Top 20 Quotes From John Brennan

Lara: Can you do me a favor?
John: I don't know, I'm kind of busy.
Lara: I need you to run for governor.
John: I can do that.
Lara: You can change this rule about no conjugal visits, 'cause I don't think I can last another 20 years.

John: What happens if we find the woman who was leaving the parking lot?
Meyer: The PCRA has been rejected. No new evidence can be submitted. Not anymore.
John: It was a robbery.
Meyer: And if they had used her credit card, we could have argued that. I-I'm sorry. John... this sucks.
John: Okay. That's that. All we have now is the Supreme Court, right?
Meyer: John, in the last thirty years, the Supreme Court has not heard one murder case. No decent lawyer would even file the pleadings.
John: So all I have to do is find an... an indecent one. That shouldn't be too hard.

Damon: Stay far away from the train and bus stations. Forget the local airports. Leave from another state. Second, identity. It's easy to find fake papers. Harder to find ones that'll get you through an airport. You'll need a passport, a driver's license, and a Social Security number. If you have to rent a car, find a place that'll take a cash deposit. They'll still run a credit check, so use a real person's name on the ID. Third, destination. You'll want somewhere that doesn't attract American tourists. Think Yemen and you get the idea. And money; you'll need a truckload of it. Everything's expensive; hotels, travel, information.
John: How much?
Damon: Enough to last at least five, six years. You run out of money, you run out of friends.

Damon: No prison in the world is airtight. Each one has a key. You just have to find it.
John: How do you do that?
Damon: A lot of looking. Especially at things that break up the daily routine. Guards get comfortable doing the same thing day in, day out. Something happens, that's when they make mistakes. But when you see it, you have to be ready. You have to have the entire plan already in place even before you know how you're gonna get out of jail. Escaping's easy. The hardest part is staying free.

Lara: Why didn't you tell me?
John: You would've stopped me.
Lara: Uh!

John: [Purchasing a gun] Show me where the bullets go.

Airline: Long way to go with just a carry-on
John: I'm sorry?
Airline: Long way to go with just a carry-on
John: [sarcastically] You know how many times you guys have lost our bags

Lara: [Picks up the phone angrily] What?
John: Just shut up. I don't care what you say... or how you say it. I know who you are. I know what you're capable of. And I promise you... this will not be your life.
[Hangs up the phone]

Damon: You have to know where you're gonna go and how you're gonna get there. You have to know how they plan to catch you, where and when.
John: Well, how the hell are you supposed to know that?
Damon: You pay off someone who knows. And a lot depends on if the prison is in the country or the city.
John: City.
Damon: Where are you from?
John: Pittsburgh.
Damon: Pittsburgh's tough. So many bridges and tunnels they can block off.

Mike: You were supposed to leave.
John: I need them.
Mike: You notice that guy was a cop?
John: Which guy?
Mike: The one with the red light in his back window.
[John feels ridiculous. Mike hands him the documents]
Mike: Just give me the money.
[John hands him the envelope of money. Mike checks it]
Mike: You want this too much. You're going to fuck it up.
[Mike speeds off. The second rider gives John a look and follows. John looks over the passports with their new names]

Damon: But before you do anything, you have to ask yourself if you can do it. Can you forget about ever seeing your parents again? Can you kill a guard? Leave your kid at a gas station? Push some nice old lady to the ground just because she gets between you and the door? Because to do this thing, that's who you have to become. And if you can't, don't start, 'cause you'll just get someone killed.
John: How did you get caught?
Damon: I gave myself up. I couldn't take wondering when someone was gonna come through the bedroom door.

John: It's a course that investigates what drives men to be free, no matter the cost.
Damon: Some other teacher have dibs on "Papillon"?

John: [leaving dinner with his brother and sister-in-law] She's completely full of herself.
Lara: Don't try and agree with me now.
John: I don't even think she's a member of the dental profession.
Lara: Shut up.
John: She probably can't even spell "anesthesiologist". The woman's a complete fraud.
Lara: We went to her office party, you idiot.
John: Uh-huh. And I believe she hit on me that night, as well.
Lara: You are completely delusional. She didn't even hit on you in there. I just don't like her.
John: I understand your point of view. I really do. I agree with you. Somebody who looks like that should not be allowed anywhere near oral surgery.
Lara: You are an asshole.
John: I mean, you're sitting in the chair, you're trying to stay calm, and you got them things hanging in your face.

Mike: What do you need?
John: Passports, driver's license, a social security number that'll take a credit check.
Mike: $3,700.
John: That's too much.
Mike: It is if you never get them.

Lara: You know, you never even asked me if I did it... if I murdered her.
John: Because I know you didn't.
Lara: Well, you'd be wrong.

Alex: You're wasting some good shit there.
John: Yeah, good shit. High alcohol content.
[he tears off a piece of pizza box and lights it with the stovetop]
Alex: What... what are you gonna do? You gonna burn me out?
John: Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do.
David: Jesus Christ.
Alex: This is a meth lab, you idiot!
John: No. It was.

Meyer: I need you to look at the evidence and forget that Lara's your wife.
John: I've seen the evidence, Meyer.
Meyer: I'm not saying judge her innocent or guilty, I'm just saying look at it. Her co-worker sees her leaving the scene. The victim's blood is on her clothes. Her fingerprints are on the murder weapon.
John: And then we went out to dinner. How do you do that if just killed somebody? That would make her a psychopath.
Meyer: And the fight...
John: Is Lara a psychopath, Meyer?
Meyer: The fight in the office?
John: Everyone fights with their boss.
Meyer: But this one ended up dead.
John: So what you're saying is that you never believed in her innocence.
Meyer: How can you say that?
John: Well, what are you saying?
Meyer: I'm saying that it no longer matters what we believe! Lara is not getting out! And you have no idea how much I hate to say that.

Lara: You took the wrong turn. John, the zoo's behind us. You took the wrong turn. Babe, what are you doing?
John: She'll call my parents.
Lara: What?
John: They'll look after him, and I'll figure out a way of getting him to us.
Lara: Are you out of your mind?
John: I tried! There's no more time. Any second now, there's gonna be a roadblock ahead of us. It might be there now. If we don't get out now, we don't get out. I'll find a way of getting him to us, all right? I'll find a way.

John: You escaped from jail seven times.
Damon: What do you wanna know?
John: How you escaped when no one else could.
Damon: Balls, and a little luck.

John: So, the life and times of Don Quixote, what is it about?
Female: That someone's belief in virtue is more important than virtue itself?
John: Yes... that's in the there. But what is it about? Could it be how rational thought destroys your soul? Could it be about the triumph of irrationality and the power that is in that? You know, we spend a lot of time trying to organize the world. We build clocks and calendars and we try to predict the weather. But what part of our life is truly under our control? What if we choose to exist purely in a reality of our own making? Does that render us insane? And if it does, isn't that better than a life of despair?