Con Air (1997) quotes
Director
Simon West.
Cast
Nicolas Cage.
John Cusack.
John Malkovich.
Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control.
Put… the bunny… back… in the box.
– Cameron Poe
Define irony. Bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.
– Garland Greene
He’s a font of misplaced rage. Name your cliché; mother held him too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky uncle, whatever. Now he’s so angry moments of levity actually cause him pain; gives him headaches. Happiness, for that gentleman, hurts.
– Garland Greene
Contingency plans for something like this don’t exist! A situation like this has never been contemplated.
– Larkin
Well, you better start contemplating, because this is a situation that needs to get UN-FUCKED, RIGHT NOW!
– Duncan Malloy
They somehow managed to get every creep and freak in the universe onto this one plane. And then somehow managed to let them take it over. And then somehow managed to stick us right smack in the middle.
– Cameron Poe
Yee-haw! What’s on your mind, Hillbilly?
– Nathan ‘Diamond Dog’ Jones
What was I thinking about? Oh, yeah, “yee-haw”, that’s right. I was just wondering what a black militant – that would be you – was doin’ takin’ orders from a white boy on a power trip? Don’t you think that’s strange?
– Cameron Poe
It’s a means to an end, my white friend. A means to an end. See, I’s can play house nigger tills we get to where we’re goin’. And then, the Day of the Dog begins.
– Nathan ‘Diamond Dog’ Jones
You lost your mind?
– William ‘Billy Bedlam’ Bedford
According to my last psych evaluation, yes.
– Cyrus Grissom
One girl, I drove through three states wearing her head as a hat.
– Garland Greene
I’m DEA! Do you know what the fuck that means?
– Agent Sims
It means you’re the most crooked nigger on this plane!
– Pinball
Are you sick?
– Little Girl
Why do you ask?
– Garland Greene
You look sick.
– Little Girl
I am sick.
– Garland Greene
Do you take medicine?
– Little Girl
There is no medicine for what I have.
– Garland Greene
DON’T. TREAT. WOMEN. LIKE. THAT!
– Cameron Poe
The last Mohican is burning, man!
– Pinball
Do you know what I am?
– Johnny 23
Ugly all day?
– Cameron Poe
He brought a gun on the plane!
– Vince Larkin
If I knew the way you guys run things I would have told him to bring a fuckin’ UZI on board!
– Duncan Malloy
On any other day, that might seem strange.
– Cameron Poe
Beautiful? Sunsets are beautiful. Newborn babies are beautiful. This… this is fucking spectacular!
– Duncan Malloy
Sorry boss, but there’s only two men I trust. One of them’s me. The other’s not you.
– Cameron Poe
I despise rapists. For me, you’re somewhere between a cockroach and that white stuff that accumulates at the corner of your mouth when you’re really thirsty. But, in your case, I’ll make an exception.
– Cyrus Grissom
I’ll get the fuel truck.
– Cameron Poe
Thanks, Poe. You’ve proven to be a most useful mammal.
– Cyrus Grissom
Many hands make light work. My daddy taught me that.
– Cameron Poe
Ya know what my daddy taught me?
– Cyrus Grissom
What’s that?
– Cameron Poe
Nothing.
– Cyrus Grissom
Self-educated man.
– Cameron Poe
You ain’t getting near my daughter! Buckle up!
– Cameron Poe
He’s got the who-ole wo-orld in his hands…
– Garland Greene
It smells like someone shit in your mouth.
– Guard Falzon
He told me he loved me.
– Pinball
You know, the next time you choose a human shield, you’re better off not picking a two-bit negro crackhead.
– Cyrus Grissom
How am I doing, son?
– Baby O
You’re doing fine.
– Cameron Poe
What’s wrong with him?
– Baby O
My first thought would be… a lot.
– Cameron Poe
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by observing its prisoners.” Dostevsky said that… after doin’ a little time.
– Vince Larkin
“Fuck you!” Cyrus Grissom said that after putting a bullet in my agent’s head, okay?
– Duncan Malloy
Told you I’d get that back.
– Cameron Poe
Fuck you, trailer trash!
– Guard Falzon
HEY! My mama lives in a trailer! Now put those on! I just saved your life.
– Cameron Poe
That gun work?
– Cameron Poe
Yeah.
– Vince Larkin
Then shoot that piece of shit!
– Cameron Poe