Mission: Impossible III (2006) - Quotes

Luther: I'm not proud of it, I'm not happy about it, but I've lived with women a few times, and it doesn't ever make it for two years. You can't

Ethan: Thanks for your advice, but it's different for me than it is for you; I'm not in the field anymore.

Luther: [''hands him the mask, Ethan puts it on''] Oh, okay, here's your retirement present. Now, our job is always gonna be something between you and a woman. Always.

Ethan: Luther, listen to me.

Luther: Dishonesty. A dishonesty that poisons everything.

Ethan: I think I need to tell you something.

Luther: Stop talking. This isn't about you, Ethan. And whoever this girl is, you're going to end up messing her life too. Don't do it.

Ethan: [''Grabs Luther's wrists''] Jules and I got married two days ago.

Luther: [''pause''] Congratulations.

Ethan: [''applauses come from the hall outside''] Thanks. Thanks.

Luther: Listen, man, I didn't mean to be so cavalier the other day about you getting engaged.

Ethan: I know that. Thanks.

Luther: But a normal relationship isn't viable for people like us.

Ethan: I don't agree with that.

Luther: Then I'm smarter than you.

Declan: Delta, do you copy?

Zhen: [''mocking Declan''] All I do is copy.

Declan: That's funny. Get ready to move into position.

Zhen: I'm already there.

Declan: Now we've pissed off every Italian in Rome, go do what you gotta do.

Ethan: Don't forget to smoke.

Ethan: Tomorrow is perhaps the only time we'll be able to predict where Davian will be: at Vatican City. Our mission, is to get in there, and kidnap Davian.

Luther: I don't know why he's so happy. I did remind him that the Vatican is the Vatican. A 109 acres Sovereign State in the middle of Rome, surrounded by a sixty foot wall, which is monitored 24/7, with over 200 CCTV cameras!

Ethan: That's not even what makes it a challenge.

Luther: What the hell is Davian doing at the Vatican?

Benji: Uh, it's all got to do with "the Rabbit's Foot".

Ethan: Rabbit's Foot?

Benji: Yeah, well, I'm assuming it's like code-word for something he's going to sell to an unspecified buyer for 850 million dollars, by the way. Or maybe it's not a code-word, maybe it's just a really, really expensive bunny appendage.

Ethan: You have no idea what it is?

Benji: [''pauses, Ethan and Luther gaze at him thoughtfully''] It's interesting - I used to have this professor at Oxford, okay? Doctor Wickham, his name was and he was, like, this massive fat guy, you know? Huge, big guy. We used to call him - you know, well, I won't tell you what we used to call him. He taught biomolecular kinetics and cellular dynamics. And he used to sort of scare the underclassmen with this story about how the world would eventually be eviscerated by technology. You see, it was inevitable that a-a-a compound would be created which he referred to as the Anti-God'. It was like an accelerated mutator or sort of, you know, like a, a, an unstoppable force of destructive power, that would just lay waste to everything - to buildings and parks and streets and children and ice cream parlors, you know? So whenever I see, like, a rogue organization willing to spend this amount of money on a mystery tech, I always assume... it's the Anti-God. End-of-the-world kinda stuff, you know? But no, I don't have any idea what it is. I was just speculating.

Luther: Listen, man, I don't mean to cross the line, but... was there something going on between you two? You and Lindsey?

Ethan: Lindsey was like my little sister.

Luther: And you never... slept with your little sister, right?

Ethan: Hey brother, if I don't ask you, who will?

Brassel: I read your brief on Agent Farris. The words you used were "beyond capable". That still stand, Mr. Hunt?

Ethan: Mr. Brassel--

Brassel: Does it stand?

Ethan: Yes, sir, it does.

Brassel: Cause we've got a corpse downstairs that says otherwise. Killed by a detonator implanted in her skull through the nasal cavity.

Ethan: Mr. Brassel, it's unacceptable to judge Agent Farris's competence based on--

Brassel: It's unacceptable that chocolate makes you fat, but I've eaten my share and guess what? Now, I approved Agent Farris surveillance op based on your evaulations, Mr. Hunt, of a woman who allowed herself to be captured. So you go to recover her, you encounter a dozen men, you don't grab any of them?

Ethan: Our objective, Mr. Brassel, was to recover Agent Farris. Davian employs a cellular structure at his organization; the men there more than likely had no information.

Brassel: Who's drawing these conclusions? Is it you?

Musgrave: I am, sir, based upon the--

Brassel: I'm not on you yet! You allowed Farris to board your chopper without a scan; that explosive device could have taken you all out! There is one reason that you are sitting here before me today, and that is luck! Because your operation was poorly conceived, and executed worse!

Musgrave: Two laptops were recovered, I may--

Brassel: I'm aware of that. We've talked to Tech-Services. They doubt if they can reconstitute the drives. "Crispy", I believe is what they called them. Worthless.

