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"Some rules should never be broken."

PG-13 2005 · 1h 41m
49
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49
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13 quotes
Debating Risks and Rewards in Adventure
Ted Eckles You sure we should be doing this?
Christian Middleton There's a six-year waiting list. We paid double to cut to the head of the line, and you want to slink home? You gonna spend the rest of your life with balls the size of BBs?
Ted Eckles What the hell.
Christian Middleton They're so big I can hear them clanging.
Safety Features in Time Travel Hunting
Ted Eckles My gun doesn't work.
Payne Believe it or not, that's a safety feature. They're all tied to Travis gun. It won't fire until he fires first.
Ted Eckles Why the hell not?
Clay Derris To keep clients from shooting things they shouldn't.
Payne Hey, Derris, how about we don't mention this in our report?
Clay Derris No harm, no foul.
Payne Appreciate it. You know, I'm not really that big of a dick. I just to like to talk.
The Last Frontier: Time Travel Pioneers
Charles Hatton Today you stood shoulder to shoulder with Columbus discovering America. Armstrong stepping on the moon, Brubaker landing on Mars. You are true pioneers on the very last frontier: Time.
The Value of Wealth and Luxury Choices
Ted Eckles It is awfully expensive.
[about time travel tourism]
Christian Middleton What's the point of being rich if you don't buy things other people can't afford?
The Power of Vision in History
Charles Hatton History is not a class struggle, it is a vision struggle. It's people like me trying to get free from narrow-minded pricks like you. Nothing moves without us, we're the goddamn engine.
Questioning the Absence of Wildlife
John Wallenbeck I haven't seen any wildlife yet. We could be in downtown Pittsburgh, for all I know.
Embrace Change or Face Extinction
Taglines Evolve or die.
Recognition of Achievement in a Safari Adventure
Travis Ryer Some things to remember us by: A safari suit, boots, helmet and a holo-disk so you can relive the jump. And I suggest you take an especially close look at this disk, Mr. Wallenbeck.
John Wallenbeck Why's that?
Travis Ryer Well I can't be certain until I review it myself, however, I'm pretty sure it was your shot that brought him down.
John Wallenbeck Well, yeah.
[laughs]
Conflict Over Professional Choices and Gender Dynamics
Sonia Rand I don't have time for stupid idiots.
Travis Ryer Well, why don't you make some time. How about we stop with the insults, because it is starting to get on my nerves.
Sonia Rand You think I devoted my career to designing an amusement park ride for rich men to compensate for their little willies by shooting prehistoric animals, is that what you really think?
Travis Ryer No, what I think is that if you were a guy, someone would have probably knocked you on your ass a long time ago.
The Importance of Unbreakable Rules
Taglines Some Rules Should Never Be Broken.
A Hunter's Challenge to Take Action
Sonia Rand Well, you're a hunter, so shoot me.
Government Seizure and Its Consequences
Charles Hatton * To the government inspector Dr. Lucas just after his facility has been seized by the government
The Illusion of Zero Tolerance
Travis Ryer We cannot have accidents.
Payne While I was a physics major in college, we studied something called the ] ]. It proves that there is no such thing as zero tolerance. It doesn't exist. You basically can't be 100% sure of anything no matter how hard you try. Accidents... happen.
[[Werner Heisenberg|Heisenberg; [w:uncertainty principle|uncertainty principle]
Travis Ryer We can't have accidents.