Top 50 Quotes From Sam Wilson

John: [as Bucky stares at him] Does he always just stare like that?
Sam: You get used to it.

[Sam hands Karli's body to medics before approaching the government officials]
Ayla: Sam, thank you so much, from all of us.
Government: Sincerely. You did your part in dealing with those terrorists. Now we'll do ours.
Sam: Are you still going forward with resetting the borders?
Prime: Our peacekeeping troops will begin relocating people soon. The terrorists only set us back a bit.
Sam: You have to stop calling them terrorists.
Government: What else would we call them?
Sam: Your peacekeeping troops carrying weapons are forcing millions of people into settlements around the world, right? What do you think those people are gonna call you? These labels, 'terrorist,' 'refugee,' thug,' they're often used to get around the question, why?
Prime: Those settlements that happened five years ago, do you think it's fair for governments to have to support them?
Sam: Yes.
Government: And the people who reappeared, only to find someone else living in their family home, they just end up homeless? Look, I get it, but you have no idea how complicated this situation is.
Sam: You know what? You're right. And that's a good thing. We finally have a common struggle now. Think about that. For once, all the people who've been begging, and I mean, literally begging for you to feel how hard any given day is. Now you know. How did it feel to be helpless? Now if you could remember what it was like to be helpless, and face a force so powerful it could erase half the planet, you would know that you're about to have the exact same impact. This isn't about easy decisions, Senator.
Government: You just don't understand.
Sam: I'm a Black man carrying the stars and stripes. What don't I understand? Every time I pick this up, I know there are millions of people out there who are gonna hate me for it. Even now, here, I feel it. The stares, the judgment. And there's nothin' I can do to change it. Yet I'm still here. No super serum, no blond hair, or blue eyes. The only power I have is that I believe we can do better. We can't demand that people step up if we don't meet them halfway. Look, you control the banks. Shit, you can move borders! You can knock down a forest with an email, you can feed a million people with a phone call. But the question is, who's in the room when you're making those decisions? Hmmm? Is it the people you're gonna impact? Or is it just more people like you?
[pause]
Sam: I mean, this girl died trying to stop you, and no one has stopped for one second to ask why. You've gotta do better, Senator. You've gotta step up. Because if you don't, the next Karli will. And you don't wanna see 2.0. People believed in her cause so much, that they helped her defy the strongest governments in the world. Why do you think that is? Look, you people have just as much power as an insane god... or a misguided teenager. The question you have to ask yourself is, 'How are you going to use it?'

Sam: 41st floor! 41st!
Nick: It's not like they put the floor numbers on the outside of the building.

Sam: There is no such thing as on time. You're either early or late.

Sam: I can't run in these heels!

Steve: We have nowhere else to go.
Natasha: Everyone we know is trying to kill us.
Sam: [takes them in] Not everyone...

Sam: A sorcerer is a wizard without a hat. Think about it, right? I'm right. I just came up with it, it's great.

Steve: [Cap in Bucky's room, notices Bucky behind him. Turns around] Do you know me?
Bucky: You're Steve. I read about you at the museum.
Sam: [via comm] They've set the perimeter.
Steve: I know you're nervous. And you have plenty of reason to be. But you're lying.
Bucky: I wasn't in Vienna. I don't do that anymore.
Sam: [via comm] They're entering the building.
Steve: Well, the people who think you did are coming here now. And they're not planning on taking you alive.
Bucky: That's smart. Good strategy.
Sam: [via comm] They're on the roof. I'm compromised.
Steve: This doesn't have end in a fight, Buck.
Bucky: It always ends in a fight.
Sam: [via comm] 5 seconds.
Steve: YOU pulled me from the river. Why?
Bucky: I don't know.
Sam: [via comm] 3 seconds!
Steve: Yes, you do.
Sam: [via comm] Breach! Breach! Breach!
[Shots fired into the room]

Sam: Steve represented the best in all of us: courageous, righteous, hopeful. And he mastered posing stoically. The world has been forever changed. A few months ago, billions of people reappeared after five years away, sending the world into turmoil. We need new heroes, ones suited for the times we're in. Symbols are nothing without the women and men that give them meaning, and this thing... I don't know if there's ever been a greater symbol, but it's more about the man who propped it up, and he's gone. So, today we honor Steve's legacy, but also, we look to the future. So, thank you, Captain America, but this belongs to you.

Sam: [ON SPEAKERS]
- Hey, Cap, you read me?
- Cap, it's Sam.
- Can you hear me?
- On your left.

Bucky: So what are you doing here?
Sharon: I stole Steve's shield, remember?
Sharon: [to Sam] I also took the wings for your ass so that you could save his ass from HIS ass.
[points at Zemo]
Sharon: Unlike you, I didn't have the Avengers to back me up. So... I'm off the grid in Madripoor.
Sam: Hey, don't blow that smoke at me, I was on the run too.
Sharon: Was, is - big difference.

