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Clear
and Present Danger
Jack Ryan: I didn't sign up for this. This
is someone's bullshit pollitical agenda. Who authorized this? Cutter?!
Ritter:
Cutter couldn't tie his own shoes without permission.
Jack Ryan: If I go down
you're coming with me.
Ritter: Wrong again. I have an authorized get-out-of-jail-free
card!! "The President of the United States has authorized Deputy Director
of the CIA Robert Ritter etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." You don't have one
of these do you Jack? Gray! The world is gray Jack!!
[Before
commencing a covert action.]
Ritter: Let me make this very clear: this is
your deal, not mine, so unless I have written authorization, this whole thing
is over before it starts because I'm not going to be the only one left without
a chair when the music stops.
The
President: These drug cartels represent a clear and present danger to the security
of the United States.
The
President: So go down there, establish it.
Jack Ryan: Go down where?
The
President: Colombia.
Jack Ryan: Who, me?
[On
whether Jack should investigate the growing scandal]
Admiral Greer: You took
an oath, if you recall, when you first came to work for me. And I don't mean to
the National Security Advisor of the United States, I mean to his boss... and
I don't mean the President. You gave your word to his boss: you gave your word
to the people of the United States. Your word is who you are.
Captain
Ramirez: The chicken is in the pot, over.
Clark: Cook it!
Ritter:
[on Cutter's computer] They're in. Congratulation, James, you've got your own
little war.
Ritter:
Jack, computer theft is a very serious offense.
Ritter:
Oh, no, I've got my own autographed Get Out of Jail Free card!
Ritter:
You see everything in black and white!
Jack Ryan: No, no, no! Not black and
white Ritter, RIGHT and WRONG!
[Jack
needs a helicopter.]
Jack Ryan: I'm here to rent the Huey.
Helicopter
owner: We don't rent it anymore, but it is for sale.
Jack Ryan: How much?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Uh, my pilot and I will
have to talk it for a test drive.
Helicopter owner: Of course, you just have
to leave a deposit.
Jack Ryan: How much is that?
Helicopter owner: Two
million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Umm...
[Shows a CIA business card]
Jack
Ryan: Would you take a company check?
Clark:
Hey, get out of my chopper!
Jack Ryan: No, no - *my* chopper.
[Hands Clark
receipt]
The
President: How dare you come in here and lecture me!
Jack Ryan: How dare *you*,
sir!
The President: How dare you come into this office and bark at me like
some little junkyard dog? I am the President of the United States!
Jack
Ryan: I'm sorry, Mr. President, I don't dance.
[Chavez
was able to close in on the Sergeant Major by using a cheeseburger wrapper as
a decoy]
Sergeant Major: Soldier, how did you get so close to me?
Chavez:
Sniper approached the instructor by being a sneaky bastard, Sergeant Major!
Felix
Cortez: What would you say if I promised you that I would reduce the cocaine shipments
to your country by half?
James Cutter: I'd say you were using too much of
your own product.
[Entering
the White House grounds]
Jack Ryan: Uh, where do I park?
Jack
Ryan: You broke the law.
Ritter: You are SUCH a Boy Scout!