100 Best Captain America: The First Avenger Quotes

Abraham: [knocking on the capsule Steve is locked in for the procedure to change him] Steven, can you hear me?
Steve: It's probably too late to go to the bathroom, right?

- For what?
- For making it clear how obviously mad you are.
- Berlin is on this map!
- Soitis.
- You will be punished for your insolence!
- You will be brought before the fiihrer himself!

Timothy: Wait. You know what you're doing?
Steve: Yeah. I knocked out Adolf Hitler over 200 times.

- Serum infusion beginning in five, four, three, two, one.

- a good man.
- To the little guys.
- No, no. Wait, wait. What I am doing?
- No, you have procedure tomorrow.
- No fluids.
- All right. We'll drink it after.
- No, I don't have procedure tomorrow.
- Drink it after? I drink it now.

- I can do this all day.
- Of course you can, of course.
- But, unfortunately,
- I am on a tight schedule.
- Soam I.

Timothy: So, let's get this straight.
Gabe: We barely got out of there alive, and you want us to go back?
Steve: Pretty much.
James: Sounds rather fun, actually.
Jim: [burps] I'm in.
[Jacques and Gabe converse briefly in French]
Gabe: [referring to himself and Jacques] We're in.
Timothy: Hell, I'll always fight. But you gotta do one thing for me.
Steve: What's that?
Timothy: [drinks the rest of his beer in one go] Open a tab.
[they laugh as Steve gets up to go to the bar]
Timothy: Well, that was easy.

- Man 3: You think this is about appearances?
- Your hydra division has failed to deliver so much as a rifle in over a year.
- And we had learned through local intelligence you had mounted a full-scale incursion into Norway.
- The fuhrer feels... how does he put it?
- "The red skull has been indulged long enough!"

- Rogers! You might need this!
- Thanks!
- We're in! Assault team, go!
- Move out!
Soldier: Move!
- Phillips: Keep your spacing!

- Now, I'm going to ask you again.
- Where am I?
- Captain Rogers...
- Who are you?
- Woman: Captain Rogers, wait!
- All agents, code 13!
- I repeat. All agents, code 13!

- You could have the power of the gods!
- Yet you wear a flag on your chest and think you fight a battle of nations!
- I have seen the future, captain!
- There are no flags!
- Not my future!
- What have you done?
- No!

Steve: There's not gonna be a safe landing, but I can try and force it down.
Peggy: I'll-I'll get Howard on the line. He'll know what to do.
Steve: There's not enough time. This thing's moving too fast and it's heading for New York. I gotta put her in the water.
Peggy: Please don't do this. W-we have time. We can work it out.
Steve: Right now I'm in the middle of nowhere. If I wait any longer a lot of people are gonna die. Peggy, this is my choice.
Steve: [turns the plane toward earth] Peggy...
Peggy: I'm here.
Steve: I'm gonna need a rain check on that dance.
Peggy: All right. A week next Saturday at The Stork Club.
Steve: You've got it.
Peggy: Eight o'clock on the dot. Don't you dare be late. Understood?
Steve: You know, I still don't know how to dance.
Peggy: I'll show you how. Just be there.
Steve: We'll have the band play something slow.
[the ship Cap is piloting is about to crash onto an icy land in the Arctic]
Steve: I'd hate to step on your...
[the radio goes to static]
Peggy: Steve? Steve?
[Colonel Phillips is nearby as a tear drops down Peggy's face]
Peggy: Steve?
[Colonel Phillips walks off. Peggy is alone, silently sobbing]

Peggy: Wait!
[she kisses Steve]
Peggy: Go get him.
[surprised by the kiss, Steve looks at Colonel Phillips]
Col. Chester Phillips: I'm not kissing you.

Peggy: How do you feel?
Steve: Taller.

[Steve starts yelling]
Peggy: Shut it down!
Abraham: Kill the reactor, Mr. Stark! Turn it off! Kill it! Kill the reactor!
Steve: [from within the chamber] No! Don't! I can do this!

- Yes, I think it works.
- I had some ideas about the uniform.
- Whatever you want, pal.

- Levels at 100%.
- Good.
- We may dim half the lights in Brooklyn, but we are ready as we'll ever be.
- Erskine: Agent Carter?
- Don't you think you would be more comfortable in the booth?
- Yes, of course. Sorry.
- Good.

