21 quotes
Trust and betrayal among allies
Taglines
Your ally could become your enemy.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Consequences of Kindness Explored in Ronin
Jean-Pierre
At the end of the day we are likely to be punished for our kindnesses.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Betrayal Among Friends in Conflict
Taglines
How do you catch an enemy, When's he's your best friend
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Decision to Protect Each Other
Sam
You aren't going in there?
Spence
Yeah, I'm going in there. And so are you.
Sam
Why am I going in there?
Spence
Why? To protect me.
Sam
There is no protection there. If it's a come-on, we're fish in a barrel. What are you doing? Why do they want you in there? What are you, crazy?
Spence
You know, you think too hard.
Sam
Nobody ever told me that before. But I wouldn't go in there.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Defining Roles in Conflict and Resolution
Sam
Either you're part of the problem or you're part of the solution or you're just part of the landscape.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Questioning Capabilities in a Critical Moment
Vincent
Sure you can do this?
[as Sam is preparing to perform surgery on himself]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Class Distinction in a Simple Exchange
Sam
You labour or management?
Vincent
If I was management, I wouldn't have given you a cigarette.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Loyalty and Betrayal in Human Nature
Taglines
Loyalty is bought, betrayal is a way of life...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Acceptance in Uncertainty: A Business Perspective
Vincent
No questions. No answers. That's the business we're in. You accept it and move on. Maybe that's lesson number three...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Shared Experiences of Betrayal in Business
Sam
So, how'd you get started in this business?
Dierdre
A wealthy scoundrel seduced and betrayed me.
Sam
Same with me. How about that?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Concern for Self-Preservation
Spence
You worried about saving your own skin?
Sam
Yeah, I am. It covers my body.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Understanding the Difference Between Map and Territory
Taglines
The map is not the territory
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Trust and Intentions in Unfamiliar Situations
Deirdre
What exactly were you doing back here?
Sam
Lady, I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of.
Deirdre
Then why are you getting into that van?
Sam
You know the reason.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Enemies Defined by Price
Taglines
Anyone is an enemy for a price.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Uncertainty About the Boathouse Color
Gregor
So, what color is the boathouse at Hereford?
Sam
How the fuck should I know?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Patience Brings Rewards
Sam
All good things come to those who wait.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Revisiting a Tactical Diagram
Spence
Okay. We got shooters here... shooters here. I'll tell you an old trick...
[drawing a diagram on the white board - two circles with arrows pointing at each other]
Sam
Hey.
[Sam puts his cup of coffee down on a table, walks over to the white board and rubs out Spence's diagram]
Spence
What's your problem?
Sam
Draw it again. Draw it again. You're the ace field man, draw it again. It's a simple diagram, just draw it again, draw what you saw. Draw it again! Draw it again.
[Spence just stands there. Sam is getting impatient]
Sam
Two shooters, car comes through here, shooters across from each other, kill each other dead. Oh my, where'd you learn that? Huh?
Spence
In the regiment.
Sam
What regiment was that?
Spence
The 22nd Special Air Service.
Sam
What's the color of the boathouse at Hereford? What's the color of the boathouse at Hereford?
Spence
I don't like your attitude.
Sam
What's the color of the boathouse?
Spence
Oh, fuck off!
Sam
You got the gun, I'm unarmed. Do something. Go ahead, do something. Do something. Do something.
[moves closer to Spence, who backs away despite carrying a gun; as he backs away, Spence bumps into the table with Sam's coffee cup on it, spilling hot coffee onto his leg. Sam grabs his neck and face and bends him backwards over a railing, completely overpowering him. He takes Spence's gun off of him, then releases him]
Sam
Tell me about an ambush?! Tell me about an ambush?! I ambushed you with a cup of coffee!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Brotherhood Tested by Financial Obligations
Vincent
Everyone's your brother until the rent comes due.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Lessons in Doubt and Memory
Sam
Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt. That's the first thing they teach you.
Vincent
Who taught you?
Sam
I don't remember. That's the second thing they teach you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Morality and Violence in Conversation
Spence
You ever kill anybody?
Sam
Hurt somebody's feelings once.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Tragic Tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin
Jean-Pierre
The forty seven Ronin. Do you know it?
Jean-Pierre
Forty seven samurai, whose master was betrayed and killed by another lord. They became ronin, masterless samurai, disgraced by another man's treachery. For three years they plotted, pretending to be thieves, mercenaries, even madmen. That I didn't have time to do, and then one night they struck, slipping into the castle of their lord's betrayer and killing him.
Sam
Nice. I like that. My kind of job.
Jean-Pierre
There's something more. All forty seven of them committed seppuku, ritual suicide, in the courtyard of the castle.
Sam
Well, that I don't like so much.
Jean-Pierre
But you understand it?
Sam
What do you mean, I understand it?
Jean-Pierre
The warrior code. The delight in the battle, you understand that, yes? But also something more. You understand there is something outside yourself that has to be served. And when that need is gone, when belief has died, what are you? A man without a master.
Sam
Right now I'm a man without a paycheck.
Jean-Pierre
The Ronin could have hired themselves to new masters. They could have fought for themselves. But they chose honor. They chose myth.
Sam
They chose wrong.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.