The Bourne Identity (2002) - Quotes

Communication and Collaboration in Crisis Management

Conklin: I can't fix this if I don't know what the problem is. Tell me what we're into, and I'll do the best I can. Why don't you talk to Marie, Jason? Let's ask Marie what she wants.

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Confrontation Between Bourne and The Professor

Bourne: Who else is out here? Who else? How many you got with you? I'm not gonna ask you again.

The Professor: I work alone, like you. We always work alone...

Bourne: What do you mean?

The Professor: Who are you, Rome? Paris? Treadstone, both of us.

Bourne: Treadstone?

The Professor: Which one?

Bourne: Paris. I live in Paris.

The Professor: Do you get the headaches?

Bourne: ...Yeah.

The Professor: Oh, I get such bad headaches. You know at night, when you're driving a car? I dunno, maybe it's something to do with the headlights...

Bourne: What is Treadstone?

The Professor: Treadstone sent pills, they said "Go to Paris"...

Bourne: Is Treadstone in Paris?

The Professor: ...Look at this. Look at what they make you give.

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A Call for Ruthless Action

Wombosi's Assistant: We need to be careful.

Wombosi: We?" No, you. You need to bring me back that bastard Kane's head, put it in front of this house, and show them what kind of war we are fighting!

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Upcoming Bump in the Journey

Bourne: So…

Marie: What?

Bourne: Uh, we got a bump coming up.

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Struggling with Identity and Trust

Bourne: I don't know what happened! I don't know who this guy was! I don't know about that picture! I don't know who I am! Look, I'm-- You're acting like I'm trying to burn you here. I'm just trying to do the right thing.

Marie: Nobody does the right thing.

Bourne: Look, I can't run with you. I can't-- We run, I gotta live like this. I gotta-- I don't even know who I'm hiding from. These people know who I am. Now I gotta-- I gotta stay here. I gotta figure this out.

Marie: So figure it out.

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The Value of Connection in Uncertainty

Marie: With you, you'll probably just forget about me if I stayed here.

Bourne: How could I forget about you? You're the only person I know.

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Memory Loss and Its Implications

Bourne: Fuck it. I can't remember anything that happened before two weeks ago.

Marie Kreutz: Lucky you.

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Urgent Orders to Eliminate Target

Conklin: Get everybody up. Do it now. I want them all activated.

Zorn: All of them? At the same time?

Conklin: You heard me. I want Bourne in a body bag by sundown.

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Discussion of Treadstone and Wombosi

Ward Abbott: I was recalling a conversation we had some time ago, talking about Treadstone. I seem to remember Nykwana Wombosi's name might have come up.

Conklin: I'm not sure what we're talking about.

Abbott: Someone tried to take him out. Tried, and failed. Was this Treadstone?

Conklin: You're asking me a direct question?

Abbott: Yes.

Conklin: I thought you were never gonna do that.

Abbott: What happened?

Conklin: Well... We, uh, lost communication with our man.

Abbott: This was almost two weeks ago.

Conklin: We've been working round the clock, the whole unit. We've been sleeping down there. Believe me, we're doing everything we can.

Abbott: And you don't let me know this?

Conklin: You never wanted to before.

Abbott: You never made a mistake before.

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Struggling with Memory and Identity

Giancarlo: What's this? You tied these knots? So it starts to come back, eh?

Bourne: No, it doesn't start to come back. The knots, like everything else, I just found the rope and I did it. The same way I can, I can read, I can write. I can add, subtract, I can make coffee, I can shuffle cards, I can set up a chessboard.

Giancarlo: Yes, yes, it will come back...

Bourne: No it's not coming back, goddammit, that's the point!

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Identity Crisis in The Bourne Identity

Giancarlo: Who are you? What's your name? What's your name?

Bourne: I don't know. Oh, God...