Steve: You save me any of that schnapps?
Abraham: Not as much as I should have. Sorry.

Col. Chester Phillips: Sit down.
[Colonel Phillips puts down a tray of food at a table]
Dr. Arnim Zola: What is this?
Col. Chester Phillips: Steak.
Dr. Arnim Zola: What is in it?
Col. Chester Phillips: Cow.

Peggy: You have no idea how to talk to a woman, do you?
Steve: I think this is the longest conversation I've had with one. Women aren't exactly lining up to dance with a guy they might step on.

Steve: [after one of Steve's "Captain America" shows] What are you doing here?
Peggy: Officially I'm not here at all. That was quite a performance.
Steve: Yeah, uh... I had to improvise a little bit. The crowds I'm used to are usually more, uh...
[Struggles to find a word]
Peggy: I understand you're America's new hope.
Steve: Bond sales take a ten percent bump in every state I visit.
Peggy: Is that Senator Brandt I hear?
Steve: At least he's got me doing this. Phillips would have had me stuck in the lab.
Peggy: And these are your only two options? A lab rat or a dancing monkey? You were meant for more than this, you know?
[Steve looks like he's about to say something, then closes his mouth]
Peggy: What?
Steve: You know for the longest time I dreamed about coming overseas and being on the front lines. Serving my country. I finally get everything I wanted, and I'm wearing tights.

[a body is discovered in the Arctic]
SHIELD: Base. Get me a line to the Colonel! I don't care what time it is! This one's waited long enough.

- This way.
- What are we doing here?
- Follow me.
- Wonderful weather this morning, isn't it?
- Yes, but I always carry an umbrella.

- Only the good stuff.
- Announcer over pa: Welcome to the modern marvels pavilion and the world of tomorrow.
- A greater world. A better world.
- Oh, my god! It's starting! [Giggles]
- Female announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Howard stark!

Peggy: You're late.
[hold up broken transmitter]
Steve: I couldn't call my ride.

- You know, Fritz, one of these days,
- I'm gonna have a stick of my own.

- Hell, no.
- That little guy from Brooklyn who was too dumb not to run away from a fight.
- I'm following him.
- But you're keeping the outfit, right?
- You know what?
- It's kind of growing on me.

- what if I told you that in just a few short years, your automobile won't even have fo touch the ground at all?
- Yes. Thanks, Mandy.
- With stark gravitic reversion technology you'll be able to do just that.
- Holy cow.

Peggy: Gentlemen, I'm Agent Carter. I supervise all operations of this division.
Gilmore: What's with the accent, Queen Victoria? Thought I was signing up for the U.S. Army.
Peggy: What's your name, soldier?
Gilmore: Gilmore Hodge, your Majesty.
Peggy: Step forward, Hodge.
[Hodge steps forward]
Peggy: Put your right foot forward.
Gilmore: Are we dancing? Cause I got a few moves I know you'll like.
[Peggy punches him in the face]

HYDRA: Cut off one head, two more...
- Let's go find two more!
- You're late.
- Weren't you about to...
- Right.

- Get up there, hodge!
- Come on! Get up there!
- Nobody's got that flag in 17 years!
- Now fall back into line! Come on, fall in!
- Let's go! Get back into formation!
- Rogers! I said fall in!

- Wherever he's going, they must need him bad.
- Let's get going, because they're moving like the devil.
- We only got about a 10-second window.
- You miss that window, we're bugs on a windshield.
- Mind the gap.
- Better get moving, bugs!

- of freedom is never too high.
Manager: Let's go! Get on with it!
- Hey, just start the cartoon!
- Hey, you wanna shut up?
- Announcer: Together with allied forces, we'll face any threat, no matter the size.

[talking about Steve taking the Super-Soldier formula]
James: Did it hurt?
Steve: A little.
James: Is this permanent?
Steve: So far.

Steve: Where are we going?
James: The future.

- Taller.
- You look taller.
- How do you like Brooklyn now, senator?
- I can think of some folks in Berlin who are about to get very nervous.
Brandt's Aide: Congratulations, doctor.
- Thank you, sir.

- Fellas.
- Ah!

Steve: You ready to follow Captain America into the jaws of death?
James: Hell, no! The little guy from Brooklyn who was too dumb not to run away from a fight. I'm following him.
[Smiles]
James: But you're keeping the outfit, right?
Steve: You know what? It's kinda grown on me.

