Memorable quotes for
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

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Matt Farrell: Have you done that kind of stuff before?
John McClane: Stuff like what?
Matt Farrell: Like killing people?
John McClane: Yeah. But not for a long time.
Matt Farrell: [upset] Who were those guys? Huh? Why were they trying to kill you? Why did they blow up my goddamn apartment?
John McClane: They were there to kill you.
Matt Farrell: Why would they want to kill me?
John McClane: You tell me, kid. You're the criminal.

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[from trailer]
Matt Farrell: Shouldn't we call for backup or something?
John McClane: Makes too much sense.

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[from trailer]
Matt Farrell: [running to a bleeding John McClane] You okay?
John McClane: [pause, panting] I'll let you know in a minute.

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[from trailer]
Matt Farrell: You just killed a helicopter with a car!
John McClane: I was out of bullets.

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[after McClane flings Rand from his car]
Matt Farrell: Did you see that?
John McClane: Yeah I saw it, I did it!

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[repeated line]
Matt Farrell: Did you see that?

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[first lines]
Mai Lihn: Well?
Clay: I'm sending you the code.
Mai Lihn: Yes, I see that. Thank you.

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[last lines]
Lucy McClane: [referring to Farrell] So, um, did he say anything about me?
John McClane: Jesus, Lucy.
Lucy McClane: What? I'm sorry. I'm just asking.
John McClane: I'm in enough pain already.
[turns to medic]
John McClane: Hospital.

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John McClane: [about to jump out of a speeding car] This is not a good idea!

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Matt Farrell: What are you gonna do?
John McClane: I'm gonna go kill this motherfucker and get my daughter. Or go get my daughter and kill this motherfucker.

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[from trailer]
The Warlock: [to Matt] Why did you bring a cop to my command center?
John McClane: [laughs] Command center? It's a basement.
The Warlock: [angrily] Who is this man?

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John McClane: Damn hamster!

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Matt Farrell: [to Lucy] I know that tone. I'm just not used to hearing it from someone with... hair.

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Matt Farrell: Awww, great. Your phone doesn't work.
John McClane: What, did they drop the satellites or something?
Matt Farrell: No, your battery just died.

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Slacker Kid: Hey, Farrell, I just downloaded that new copy of Killzone, the one that's not out yet. You wanna play?
Matt Farrell: No, but good luck at the bad timing awards.

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Thomas Gabriel: On your tombstone it should say "Always in the wrong place at the wrong time".
John McClane: How about "Yippi-kay-ay, motherfu - "
[gunshot]

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John McClane: You must be just about out of bad guys by now.
Thomas Gabriel: You must be very satisfied with yourself.
John McClane: I have my moments.

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Lucy McClane: Daddy, you're out of your mind.
John McClane: What're you talkin' about?
Lucy McClane: You shot yourself!
John McClane: [groaning] It seemed like a good idea at the time.

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[from trailer]
Thomas Gabriel: Officer McClane, you have no idea what I'm capable of!
John McClane: You sound like a very scary guy.

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[climbing into police car]
John McClane: [pissed off] All you gotta do is go pick up a kid in New Jersey, and drive him down to D.C. How hard can that be, huh? Can't be that hard, no, can it? They couldn't just send somebody else to do it, no it had to be a senior detective Is that all you got, you think throwing a couple of cars at me is gonna stop me?

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John McClane: [acrobatic mercenaries attack John and Matt] Jesus, is the circus in town?

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John McClane: [after covering a webcam] Freddy, can you trace these guys.
Thomas Gabriel: Detective, covering the camera does not turn off the microphone.

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John McClane: Mai? Asian chick, likes to kick people? Yeah, last time I saw her she was at the bottom of an elevator shaft with an SUV rammed up her ass.

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Matt Farrell: What's your name?
Lucy McClane: Lucy McClane.
Matt Farrell: I thought your name was Lucy Gennero.
Lucy McClane: Today, it's McClane.

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Thomas Gabriel: I can't talk to him, you talk to him. Help him focus.
[hands cell phone to Lucy]
Lucy McClane: Daddy?
John McClane: Lucy baby?
Lucy McClane: Now there are only five of them.

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Matt Farrell: Seriously, when was the last time you ever turned on the radio to listen to popular music? 70's, 80's? Michael Jackson was still black? Pearl Jam, maybe?

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[Matt is cringing while listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival on the radio]
John McClane: You don't like Creedence?
Matt Farrell: This is like having a pine cone shoved in my ass.
[John turns the volume up louder]

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John McClane: Alright, thats enough of this Kung-Fu shit.

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The Warlock: Oh... so you're a fan of the Fett?
John McClane: [standing next to a stand-up cardboard cut-out of Boba Fett] No, I was always a fan of Star Wars...

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John McClane: It's always about the money.

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John McClane: [Matt's showing interest in Lucy] After all we've been through, I'd *hate* to have to beat you to death.

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Thomas Gabriel: I'm doing the Country a favour... But the question is, is the Country willing to pay for it?

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Matt Farrell: You know, you probably shouldn't antagonise them, seeing as they have these loaded guns
Lucy McClane: Why don't you try to dig a little deeper and find a bigger set of balls, because you're going to need them before we're through

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[recognizing female terrorist's voice over the police radio]
Matt Farrell: Oh, my God... it's her.
John McClane: "Her" who?
Agent Johnson: What're you talking about?
Matt Farrell: It's them.
John McClane: Are you saying it's "them" them?
Matt Farrell: I *swear* to you, I know her! I would know her voice anywhere!
[McClane picks up handset]
Matt Farrell: Don't say anything! Don't...
John McClane: Just keep your mouth shut for a minute.
[to terrorists over radio]
John McClane: Hey, Metro, how's your day goin' over there? Yeah, you gotta be pretty, uh, crazy over there, what with all those 5-87's, huh?
Mai Lihn: Yes, sir, we've had to dispatch all units.
John McClane: [busting her out] Yeah, you had to dispatch all units for all the naked people walkin' around?

