Here is our list of some of the best action and adventure movie quotes in alpha order.
A – Z Action and Adventure Quotes
300 (2006)
King Leonidas: Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight we dine in hell!
Air Force One (1997)
Ivan Korshunov: I know what you are thinking, First Lady. You want me dead. It may come to that. In a war, people die.
Grace Marshall: This isn’t war! You just murdered an unarmed woman.
Ivan Korshunov: You, who murdered a hundred thousand Iraqis to save a nickel on a gallon of gas, are going to lecture me about the rules of war? Don’t!
Aliens (1986)
Private Hudson: That’s it, man. Game over, man! Game over! What the f*** are we going to do now? What are we going to do?
Burke: Maybe we could build a fire. Sing a couple of songs, huh? Why don’t we try that?
Danny Sharp: Will you just stay out of the water?!
Will Sharp: I’m driving through the f***ing LA River! There’s water everywhere!
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Leigh: The very least of our problems is we’ve run out of time.
Wilson: It’s an old story with me. I was born out of time.
Bad Boys (1995)
Marcus Burnett: No cup holder, no back seat. It’s a shiny d**k with two chairs in it. I guess we the balls, just dragging the f*** along.
Bad Boys II (2003)
Mike Lowery: [reading from their high school year book] “We ride together, we die together. Bad boys for life.”
Marcus: Look, let me handle this, okay? Just back up. I’m going to penetrate this man’s soul with my heart.
Mike: What?
Carmine Falcone: You’d be surprised what even a good man is capable of in the right situation.
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Axel Foley: Tell me something, what’s the charge?
Beverly Hills Cop: Possession of a concealed weapon, disturbing the peace.
Axel Foley: Disturbing the peace? I got thrown out of a window! What’s the f***ing charge for getting pushed out of a moving car, huh? Jaywalking?
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Jack Burton: You just listen to the old Pork-Chop Express here now and take his advice on a dark and stormy night when the lightning’s crashing, and the thunder’s rolling, and the rain’s coming down in sheets thick as lead. Just remember what old Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right square in the eye, and he says, “Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it.”
Blade (1998)
Blade: You better wake up. The world you live in is just a sugarcoated topping. There is another world beneath it, the real world. And if you want to survive it, you better learn to pull the trigger.
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Jason Bourne: 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 at the counter weighs two hundred fifteen pounds and can handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun 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?
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Ezra Kramer: My number one rule is hope for the best, plan for the worst.
Braveheart (1995)
William Wallace: We all end up dead. It’s just a question of how and why.
Ladybug: Why didn’t you tell me to bring that gun?
Maria: I did. You chose spiritual enlightenment.
Bullitt (1968)
Chalmers: Come on now. Don’t be naive, lieutenant. We both know how careers are made. Integrity is something you sell to the public.
Bullitt: You sell whatever you want, but don’t sell it here tonight.
Vesper Lynd: It doesn’t bother you? Killing all those people?
James Bond: Well I wouldn’t be very good at my job if it did.
Cliffhanger (1993)
Qualen: I must admit, you’re a real piece of work.
Gabe Walker: Yeah, and I must admit, you’re a real piece of s**t.
Commando (1985)
John Matrix: [referring to the man he’s killed in the seat next to him] Don’t disturb my friend. He’s dead tired.
Con Air (1997)
Cameron Poe: I said, put the bunny back in the box.
Billy Bedlam: Die, punk!
Cameron Poe: [kills Billy in self-defense] Why couldn’t you put the bunny back in the box?
Bob Viddick: Hard chargers get charged hard.
Master Sergeant John Kinley: I am going to get that man and his family out of the position that we put him in. And of that, I have no doubt.
The Joker: See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.
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Death Wish (1974)
Paul Kersey: I mean, if we’re not pioneers, what have we become? What do you call people, who when they’re faced with a condition of fear, do nothing about it, they just run and hide?
Jack Toby: Civilized?
Paul Kersey: No.
Dick Cevoli: The real battle in all of life is being someone that people can count on. And that isn’t defined in a single moment. You earn that with a lifetime of showing up.
Die Hard (1988)
Hans Gruber: Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?
John McClane: Yippee-ki-yay, m*****f***er.
Dirty Harry (1971)
Harry Callahan: I know what you’re thinking, “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question, “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do you, punk?
