The Hunt For Red October (1990) quotes

Director
John McTiernan.

Cast
Sean Connery.
Alec Baldwin.
Scott Glenn.

In November 1984, the Soviet Union’s best submarine Captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the U.S. Is he trying to defect or to start a war?

Listen, I’m a politician, which means I’m a cheat and a liar, and when I’m not kissing babies, I’m stealing their lollipops. But it also means I keep my options open.
– Jeffrey Pelt

I would like to have seen Montana.
– Capt. Vasili Borodin

What’s his plan?
– Adm. Painter
His plan?
– Jack Ryan
Russians don’t take a dump, son, without a plan.
– Adm. Painter

“… and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home.” Christopher Columbus.
– Captain Ramius
Welcome to the New World, Captain.
– Jack Ryan

You arrogant ass. You’ve killed *us*!
– Andrei Bonovia

“Ryan, some things in here don’t react well to bullets.” Yeah, like me. I don’t react well to bullets.
– Jack Ryan

I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck… maybe even a “recreational vehicle.” And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
– Capt. Vasili Borodin
I suppose.
– Captain Ramius
No papers?
– Capt. Vasili Borodin
No papers, state to state.
– Captain Ramius
Well then, in winter I will live in… Arizona. Actually, I think I will need two wives.
– Capt. Vasili Borodin
Oh, at least.
– Captain Ramius

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.
– Admiral Josh Painter

You’re afraid of our fleet. Well, you should be. Personally, I’d give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?
– Captain Ramius

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.
– Admiral Josh Painter

Re-verify our range to target… one ping only.
– Captain Ramius
Captain, I – I – I just…
– Capt. Vasili Borodin
Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.
– Captain Ramius
Aye, Captain.
– Capt. Vasili Borodin

There is another matter… one I’m reluctant to…
– Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Please.
– Dr. Jeffrey Pelt
One of our submarines, an Alfa, was last reported in the area of the Grand Banks. We have not heard from her for some time.
– Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Andrei, you’ve lost another submarine?
– Dr. Jeffrey Pelt

Mr. Ambassador, you have nearly a hundred naval vessels operating in the North Atlantic right now. Your aircraft has dropped enough sonar buoys so that a man could walk from Greenland to Iceland to Scotland without getting his feet wet. Now, shall we dispense with the bull?
– Jeffrey Pelt
You make your point as delicately as ever, Mr. Pelt.
– Ambassador Lysenko

Have I got this straight, Jonesy? A $40 million computer tells you you’re chasing an earthquake, but you don’t believe, and you come up with this on your own?
– Capt. Bart Mancuso

Yes, sir.
– Seaman Jones
Including all the navigation maps?
– Capt. Bart Mancuso
Sir, I-I’ve got all the…
– Seaman Jones
Relax, Jonesy. You sold me.
– Capt. Bart Mancuso

You will go with the men in the life rafts. The officers and I will submerge beneath you, and scuttle the ship.
– Captain Ramius
You will receive the Order of Lenin for this Captain!
– Dr. Petrov

You slammed the door on the General pretty hard, didn’t you?
– Jeffrey Pelt
That was not my intention.
– Jack Ryan
Oh, yes, it was! He was patronizing you, and you stomped on him! And in my opinion, he deserved it!
– Jeffrey Pelt

Hey I think someone just shot a torpedo at us!
– Bill Steiner
No shit, Buckwheat, now get the hell out of here!
– Capt. Bart Mancuso

The hard part about playing chicken is knowin’ when to flinch.
– Capt. Bart Mancuso

We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll… while we conduct missile drills.
– Captain Ramius

Y’know, I seen me a mermaid once. I even seen me a shark eat an octopus. But I ain’t never seen no phantom Russian submarine.
– Watson

A great day comrades, we sail into history!
– Captain Ramius

Won’t he hear us?
– Beaumont
Not if we stay in his baffles, Seaman Beaumont. Not if we stay in his baffles. Come up right behind his propellor and he’ll be deaf as a post!
– Seaman Jones

A little revolution now and then is a healthy thing, don’t you think?
– Captain Ramius