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Political Turmoil and Strategic Solutions Discussed

Marshall: That's Nykwana Wombosi speaking in Paris the day before yesterday. He was an irritation before he took power, a problem when he was in power, and he's been a disaster for us in exile.

Nicky Parsons: It's Bourne, isn't it?

Ward Abbott: [[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|Blackbriar] Okay, this is... ]. Blackbriar is a joint DOD communications program that we really feel has good traction to it. It's got legs. It'll run and run.

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The Complexity of Invisible Operations

Alexander Conklin: [to Bourne] Kill Wombosi? Hell, we can do that any time we want. I can send Nicky to do that, for Christ's sake! Mr. Wombosi was supposed to be dead three weeks ago. He was supposed to have died in a way where the only possible explanation was that he'd been murdered by a member of his own entourage! I don't send you to kill! I send you to be invisible. I send you because you don't exist.

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Government Property and Malfunctioning Weapons

Alexander Conklin: You're U.S. Government property! You're a malfunctioning, 30-million-dollar weapon! You're a total goddamn catastrophe and by God, if it kills me, you're gonna tell me how this happened.

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Confrontation and Resolution in Unfolding Conflict

Alexander Conklin: It only goes two ways. Either you come in and let us make this right... or we'll keep going until we're satisfied.

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Consequences of Ignoring Urgent Matters

Alexander Conklin: You're worried about a budget meeting? We don't take care of this, we don't make it to the men's room. Is that clear enough for you? We will burn for this. We will both of us burn.

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Critique of Ineffective Surveillance Tactics

Alexander Conklin: Great police work. Really brilliant. Why don't they just hang out a banner that says "Don't come back"? Jesus Christ. What is the French word for "stakeout"?

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Desire for Knowledge of Past Relationships

Alexander Conklin: [about Marie] I want to know every place she's slept in the past six years.

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Identity Verification Inquiry

Marie Kreutz: You have ID?

Shared Uncertainty Between Strangers

Marie Kreutz: The only thing we had in common was that neither of us knew who you were. We passed that now.

Questioning the Simplicity of Asking for Help

Marie Kreutz: This guy at the front desk was smiling at me. I thought-- all this trouble-- maybe it's easier to just ask for them.

Questioning Unusual Actions in Crisis

Marie Kreutz: Sure. Yeah. Sure. Uh, he went out the window. Why would someone do that?

A Moment of Realization in Uncertainty

Marie Kreutz: [Jason is repeatedly pressing the buzzer for his apartment; [home] I guess you're not ].

Determination to Fight for Personal Freedom

Jason Bourne: [[God; [feel] I swear to ], if I even ] somebody behind me, there is no measure to how fast and how hard I will bring this fight to your doorstep! I'm on my own side now.

Survival Demands Caution and Stillness

Jason Bourne: You move, you die.

Survival and Isolation in Unfamiliar Territory

Jason Bourne: You got to get out. You got to start running. You get low, you stay low. No more friends. Nothing familiar. There's enough in there for you to make a life. Any life.

Identity and Self-Recognition in Bourne's Journey

Jason Bourne: I'm definitely Kane. I just had a meeting as Kane. And he knew me as Kane. So I'm definitely Bourne. I'm also definitely Kane.

Leaving the Past Behind

Jason Bourne: [to Marie] You can never come back to this car.

Identity and Awareness in Uncertainty

Jason Bourne: [[gun] I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs two hundred and fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a ] is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that? How can I know that and not know who I am?

Surveillance and Preparedness in Uncertain Situations

Jason Bourne: Who has a safety deposit box full of... money and six passports and a gun? Who has a bank account number in their hip? I come in here... and the first thing I'm doing is I'm catching the sight lines and looking for an exit.

Identity and Nationality in Uncertainty

Jason Bourne: I'm an American... Okay.

Searching for Identity and Self-Understanding

Jason Bourne: [to himself, in French; in Dutch] Do you know who I am? I do not know who I am. Tell me who I am. If you know who I am... Please stop messing around... ...and tell me.