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[after the presidential montage]
Casper: That was creepy.
Trey: I tried to find more Nixon.

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Agent Johnson: I'm Agent Johnson, I'll take you through.
John McClane: Agent Johnson. Again?

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Thomas Gabriel: [whispering, after discovering that the Warlock was hacking into his network] Fat bastard.

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John McClane: I'm too old to be jumping out of cars

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John McClane: Just another day in paradise.

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Matt Farrell: I'm not a doctor but it's looks like you're hurt.
John McClane: Sexy, isn'it?

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John McClane: Are you Matt Farrell?
Matt Farrell: No, he actually does not live here anymore.
John McClane: Then who are you?
Matt Farrell: My name is Daisy Duke. I took alot of crap for it as a kid to please do not add to the torment.

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[choking Mai with chains]
John McClane: [sarcastic] There, that's not too tight is it?

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John McClane: Fuck being a hero. You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin'. You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah blah blah, attaboy. You get divorced. Your wife can't remember your last name. Your kids don't want to talk to you. You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me, kid, nobody wants to be that guy.

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The Warlock: Thomas Gabriel's the guy who shut down NORAD with a laptop just to prove a point, and you think I'm scared of you?

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Thomas Gabriel: [about McClane] You're a Timex watch in a digital age.

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John McClane: I'm on your side asshole!

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Mrs. Kaludis: Freddie. Get the fuck up here!

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John McClane: Hey, hey, hey. Calm down. Just calm down, big boy!
The Warlock: You calm down! This is MY house!
John McClane: You're gonna tell me what I wanna know, or I'm gonna beat you to death in your own house.

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Thomas Gabriel: McClane? I thought I killed you already.
John McClane: I get that sometimes.

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John McClane: I know I'm not as smart as you guys at all this computer shit. But, hey... I'm still alive, ain't I? I mean, you've GOT to be running out of bad guys by now, right? Huh? Gabriel? Honestly, you can tell me. I mean, how does that work? Got some kind of service or something? Some kind of 800 number? 1-800-HENCHMEN? Oh, you know what? I bet you're still on hold with, "Can I get another dead Asian hooker bitch over here right away?"

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[from the unrated version]
Matt Farrell: You just killed a helicopter with a car!
John McClane: A hundred thousand people die from car accidents every year. That was just like four more.

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[Farrell is trying to lock his door to prevent terrorists from entering]
John McClane: Are you fuckin' nuts?

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Matt Farrell: Jesus Christ. It's a fire sale.
John McClane: What?
Matt Farrell: It's a fire sale.
Deputy Director Miguel Bowman: Hey! We don't know that yet.
Taylor: And it's a myth anyway. It can't be done.
Matt Farrell: Oh, it's a myth? Really? Please tell me she's only here for show and she's actually not in charge of anything.
John McClane: What's a fire sale?
Matt Farrell: It's a three-step... it's a three-step systematic attack on the entire national infrastructure. Okay, step one: take out all the transportation. Step two: the financial base and telecoms. Step three: You get rid of all the utilities. Gas, water, electric, nuclear. Pretty much anything that's run by computers which... which today is almost everything. So that's why they call it a fire sale, because everything must go.

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[after Lucy struggles and shoots Emerson in the foot]
Thomas Gabriel: Jesus Christ. You got her?
[Emerson nods]
Thomas Gabriel: You're sure? It's a nice effort, though.

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Robert Russo: [referring to Lucy] This bitch is a handful.
[Lucy punches Russo, and he slaps her back]
Thomas Gabriel: [sarcastically to Russo] Are you gonna be all right?
Thomas Gabriel: [to Lucy] Hey... behave... or I will hurt you.
Lucy McClane: Oh, yeah? Let's step outside, just you and me. We'll see who hurts who.
Thomas Gabriel: [smiling] You really are his daughter.

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John McClane: [in unrated version] Yippie-kay-yay, motherfucker!

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Lucy McClane: Dad! Stop it! I mean it!
Jim: Dad? You said your dad was dead!
John McClane: What? You told this jerk-off I was dead? You actually said that?
Lucy McClane: I may have exaggerated a little bit.

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John McClane: I could come over there, kick your ass and throw you out of your own party. How does that sound, fuckhead?

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John McClane: Fuck you, bitch!

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Thomas Gabriel: Did I get a "thank you"? No, I got a "fuck you"!

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John McClane: [after being in a car accident] Are you alright?
Matt Farrell: No! I'm not alright!
John McClane: [gets out of the car amused] Just stay here. You'll be alright.

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Matt Farrell: What are we doing now?
John McClane: A little thing they invented back in the sixties called 'jogging'. You're gonna love it. Come on.

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Matt Farrell: Do you have a plan?
John McClane: I'm gonna kill all these guys and rescue Lucy.
Matt Farrell: Yeah, I kinda meant "a plan" as "a way to do all that."

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John McClane: [to Gabriel] You have got to be running out of bad guys by now. Is there a line or something you call? 1-800-HENCHMEN? Oh, I bet you're still on the line with "Can I get another dead Asian hooker bitch over here right away."

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Matt Farrell: [to McClane] If that guy knew half the shit I know, his fuzzy little head would explode.

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Thomas Gabriel: Launch the downloads!

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John McClane: You know, chicks dig scars.
Matt Farrell: [looks at Lucy]
John McClane: Not that one.

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