Dredd (2012)
Judge Dredd: Been wondering when you’d remember you left your helmet behind.
Anderson: Sir, a helmet can interfere with my psychic abilities.
Judge Dredd: Think a bullet might interfere with them more.
Driver: If I drive for you, you give me a time and a place, I give you a five minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes, then I’m yours, no matter what. Anything happens a minute either side of that, and you’re on your own. Do you understand?
Rita: Why does it matter what happens to me?
Cage: I wish I didn’t know you. But I do.
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Enter the Dragon (1973)
Lee: You have offended my family, and you have offended a Shaolin temple.
Robert McCall: When you pray for rain, you got to deal with the mud too.
Robert McCall: I understand weakness. I understand pain. I understand death. I understand suffering. And because of these people, I’m starting to understand peace. You can’t take that away from me.
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Escape from New York (1981)
Hauk: We’d make one hell of a team, Snake.
Snake Plissken: The name’s Plissken.
Tyler Rake: We just got attacked by the Goonies from hell.
Nik Khan: You were clinically dead nine months ago.
Tyler Rake: Yeah, well, I’m not now.
Face/Off (1997)
Castor Troy: I don’t know what I hate wearing worse, your face or your body. I mean, I enjoy boning your wife. But, well, let’s face it, we both like it better the other way, yes? So why don’t we just trade back?
Sean Archer: You can’t give back what you’ve taken from me.
Castor Troy: Oh, well. Plan B. Let’s just kill each other.
Dominic Toretto: A real driver knows exactly what’s in his car.
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Deckard Shaw: This job requires stealth. Look at you.
Luke Hobbs: I’m trying to save the world, which for the record, will be my fourth time, because I’m really good at it.
Roman: My speedometer only goes up to seventy. What do I do?!
Tej: You put your foot to that floor, and you pray!
Dominic Toretto: You made one mistake. You never took my car.
First Blood (1982)
Rambo: I could have killed them all. I could have killed you. In town you’re the law. Out here, it’s me! Don’t push it! Don’t push it, or I’ll give you a war you won’t believe! Let it go. Let it go.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Carlos: What were they? Psychos?
Seth Gecko: They look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them. I don’t give a f*** how crazy they are!
The Fugitive (1993)
Dr. Richard Kimble: I didn’t kill my wife!
Samuel Gerard: I don’t care!
Maximus: My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
Goldfinger (1964)
James Bond: Do you expect me to talk?
Auric Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!
Lloyd Hansen: Extra ten million to the first guy to put a bullet in this Ken Doll’s brain.
Highlander (1986)
Connor MacLeod: There can be only one!
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Danny Butterman: Point Break or Bad Boys II?
Nicholas Angel: Which one do you think I’ll prefer?
Danny Butterman: No, I mean which one do you want to watch first?
Dom Cobb: Well, dreams, they feel real while we’re in them, right? It’s only when we wake up that we realize that something was actually strange.
Independence Day (1996)
President Thomas Whitmore: Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it’s fate that today is the fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression or persecution, but from annihilation. We’re fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice. We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones: I’m like a bad penny, I always turn up.
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In the Line of Fire (1993)
Mitch Leary: Do you really have the guts to take a bullet?
Frank Horrigan: I’ll be thinking about that when I’m pi**ing on your grave.
Jaws (1975)
Brody: You’re going to need a bigger boat.
John Wick (2014)
Viggo Tarasov: I can say you’re still very much the John Wick of old.
John Wick: Am I?
Viggo Tarasov: People don’t change, you know that. Times, they do.
John Wick: Winston, Tell them. Tell them all. Whoever comes, I’ll kill them. I’ll kill them all.
Winston: Of course you will.
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
Sofia: [after killing Berrada] He shot my dog.
John Wick: I get it.
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John Wick: Those who cling to death, live.
Caine: Those who cling to life, die.
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Yeah, I got a backpack on! You don’t get in the water with a backpack, everybody knows that.
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Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
Bravestone: Are we dead?
Mouse: You know, I was just wondering the same thing. Did I die, and turn into some kind of a small muscular Boy Scout?
