Spartan (2004) - Quotes

Returning Home After a Long Journey

Jackie Black: We got the girl back.

Scott: Yeah. She just took the long way home.

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Emotional Moments Among Marines

Grace: Yeah, I always knew you Marines were a weepy buncha motherfuckers.

Scott: I got something in my eye.

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Gratitude in Uncertain Circumstances

Laura Newton: Thank you.

Scott: For what?

Laura Newton: For coming for me.

Scott: Ah, what the hell.

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Avi's Proposition to Scott

Avi: There are some people in this house...

Scott: Avi...

Avi: That if you were go, while you were there, if you said hello to them for me, it would cut your price.

Scott: Avi, what do you think I am?

Avi: I don't know what you are. You ain't a planner. You're a shooter. I don't know what you're doing here, and I think you've gone off the reservation.

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Struggles of Home and Identity

Laura Newton: Fuck it. I don't want to go home. Nobody there cares about me. I'm just a whore. I'm just a little whore.

Scott: Yeah, how'd you get like that?

Laura Newton: I was raised by wolves. I don't wanna go home.

Scott: Look, you go home some wave their hats, some turn their backs. It's all the same. None of them know where you've been.

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Trust and Betrayal in Uncertain Circumstances

Laura Newton: Did my father send you?

Scott: That's right.

Laura Newton: Why? Why? He wants me dead.

Scott: He sent me.

Laura Newton: One man.

Scott: One riot, one Ranger." You ever heard that?

Laura Newton: [[Leonidas I|Leonidas] ], King of Sparta... when a neighboring state would plead for military aid, would send one man.

Scott: Well, there you go.

Laura Newton: You ever hear that?

Scott: No. I think we went to different schools.

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Consequences of Recognition in Dangerous Situations

Burch: She dyed her hair. They see that red hair, what do they do, her hair grows out, when they see that red hair? Somebody recognizes her? What do they do when they realize who they took?

Scott: They kill her.

Burch: You're fuckin'-A right, they kill her.

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Unwavering Loyalty in Mission-Driven Context

Burch: What about if we had to go off the meter? I need a man, a man who can unquestioningly follow orders.

Scott: The door is closed sir.

Burch: I need to ask you to do something.

Scott: I am here to get the girl back, sir. And there is nothing I will not do to get the girl back.

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A Knife's Unwelcome Gift

Grace: Nice knife.

Scott: Yeah. Got it off an East German fella.

Grace: He give it to ya for a gift?

Scott: No. As I recall, he was... rather reluctant to part with it.

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Understanding Roles in Decision-Making

Curtis: They sending you in?

Scott: We'll leave that to our betters.

Curtis: Why don't you ask them?

Scott: Why would I want to know? I ain't a planner, I ain't a thinker. I never wanted to be. You got to set your motherfucker to receive. Listen to me. They don't go through the door, we don't ask why. That's not a cost, it's benefit. Because we get to travel light. They tell me where to go. Tell me what to do when I get there.

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The Challenge of Perception and Reality

Curtis: [draws the Picasso symbol on the hood of a car] I saw the sign. Sir.

Scott: You saw the sign? You were up for a week. You coulda seen Jack Ruby. You don't know what you saw your first time out.

Curtis: Sir, I know what I saw.

Scott: You didn't see no sign baby, cause she wasn't there. The hardest thing, y'know what it is? It isn't going in the door, it's coming out. You ever come down offa drugs? The most powerful drug in the world is adrenaline. I told you everything I know. Stand down.

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Consequences of Good Intentions in Action

Curtis: I fucked up. I tried to help.

Scott: That's usually when people fuck up.

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City, Woods, and Desert Reflections

Scott: In the city always a reflection, in the woods always a sound.

Curtis: What about the desert?

Scott: You don't wanna go in the desert.

The Importance of Effective Combat Training

Scott: What they gotcha teachin here, young sergeant?

Jackie Black: Edged weapons, sir. Knife fighting.

Scott: Don't you teach em knife fighting. Teach em to kill. That way, they meet some sonofabitch who studied knife fighting, they send his soul to hell.

Unnecessary Introductions in Tough Conversations

Curtis: My name's Curtis.

Scott: Do I need to know that? If I want camaraderie, I'll join the Masons.

Choosing Between Gossip and Action

Agent Jones: Do you wanna gossip or do you wanna shoot somebody?

The Importance of Honesty to a Ranger

Curtis: There's an Army depending on us for the truth. You can lie to anyone else. Never lie to a Ranger.

The Consequences of a King's Indulgence

Master Gunnery Sergeant Robert Scott: There was a king, and he had a daughter, and she was abducted. The king, he swore to protect her, but while he was indulging himself shamefully, she was abducted. Now, the king's advisors, they knew that if she came home, she would reveal the king's shame to the country. So they told the king that she was dead.