what do they pay you to turn against your own people?
Insp. Robert Highland: Get on with it and be on your way.
Kevin O'Donnell: Very well, if that's the way you feel about it.
[Kevin hands his gun over to Sean, who then proceeds to kill Highland]
Insp. Robert Highland: Get on with it and be on your way.
Kevin O'Donnell: Very well, if that's the way you feel about it.
[Kevin hands his gun over to Sean, who then proceeds to kill Highland]
Marty Cantor, Jack Ryan: [Discussing satellite surveillance of the terrorist training camps in North Africa]
Jack Ryan: The people in those camps know probably better than we do exactly what time the satellite's going to pass overhead. And, Marty... unless you authorize us to retask those satellites so we can get a look before they're overhead from the side, we are never gonna know which camp they're at.
Marty Cantor: Jack, do you have any idea how big a deal it is to retask those satellites?
Jack Ryan: [gives him an "It has to be done" look] Yeah!
Jack Ryan: The people in those camps know probably better than we do exactly what time the satellite's going to pass overhead. And, Marty... unless you authorize us to retask those satellites so we can get a look before they're overhead from the side, we are never gonna know which camp they're at.
Marty Cantor: Jack, do you have any idea how big a deal it is to retask those satellites?
Jack Ryan: [gives him an "It has to be done" look] Yeah!
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: Attention to orders. I have a presentation to make. For service above and beyond the call of duty of a tourist, or even a Marine, we recognize Professor John Patrick Ryan, with the Order of the Purple Target.
[he hangs a medal around Jack's neck in the shape of a bulls-eye, with the words "SHOOT ME" on it]
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: And hope that he will duck next time, lest he become part of history, rather than a teacher of it.
[he hangs a medal around Jack's neck in the shape of a bulls-eye, with the words "SHOOT ME" on it]
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: And hope that he will duck next time, lest he become part of history, rather than a teacher of it.
Sean Miller: I saw his wife and daughter die, but she and Neddy blew it. Ryan's still alive.
Kevin O'Donnell: They're not dead, Sean.
Sean Miller: What?
Kevin O'Donnell: They survived it. I can't say it any plainer than that. It doesn't matter. Your trip served its purpose.
Sean Miller: It *does* matter!
Kevin O'Donnell: They're not dead, Sean.
Sean Miller: What?
Kevin O'Donnell: They survived it. I can't say it any plainer than that. It doesn't matter. Your trip served its purpose.
Sean Miller: It *does* matter!
[Discussing Cathy Ryan's pregnancy]
Sally Ryan: I don't have any say in this, do I?
Jack Ryan: Sure, you do, honey. This is a family. Everybody's got a say.
Sally Ryan: But my say's after the fact.
[Thinks about this]
Sally Ryan: Or am I wrong?
Jack Ryan: [nervously] Uhh... no, you're right.
Sally Ryan: Michaela really despises her little sister.
Jack Ryan: Yeah? Well, ready for this? It could be even worse. It could be a baby brother.
Sally Ryan: [rolls her eyes] Oh, no! *Boys!*
Sally Ryan: I don't have any say in this, do I?
Jack Ryan: Sure, you do, honey. This is a family. Everybody's got a say.
Sally Ryan: But my say's after the fact.
[Thinks about this]
Sally Ryan: Or am I wrong?
Jack Ryan: [nervously] Uhh... no, you're right.
Sally Ryan: Michaela really despises her little sister.
Jack Ryan: Yeah? Well, ready for this? It could be even worse. It could be a baby brother.
Sally Ryan: [rolls her eyes] Oh, no! *Boys!*
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: So, you just waded on in like John Wayne. Why'd you do it? What were you thinking, man?
Jack Ryan: I don't know. I wasn't thinking.
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: That's it? You sound like some of my students.
Jack Ryan: It just pissed me off. I couldn't just stand there and watch him shoot those people right in front of me. It was... rage. Pure rage... Just made me mad.
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: Here's hoping you never get mad at me, man.
Jack Ryan: I don't know. I wasn't thinking.
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: That's it? You sound like some of my students.
