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