Steve: [showing his shield to Peggy] What do you think?
[Peggy unloads her gun into the shield]
Peggy: [sweetly] Yes. I think it works.

Red: Arrogance may not be a uniquely American trait, but I must say, you do it better than anyone. But there are limits to what even you can do, Captain, or did Erskine tell you otherwise?
Steve: He told me you were insane.
Red: Ah. He resented my genius and tried to deny me what was rightfully mine, but he gave you everything. So, what made you so special?
Steve: Nothing. I'm just a kid from Brooklyn.

- I thought you were smaller.
- Come on.
- What happened to you?
- I joined the army.
- Did it hurt? =a little.
- Is this permanent?
- So far.

- I can offer you a chance.
- Only a chance.
- I'll take it.
- Good.
- So where is the little guy from? Actually?
- Brooklyn.
- Congratulations, soldier.

- Exactly.
- Give the order to open fire.
- Fool!
- You cannot control the power you hold.
- You will burn!
- I already have.

- They've come for it!
- They have before.
- Not like this.
- Let them come.
- They'll never find it.

[last lines]
[Steve Rogers finds himself in New York]
Nick: At ease, soldier! Look, I'm sorry about that little show back there, but we thought it best to break it to you slowly.
Steve: Break what?
Nick: You've been asleep, Cap. For almost 70 years.
[Steve is silent with shock]
Nick: You gonna be okay?
Steve: Yeah. Yeah, I just... I had a date.

- Open it!
- Quickly, before he gets...

- Twenty percent.
- Forty.
- Sixty.
- Stabilizing at 70%.
- I have not come all this way for safety, doctor.

- Shall I give the order?
- It has been given.
- Good.
- Dr. zola!
- What do you think?
- A masterpiece.

- I don't know.
- It's probably a weather balloon.
- I don't think so.
- You know, we don't have the equipment for a job like this.
- How long before we can start craning it out?
- I don't think you quite understand.
- You guys are gonna need one hell of a crane.

James: [looking down a long and steep zip line they'll soon be traveling] Remember when I made you ride the Cyclone on Coney Island?
Steve: Yeah, and I threw up?
James: This isn't payback, is it?
Steve: [grinning] Now why would I do that?

Steve: Can I ask a question?
Abraham: Just one?
Steve: Why me?
Abraham: I suppose that's the only question that matters.
Abraham: [Displaying a wine bottle] This is from Augsburg, my city. So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own. You know, after the last war, they... My people struggled. They... they felt weak... they felt small. Then Hitler comes along with the marching, and the big show, and the flags, and the, and the... and he... he hears of me, and my work, and he finds me, and he says "You." He says "You will make us strong." Well, I am not interested. So he sends the head of Hydra, his research division, a brilliant scientist by the name of Johann Schmidt. Now Schmidt is a member of the inner circle and he is ambitious. He and Hitler share a passion for occult power and Teutonic myth. Hitler uses his fantasies to inspire his followers, but for Schmidt, it is not fantasy. For him, it is real. He has become convinced that there is a great power hidden in the earth, left here by the gods, waiting to be seized by a superior man. So when he hears about my formula and what it can do, he cannot resist. Schmidt must become that superior man.
Steve: Did it make him stronger?
Abraham: Yeah, but... there were other... effects. The serum was not ready. But more important, the man. The serum amplifies everything that is inside, so good becomes great; bad becomes worse. This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows... compassion.
Steve: Thanks. I think.
Abraham: [Gesturing toward the wine] Get it, get it. Whatever happens tomorrow, you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are, not a perfect soldier, but a good man.

HYDRA: Cut off one head, two more shall...
Col. Chester Phillips: [blows him away] Let's go find two more!

Timothy: [looks at Jim Morita while asking Captain America] What, are we taking everybody?
Jim: I'm from Fresno, Ace.

Howard: Seems harmless enough. Hard to see what all the fuss is about.
[gets thrown back]
Howard: Write that down.

- Who the hell are you?
- The first of many.
- Cut off one head,
- Two more shall take its place.
- Hail hydra.

- Don't take it so hard.
- Maybe she's got a friend.
Howard: Emission signature is unusual.
- Alpha and beta ray neutral.
- Though I doubt
- Rogers picked up on that.
- Seems harmless enough.
- Hard to see what all the fuss is about.