Sam: Don't do that bitter, old man thing with me.
Isaiah: If you ain't bitter, you're blind.

Bucky: I got a vibranium arm. I can take them.
Sam: And I can fly. Who gives a shit?

Bucky: You call me when you have a lead, and I'll be there. Not necessarily as a team.
Sam: Nope.
Bucky: We're not that good.
Sam: Definitely not.
Bucky: We're professionals.
Sam: Definitely.
Bucky: And, uh, we're partners.
Sam: Co-workers.
Bucky: But we're also a couple of guys with a mutual friend.
Sam: Friend's now gone.
Bucky: So we're a couple of guys.
Sam: I can live with that.
Bucky: Perfect.

Scott: Ca... Captain America...
[shakes Steve's hand vigorously]
Steve: Mr. Lang.
Scott: It's an honor. I'm shaking your hand too long. Wow, this is awesome!
[turns to Wanda]
Scott: Captain America! I know you, too. You're great!
[sighs, then grips Steve's muscles]
Scott: Jeez... Uh, look, I wanna say, I know you know a lot of super-people so... thinks for thanking of me.
[Steve grins]
Scott: [to Sam] Hey, man!
Sam: What's up, Tic-Tac?
Scott: Uh, good to see you. Look, what happened last time was...
Sam: It was a great audition, but it'll...
[chuckles]
Sam: It'll never happen again.
Steve: Did he tell you what we're up against?
Scott: Something about some... psycho assassins?
Steve: We're outside the law on this one, so if you come with us, you're a wanted man.
Scott: Yeah, well, what else is new?

Sam: You up for a little tough love? You wanna climb out of that hell you're in. Do the work. Do it.
Bucky: I've been making amends.
Sam: No, you weren't amending, you were avenging. You were stopping all the wrongdoers you enabled as the Winter Soldier because you thought it would bring you closure. You go to these people and say "sorry" because you think it'll make you feel better, right? But you gotta make them feel better. You gotta go to them and be of service. I'm sure there's at least one person in that book who needs closure about something, and you're the only person who can give it to them.
Bucky: There'll probably be a dozen.
Sam: That's cool. Start with one.

Sam: I'm sorry I didn't call. But after the Blip and the chaos, I just...
Sharon: Look, you know the whole hero thing is a joke, right? I mean, the way you gave up that shield, deep down, you must know it's all hypocrisy.
Baron: He knows. And not so deep down.

Sam: I have a feeling they might be a part of the big three.
Bucky: What big three?
Sam: Androids, aliens, and wizards.
Bucky: That's not a thing.
Sam: That's definitely a thing.
Bucky: No, it's not.
Sam: Every time we fight, we fight one of the three.
Bucky: So who are you fighting now, Gandalf?

John: And we're pretty sure it's one of the Big Three, so...
Sam: Aliens, androids, or wizards?
John: Pretty sure.
Bucky: There's no such thing as wizards.
John: All right, then it's aliens, or androids...
Sam: Or Super Soldiers.

Brock: This is going to hurt. There are no prisoners with HYDRA. Just order. And order only comes with pain. You ready for yours?
Sam: Man, shut the hell up!

Sam: [On radio] Heads up, cap.
- German special forces, approaching from the south.
- Understood.

Nick: We have to assume everyone aboard those carriers is HYDRA. We have to get past them, insert these server blades. And maybe, just maybe, we can salvage what's left...
Steve: We're not salvaging anything. We're not just taking down the carriers, Nick. We're taking down S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nick: S.H.I.E.L.D. had nothing to do with this.
Steve: You gave me this mission. This is how it ends. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s been compromised. You said so yourself. HYDRA grew right under your nose and nobody noticed.
Nick: Why do you think we're meeting in this cave? I noticed.
Steve: How many paid the price before you did?
Nick: Look, I didn't know about Barnes.
Steve: Even if you had, would you have told me? Or would you have compartmentalized that, too? S.H.I.E.L.D., HYDRA, it all goes.
Maria: He's right.
Sam: [Fury glances at Natasha, who gives a quiet indication of the same opinion. Fury then looks at Wilson] Don't look at me. I do what he does, just slower.
Nick: Well... It looks like you're giving the orders now, Captain.

Baron: Do we really have to litigate what may or may not have happened?
Sam: There's nothing to litigate. You straight shot the man.

Sam: Hey, Cap, how do we know the good guys from the bad guys?
Steve: If they're shooting at you, they're bad.

Baron: Sam, you can't hold out hope for Karli. No matter what you saw in her, she's gone. And we cannot allow that she and her acolytes become yet another faction of gods amongst real people. Super Soldiers cannot be allowed to exist.
Sam: Isn't that how gods talk?