Jack Ryan: It just pissed me off. I couldn't just stand there and watch him shoot those people right in front of me. It was... rage. Pure rage... Just made me mad.
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: Here's hoping you never get mad at me, man.
Jimmy O'Reardon: Kevin. Charlie's gonna drop by tonight to try to straighten things out. Be smart. Talk to him. And hold your temper.
Kevin O'Donnell: I promise. Thanks, Jimmy.
[Later, after O'Donnell kills three IRA hitmen who were sent to his house to kill him]
Kevin O'Donnell: That's me holding my temper, Jimmy-boy.
Kevin O'Donnell: I promise. Thanks, Jimmy.
[Later, after O'Donnell kills three IRA hitmen who were sent to his house to kill him]
Kevin O'Donnell: That's me holding my temper, Jimmy-boy.
Marty Cantor: They were moving him to Albany Prison in the Isle of Wight while it happened. We think he's left the country.
Admiral Greer: Marty, excuse me. Let's deal in what we know and not what we don't. We know he's escaped. We know it happened in Kent near the Channel. If he's left the country... Jack, listening? The chances he'd come here, that he'd try, that he could come here are so remote, I have trouble even saying it.
Jack Ryan: And yet your first instinct was to come all the way here and tell me.
Admiral Greer: Marty, excuse me. Let's deal in what we know and not what we don't. We know he's escaped. We know it happened in Kent near the Channel. If he's left the country... Jack, listening? The chances he'd come here, that he'd try, that he could come here are so remote, I have trouble even saying it.
Jack Ryan: And yet your first instinct was to come all the way here and tell me.
Jack Ryan: I want to know where Sean Miller and Kevin O'Donnell are.
Paddy O'Neil: [scoffs] Let me try and understand this. You want me to sell out my fellow lrishmen to you? I don't think you understand me at all.
Jack Ryan: Oh, l think l do.
Paddy O'Neil: Listen! l don't give a damn what they've done. But the day l sell out my own people is the day l'll put a bullet through my head.
Jack Ryan: So, that's it then?
Paddy O'Neil: That's it. You know on second thought maybe I won't have a drink with you
Jack Ryan: Fine. I'll go home.
Paddy O'Neil: Have a nice trip.
Jack Ryan: I'll go home and call all the news stations! Invite them into my daughter's hospital ward. Give them what they want!
Jack Ryan: [Gets in O'Neil's face] I don't give a shit whether you did it or not. But if you don't help me, I will put such a stranglehold on your gun money that your boys will be out in the streets throwing rocks! I will *fucking* destroy you! I will make it my mission in life!
Paddy O'Neil: [scoffs] Let me try and understand this. You want me to sell out my fellow lrishmen to you? I don't think you understand me at all.
Jack Ryan: Oh, l think l do.
Paddy O'Neil: Listen! l don't give a damn what they've done. But the day l sell out my own people is the day l'll put a bullet through my head.
Jack Ryan: So, that's it then?
Paddy O'Neil: That's it. You know on second thought maybe I won't have a drink with you
Jack Ryan: Fine. I'll go home.
Paddy O'Neil: Have a nice trip.
Jack Ryan: I'll go home and call all the news stations! Invite them into my daughter's hospital ward. Give them what they want!
Jack Ryan: [Gets in O'Neil's face] I don't give a shit whether you did it or not. But if you don't help me, I will put such a stranglehold on your gun money that your boys will be out in the streets throwing rocks! I will *fucking* destroy you! I will make it my mission in life!
Sean Miller: How's the family, Ryan? Nearly lost 'em, didn't you? It's easy to get at them. You should look after your family better, you know? Are you there?
Jack Ryan: Yeah.
Sean Miller: I understand your little girl's feeling better, eh? Lost her spleen though, eh? Pity, that. Make it a mighty tough on her to fight off infection, eh Jacky?
Jack Ryan: You sick son of a bitch!
Jack Ryan: Yeah.
Sean Miller: I understand your little girl's feeling better, eh? Lost her spleen though, eh? Pity, that. Make it a mighty tough on her to fight off infection, eh Jacky?
Jack Ryan: You sick son of a bitch!