- I think they only know the one song, but, um,
- I'll see what I can do.
- Man 3: You do that, sweetheart.
- Nice boots, tinker bell!
- Come on, guys, we're all on the same team here.
- Hey, captain! Sign this!

Col. Chester Phillips: If you have something to say, right now's a perfect time to keep it to yourself.

- You must have danced.
- Well, asking a woman to dance always seemed so terrifying.
- And the past few years, it just didn't seem to matter that much.
- I figured I'd wait.
- For what?
- The right partner.

- I had him on the ropes.
- I know you did.
- Get down!
- Fire again!

Abraham: Do you want to kill Nazis?
Steve: Is this a test?
Abraham: Yes.
Steve: I don't want to kill anyone. I don't like bullies; I don't care where they're from.

Howard: Fondue is just cheese and bread, my friend.

- Schmidt: Is there something in particular you need?
- I understand you found him.
- See for yourself.

Peggy: You can't give me orders!
Steve: The hell I can't! I'm a Captain!
[smiles]

- I'll show you how. Just be there.
- We'll have the band play something slow.
- I'd hate to step on your...
- Steve?
- Steve?
- Steve? [Sobbing]

Manager: Where is he now?
- Hydra's last base is here.
- In the alps, 500 feet below the surface.
- Morita: So what are we supposed to do?
- I mean, it's not like we can just knock on the front door.
Steve: Why not?
- That's exactly what we're going to do.

Steve: What about the others? Are you planning a rescue mission?
Col. Chester Phillips: Yeah, it's called winning the war.
Steve: But if you know where they are, why not at least...
Col. Chester Phillips: They're thirty miles behind the lines, through some of the most heavily fortified territory in Europe. We'd lose more men than we'd save, but I don't expect you to understand that because you're a chorus girl.
Steve: I think I understand just fine.
Col. Chester Phillips: Well, then understand it somewhere else.

Brandt's Aide: I am honored to present this medal for valor to my personal friend, captain americal!
- Captain America!
- Captain, that's your cue!
- I thought he'd be taller.

- How can I?
- You're taking all the stupid with you.
- You're a punk. Jerk.
- Be careful.
- Don't win the war till I get there!
- Bucky: Come on, girls.
- They're playing our song.

Col. Chester Phillips: [looking over the men] You're not REALLY thinking about picking Rogers, are you?
Abraham: I wasn't just THINKING about it. He is a clear choice.
Col. Chester Phillips: When you brought a ninety-pound asthmatic onto my army base, I let it slide. I thought "What the hell, maybe he'd be useful to you like a gerbil." Never thought you'd pick him.
Peggy: [to soldiers doing push-ups] UP!
Col. Chester Phillips: You put a needle in that kid's arm it's gonna go right through him.
Peggy: [to the soldiers doing jumping jacks] Come on, girls!
Col. Chester Phillips: [looking at Steve's best effort but belabored execution] Look at that. He's makin' me cry.
Abraham: I am looking for qualities beyond the physical.
Col. Chester Phillips: Do you know how long it took to set up this project? Of all the groveling I had to do in front of Senator What's-his-name's committee?
Abraham: Yes, I'm well aware of your efforts.
Col. Chester Phillips: Then throw me a bone. Hodge passed every test we gave him. He's big, he's fast, he obeys orders - he's a soldier.
Abraham: He's a bully.
Col. Chester Phillips: You don't win wars with niceness, doctor. You win wars with guts.
[the Colonel pulls the pin of a grenade and throws it among the recruits]
Col. Chester Phillips: GRENADE!

- A lot of people are asking for funds, colonel.
- Oh, this is...
- Fred clemson, state department.
- If this project of yours comes through, we'd like to see it used for something other than headlines.
- Jesus. Somebody get that kid a sandwich.

- Yggdrasil.
- Schmidt: Tree of the world.
- Guardian of wisdom.
- And fate, also.

- I got to put her in the water.
- Please, don't do this.
- We have time. We can work it out.
- Right now I'm in the middle of nowhere.
- If I wait any longer, a lot of people are gonna die.
- Peggy, this is my choice.

- Come on, let's go. Up.
- Sir? Are we going to the roof?
- What about me?
- Where will I sit?
- Not a scratch, doctor.
- Not a scratch.