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Kick-Ass (2010)
Dave Lizewski: Had I ever been a real superhero? The most I’d ever had to offer the world was good intentions, and a slightly elevated capacity to take a kicking. With no power comes no responsibility. Except that wasn’t true.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Hattori Hanzo: Revenge is never a straight line. It’s a forest. And like a forest it’s easy to lose your way, to get lost, to forget where you came in.
Budd: That woman deserves her revenge. And we deserve to die.
Orlando Oxford: Reputation is what people think of you. Character is what you are.
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Harry Hart: Being a gentleman has nothing to do with one’s accent, it’s about being at ease in one’s own skin. As Hemingway said, “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Gay Perry: Look up “idiot” in the dictionary. You know what you’ll find?
Harry Lockhart: A picture of me?
Gay Perry: No. The definition of the word idiot, which you f***ing are.
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Chingachgook: Great Spirit and the Maker of All Life, a warrior goes to you swift and straight as an arrow shot into the sun. Welcome him, and let him take his place at the Council Fire of my people. He is Uncas, my son. Tell him to be patient and ask death for speed, for they are all there but one, I, Chingachgook, the last of the Mohicans.
Leon: The Professional (1994)
Leon: You need some time to grow up a little.
Mathilda: I finished growing up, Leon. I just get older.
Leon: For me it’s the opposite. I’m old enough. I need time to grow up.
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Roger Murtaugh: You ever met anybody you didn’t kill?
Martin Riggs: Well, I haven’t killed you yet.
Laura: You are dying. You want to die.
Logan: How do you know?
Laura: Charles told me.
Logan: What else did he tell you?
Laura: To not let you.
Loretta Sage: What is this, Taken? Am I tooken?
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Narrator: The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice. And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary men were battered and smashed. Men like Max. The Warrior Max. ln the roar of an engine, he lost everything and became a shell of a man. A burnt-out, desolate man. A man haunted by the demons of his past. A man who wandered out into the Wasteland. And it was here, in this blighted place that he learned to live again.
Max Rockatansky: You know, hope is a mistake. If you can’t fix what’s broken, you’ll go insane.
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Man on Fire (2004)
Elderly Man: [in Spanish] In the church, they say to forgive.
John W. Creasy: Forgiveness is between them and God. It’s my job to arrange the meeting.
Neo: You ever have that feeling where you’re not sure if you’re awake or still dreaming?
Vincent Serra: Memory’s a m*****f***er. And as for justice, it ain’t guaranteed.
Dick Best: You’ll remember this moment for the rest of your life. And if you know that you came through when people were counting on you, you’ll be able to face anything.
Minority Report (2002)
John Anderton: If you don’t kill me, Precogs were wrong and Precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. Precogs were right. So what are you going to do now? What’s it worth? Just one more murder. You’ll rot in hell with a halo, but people will still believe in Precrime. All you have to do is kill me, like they said you would. Except you know your own future, which means you can change it if you want to. You still have a choice, Lamar, like I did.
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)
Benji Dunn: [referring to the gloves] Easy way to remember. Blue is glue.
Ethan Hunt: And when it’s red?
Benji Dunn: Dead.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
John Smith: I guess, in the end, you start thinking about the beginning.
The Mummy (1999)
Evelyn Carnahan: [as they are about to open the sarcophagus] Oh, I’ve dreamt about this since I was a little girl.
Rick O’Connell: You dream about dead guys?
Holland March: Look at the bright side, nobody got hurt.
Jackson Healy: People got hurt.
Holland March: I’m saying I think they died quickly so I don’t think that they got hurt.
Hutch Mansell: You brought a lot of shotguns.
David Mansell: Well, you brought a lot of Russians.
Q: So you’re not dead.
James Bond: Hello, Q. I’ve missed you.
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The Patriot (2000)
Benjamin Martin: I have long feared, that my sins would return to visit me. And the cost is more than I can bear.
Payback (1999)
Porter: They say, “Time heals all wounds.” You’d think, after five months of lying on my back I’d give up any idea of getting even. Just be a nice guy, call it a day. Nice guys are fine. You got to have someone to take advantage of, but they always finish last.
Point Break (1991)
Bodhi: If you project weakness, you draw aggression. That’s how people get hurt. You see, fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.
Predator (1987)
Dutch: What the hell are you?
The Predator: What the hell are you?
Anna: You point a gun at my pu**y, and then you ask me to bed? I like your style.