Musgrave: Mr. Brassel, as the Operation Manager of this office, I have the authority--

Brassel: [''Gets up and approaches Hunt and Musgrave''; ''Holding a pile of files''; ''chucks a pile of sheets in front of Ethan''; ''chucks another pile in front of him''; ''chucking paper at each instance of the word "provides"''; ''turns to Musgrave''; [w:The Invisible Man|Wells; [w:Invisible Man|Ellison] Excuse me, did you just throw a title at me, Mr. Musgrave? I don't care if your daddy plays golf with the President. This is Intelligence. So far I haven't seen any. You think this op was worth the risk, Mr. Hunt? What do you know about Owen Davian? He was the one who brought Gas Centrifuge technology to Korea, from Pakistan; he was also the man who sold Toxin Five, to the Armahad Republic Jihad. He's a man who provides, provides, provides. And he remains invisible, he's a goddamn invisible man. ], not ], in case you want to be cute again. We can't find him. He knows it. It's emboldened him. I've been trying to bring Davian down since the day that I got here. Do you know what I got for it?

Musgrave: It has never been confirmed that the Toxin Five theft was Davian--

Brassel: [''To Ethan''; [w:I-95|I-95] Mr. Musgrave, please don't interrupt me when I'm asking rhetorical questions. Your operation has achieved one thing: you have reminded Davian that he is winning. And now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and inform Mr. and Mrs. Farris that their baby girl was killed in a head-on collision on ].

Declan Gormley: Guys, a Batman is hot!

Declan: Alright that was lucky, we only get one of these.

Lindsey: I'm out, how many rounds have you got?

Ethan: [''Checking his magazine''] Enough.

Ethan: [''tosses the gun away''] Now I'm out.

Luther: [''On radio''] So Raider One, at some point, we got to go over this whole "getting married" thing.

Ethan: Negative, Observer, I don't respect you nearly enough to have that conversation.

Luther: Well you may not respect me, but for now you got my voice stuck in your head.

Musgrave: [[w:Slurpee|Slurpee] Thanks for coming, can't decide what size ] to get.

Ethan: I usually go for the 900-ouncer. (Musgrave sniggers)

Julia Mead: That's how it is with Rick! He's fine, he's fine and suddenly he's naked and hugging everyone.

Julia Mead: Tell me it's real. I mean us. Tell me it's real.

Declan Gormley: [''Response to Luther''] Please, when do I not copy? All I do is copy.

Zhen: [''Mocking Declan''] All I do is copy.

Brassel: Now I am... not a stranger to disrespect; you don't get to where I am without developing a thick skin. But what I won't stand for -- what I will lose my sleep over, and I love my sleep -- is the idea of an irresponsible, rogue agent working in my office. So... I'm going to slow things way down here. You can look at me with those judgemental, incriminating eyes all you want, but I bullshit you not, I will bleed on the flag to make sure the stripes stay red.

Benji Dunn: [panicked] I just looked it up. Okay, you're on Interpol's most wanted list. And that, by the way, is a spectacular list to be on.

Benji Dunn: [talking while working on computer] Maybe we can share, uh, a jail cell together, you know? If this goes tits-up, which it will. The location of that number is Shanghai. There, I just told you. Shanghai. I've just aided and abetted an enemy of the state. Fantastic. Thank you.

Owen Davian: Didn't I tell you she'd call out your name? And I told you I was gonna kill you in front of her? Well, I'm gonna kill her in front of you.

Owen Davian: You only had five seconds left, do you realize that?

Owen Davian: [''to Ethan, on phone''] You hung me outside of an airplane. You can always tell someone's character by the way they treat those they don't need to treat well.

Owen Davian: What I'm selling... and who I'm selling it to... is the last thing you should be concerned about... Ethan.

Owen Davian: You don't have any idea what the hell's going on, do you? I mean, you saw what I did to your little blonde friend at the factory, right? Well... Well, that was nothing. That was... fun. That was fun.

Owen Davian: Oh no, it's fine. I always spill red wine on my white custom-made shirt.

Owen Davian: (first lines) We put an explosive charge in your head. Does that sound familiar?

John Musgrave: It's complicated.

John Musgrave: (In video) This message, let's call it my excellent engagement gift to you, will self-destruct in five seconds.

John Musgrave: I know we've joked about it, but I'm always this close on begging you to stop training our people and get your ass back in the field.

Luther Stickell: [quietly] (after Ethan successfully landed on the building) He made it...he made it! I knew he'd make it.

Luther Stickell: Wait, wait, Ethan, I'm not saying I have a better idea, but there's a point where bold becomes stupid.

Luther Stickell: The look in your eye is a pain in my ass, you know that right?

Luther Stickell: [[George Bernard Shaw|Those who can't do, teach] Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. "]" back in the field. Hey, Ethan -- don't worry. We're gonna get the girl. Or have you been away for so long you've forgotten how good we are?

Ethan Hunt: [about to get electrocuted; ''slight pause''] Throw the switch on and off. Don't forget the off.

Ethan Hunt: I've got a charge in my head, I'm going to die unless you kill me.

Ethan Hunt: [before jumping down from the wall of Vatican City] Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Ethan Hunt: [''to Luther''] In Germany, you asked me what it is I see in Julia. What I see in Julia is life before all this. And it's good.