- With all due respect, sir, so am I.
- So, let's get this straight.
- We barely got out of there alive, and you want us to go back?
- Pretty much.
- Sounds rather fun, actually.
- I'm in.

- How come it's not standard issue?
- That's the rarest metal on earth.
- What you're holding there, that's all we've got.
- You quite finished, Mr. stark?
- I'm sure the captain has some unfinished business.
- What do you think?

[Captain America goes to the edge of the dock to rescue the boy thrown in the water by the spy]
Boy: Go get him! I can swim.

- Uh,
- I don't think they were all married.
- You're a hero.
- Well, that depends on the definition, really.
- The women of America, they owe you their thanks.
- And seeing as they're not here...

- Wait here.
- Is there a problem?
- Just wait here.

Senator: Geez! Somebody get THAT kid a SANDWICH.

- Are you sure this thing works?
- It's been tested more than you, pal.
- Get back here!
- We're taking you all the way in!
- As soon as I'm clear, you turn this thing around and get the hell out of here!
- You can't give me orders!
- The hell I can't! I'm a captain!

- Increase the output by 60% and see to it our other facilities do the same.
- But these prisoners,
- I'm not sure they have the strength.
- Then use up what strength they have left, doctor.
- There are always more workers.
- Not now!

[Steve finds Bucky strapped to a table in one of Schmidt's testing labs and quickly releases him from it]
Steve: It's me. It's Steve.
James: [groggily] Steve?
Steve: Come on.
James: Steve.
Steve: I thought you were dead.
James: [aware of Steve's new size] I thought you were smaller.

- Base, we're in.
- Man on radio: Copy that.
- What is this?
- Careful.

- On your left!
- Up top!
- No, no! What are you doing?
- Our forces are outmatched.
- Keep moving! Grab those grenades!

Howard: The moment you think you know what's going on in a woman's head is the moment your goose is well and truly cooked .

- Bucky!
- Hang on!
- Grab my hand!
- No!

Manager: At ease, soldier!
- Look, I'm sorry about that little show back there, but we thought it best to break it to you slowly.
- Break what?
- You've been asleep, cap.
- For almost 70 years.

Steve: Dr. Erskine said that the serum wouldn't just effect my muscles, it would effect my cells. Create a protective system of regeneration and healing. Which means, um, I can't get drunk. Did you know that?
Peggy: Your metabolism burns four times faster than the average person. He thought it could be one of the side effects.

- I took a chance with you, agent Carter.
- And now America's golden boy and a lot of other good men are dead
- 'cause you had a crush.
- It wasn't that. I had faith.
- Well, I hope that's a big comfort to you when they shut this division down.
- What the hell's going on out there?

4F: [looks at Steve's file which shows he has a long list of health issues] Sorry, son.
Steve: Look, just give me a chance.
4F: You'd be ineligible on your asthma alone.
Steve: Is there anything you can do?
4F: I'm doing it. I'm saving your life.

- Yes, sir.
- Faith, huh?
- You're late.
- Couldn't call my ride.
- Hey!
- Let's hear it for captain America!

Steve: [picking up a shield] What about this one?
Howard: No, no, that's just a prototype.
Steve: What's it made of?
Howard: Vibranium. It's stronger than steel and a third the weight. It's completely vibration absorbent.

Peggy: Tell me, did you truly like your friend? Did you respect him?
Steve: [surprised] Yes!
Peggy: Well then, stop blaming yourself! Give your friend the respect of making his own decisions!

James: [discovering Steve is taller] What happened to you?
Steve: I joined the Army.

- and tried to deny me what was rightfully mine.
- But he gave you everything.
- So, what made you so special?
- Nothing.
- I'm just a kid from Brooklyn.

Boy: Let me go!
- Woman: Let go of my son!
- Woman: No! Don't hurt him!
- Wait, don't! Don't!
- No! Don't!
- Go get him! I can swim!

- Taxi driver: What are you doing?
- Buddy, are you all right?
- Hey, this guy's been shot!
- I had him!
- Sorry!
- I'm sorry!
Manager: I don't believe it!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Red: You could have the power of the gods! Yet you wear a flag on your chest and think you fight a battle of nations! I have seen the future, Captain! There are no flags!
Captain: Not my future!

- What?
- The sanity of the plan is of no consequence.
- And why is that?
- Because he can do it!
- What's his target?
- His target is everywhere.