Rembrandt: Said the woman with hollow points pointed at my balls.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones: I’m making this up as I go.
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Rambo (2008)
John Rambo: You’re not going anywhere. And there isn’t one of us that doesn’t want to be someplace else, but this is what we do, who we are. Live for nothing, or die for something. Your call.
Rambo: First Blood, Part II (1985)
Rambo: To survive a war, you got to become war.
Rambo: I want revenge. I want them to know that death is coming, and there’s nothing they can do to stop it. I want them to feel our grief, and know that’s the last thing they will ever feel.
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Road House (1989)
Dalton: I want you to remember that it’s a job. It’s nothing personal.
Steve: Being called a c**ks**ker isn’t personal?
Dalton: No. It’s two nouns combined to elicit a prescribed response.
Steve: What if somebody calls my mama a whore?
Dalton: Is she?
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Azeem: I once heard a wise man say, “There are no perfect men in this world, only perfect intentions.”
RoboCop (1987)
RoboCop: Come quietly, or there will be trouble.
Steve Minh: F*** you!
The Rock (1996)
John Mason: Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and f*** the prom queen.
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Jack Colton: [to Joan] Lady, you are bad news. What did you do? Wake up this morning and say, “Today I’m going to ruin a man’s life?”
Ronin (1998)
Spence: You ever kill anybody?
Sam: I hurt somebody’s feelings once.
The Running Man (1987)
Damon Killian: You b****rd. Drop dead!
Ben Richards: I don’t do requests.
Scarface (1983)
Tony Montana: You want to f*** with me? You cockroaches. You want to play games? Okay, I play with you. You want to play rough? Say hello to my little friend!
[he starts shooting]
James Bond: Some men are coming to kill us. We’re going to kill them first.
Speed (1994)
Annie: So, you’re a cop, right?
Jack Traven: That’s right.
Annie: Well, I should probably tell you that I had my driver’s license revoked.
Jack Traven: What for?
Annie: Speeding.
Rick Ford: I watched the couple that raised me explode in a van. I watched the woman I love get tossed from a plane and hit by another plane, midair. I drove a car off a freeway on top of a train while I was on fire. Not the car. I was on fire.
Susan Cooper: Jesus, you’re intense.
Sudden Impact (1983)
Harry Callahan: Go ahead, make my day.
Bloodsport: No one likes a show-off.
Peacemaker: Unless what they’re showing off is dope as f***.
Bloodsport: F***. That’s true.
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Taken (2008)
Bryan Mills: I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for a ransom, I can tell you, I don’t have money. But what I do have is a very particular set of skills. Skills I’ve acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you. I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you. I will find you, and I will kill you.
Neil: It’s the bomb that didn’t go off. The danger no one knew was real. That’s the bomb with the real power to change the world.
The Terminator: [referring to Sarah] Where is she?
Desk Sergeant: Look, it may take a while. If you want to wait, there’s a bench over there.
The Terminator: I’ll be back.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Terminator: Come with me if you want to live.
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T-800: My past has caught up with me. And, I won’t be back.
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Thelma & Louise (1991)
Thelma: I guess I went a little crazy, huh?
Louise: No, you’ve always been crazy. This is just the first chance you’ve ever had to really express yourself.
Top Gun (1986)
Maverick: I feel the need.
Maverick, Goose: The need for speed.
Cain: The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction.
Maverick: Maybe so, sir. But not today.
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Kevin Sandusky: You guys all read the script, right?
Kirk Lazarus: I don’t read the script, script reads me.
Kevin Sandusky: What the hell does that even mean?
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True Lies (1994)
Helen Tasker: How long have you been a spy?
Harry Tasker: Seventeen years.
Helen Tasker: Have you ever killed anyone?
Harry Tasker: Yeah, but they were all bad.
Unstoppable (2010)
Will: I’ve had my training, alright?
Frank: Yeah, but we’re out here in the real world. This ain’t training. In training, they just give you an F. Out here, you get killed.
Wanted (2008)
Wesley: I’m finding it hard to care about anything, these days. In fact, the only thing I do care about is the fact that I can’t care about anything.
Bullet: I like the way you handle that cart. Where did you learn that technique?
H: Spent a lot of time in supermarkets. Shopping.