Steve: Attention all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, this is Steve Rogers. You've heard a lot about me over the last few days. Some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. But I think it's time to tell the truth. S.H.I.E.L.D. is not what we thought it was. It's been taken over by HYDRA. Alexander Pierce is their leader. The S.T.R.I.K.E. and Insight crew are HYDRA as well. I don't know how many more, but I know they're in the building. They could be standing right next to you. They almost have what they want. Absolute control. They shot Nick Fury. And it won't end there. If you launch those helicarriers today, HYDRA will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way. Unless we stop them. I know I'm asking a lot. But the price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it's a price I'm willing to pay. And if I'm the only one, then so be it. But I'm willing to bet I'm not.
Sam: Did you write that down first, or was it off the top of your head?

Secret: I'm sorry, wait. Who are you?
Sam: I'm Captain America.
Secret: I thought Captain America was on the Moon..?

Baron: You must have really looked up to Steve. But I realized something when I met him. The danger with people like him, America's Super Soldiers, is that we put them on pedestals.
Sam: Watch your step, Zemo.
Baron: They become symbols. Icons. And then we start to forget about their flaws. From there, cities fly, innocent people die, movements are formed, wars are fought.
Baron: [to Barnes] You remember that, right? As a young soldier sent to Germany to stop a mad icon. Do we want to live in a world full of people like the Red Skull?

Sharon: [hands Sam a voucher] The receipt for your gear.
Sam: Bird costume? Come on.
Sharon: I didn't write it.

Sarah: So you really gonna let Isaiah Bradley get in your head? You gonna let him decide what you do next?
Sam: Isaiah's been to Hell and back. If I was in his shoes, I'd probably feel the exact same way. But what would be the point of all the pain and sacrifice if I wasn't willing to stand up and keep fighting?

Bucky: Something's not right about Walker.
Sam: You don't say.
Bucky: Well, I know a crazy when I see one. Because I am crazy.
Sam: Can't argue with that.

Sam: You're a lot heavier than you look.
Steve: I had a big breakfast.

James: I see you're gonna make me ask. Why didn't you take up the mantle?
Sam: When Steve first told me about the shield, the first words I said were, "It feels like it belongs to someone else." That someone else is Steve.

Sam: Trust me. Every time something gets better for one group, it gets bad for another.

Sam: Look at you. All stealthy. A little time in Wakanda and you come out White Panther.
Bucky: It's actually White Wolf.

Bucky: [in the back seat of a VW Beetle] Can you move your seat up?
Sam: No.

Joaquin: Sometimes there's nothing to do until there's something to do.
Sam: That's bizarrely wise.
Joaquin: Well, I'm a bizarrely wise man, Sam.

Joaquin: They're called the Flag Smashers.
Sam: Is that a new thing? Bad guys give themselves bad names.
Joaquin: There's a lot worse names than that one. But basically, they think that the world was better during the Blip. Trust me, it wasn't.

Bucky: Your mom's name was Sarah. You used to wear newspapers in your shoes.
Steve: You can't read that in a museum.
Sam: Just like that, we're supposed to be cool?

Sam: Enjoy your ride, Buck.
Bucky: No, you can't call me that.
Sam: Why not? That's what Steve called you.
Bucky: Steve knew me longer, and Steve had a plan.

Sam: They cleared the bionic staring machine, and he's killed almost everyone he's met.
Bucky: I heard that.

Sam: [wearing a garish suit] I'm the only one who looks like a pimp.
Baron: Only an American would assume a fashion-forward black man looks like a pimp. You look exactly like the man you're supposed to be playing: the sophisticated, charming African rake named Conrad Mack, a.k.a. the Smiling Tiger.
Sam: He even has a bad nickname.

Sam: He blew up the U.N., he killed King T'Chaka and framed you for it. Did you forget that? You think the Wakandans forgot about it? It's a rhetorical question. They didn't.

- Where is he?
- I don't know. He blew right by his time stamp.
- He should be here.
Sam: Get him back.
- SMART HULK: I'm trying.
Sam: Get him the hell back.
- Hey, I said I'm trying.
- Sam.

Sam: It's not a better place if you're killing people. It's just different.
Karli: You're either brilliant or just hopelessly optimistic.
Sam: Well, can't I be a little bit of both?

Sam: You gotta stop looking to other people to tell you who you are.

Sam: I assume you're not gonna move your seat up
Bucky: No.

- Sam, southwest rooftop.
Sam: Who the hell's the other guy?
- About to find out.
- Sam.
- Got him.

[last lines]
Sam: You're going after him.
Steve: You don't have to come...
Sam: I know. When do we start?

Sam: The people in this town are the most welcoming people in the world. They don't care if you wear small T-shirts or if you have six toes or if your mom's your aunt.
Bucky: Okay, I get it. I mean, you know, the people are nice.
Sam: But don't flirt with my sister.
Bucky: No.
Sam: 'Cause if you do, I'll have Carlos cut you up and feed you to the fish.
Bucky: Okay