Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. quotes

What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for, Agent Ward?

Grant Ward

Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

And what does that mean to you?

Ward

It means someone really wanted our initials to spell out "shield." [Hill gives him a look] … It means we're the line between the world and the much weirder world. We protect people from news they aren't ready to hear. And when we can't do that, we keep them safe.

Everything's changing. A little while ago, most people went to bed thinking that the craziest thing in the world was a billionaire in a flying metal suit. Then aliens invade New York then were beaten back by, among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40's, and a god.

Ward

I don't think Thor's technically a god.

Well, you haven't been near his arms.

Ward

Why was I pulled out of Paris?

That, you'll have to ask Agent Coulson.

Ward

Uh, yeah. I'm clearance Level Six. I know that … Agent Coulson was killed in action, before the battle of New York. I got the full report.

Phil Coulson

Welcome to Level Seven. [walks in from a darkened corner] Sorry, that corner was really dark and I couldn't help myself. I think there's a bulb out.

Skye

With great power comes … a ton of weird crap that you are not prepared to deal with!

Coulson

This is QNB-T16. It's the top-shelf martini of sodium-pentathol derivatives. It's a brand-new and extremely potent truth drug. Don't worry. The effects only last for about an hour.

Ward

And then you'll have a nice little nap. And we'll have all the answers to our--[Coulson injects Ward with the serum] Gah! What the hell?!

Coulson

I'm sorry, did that hurt?

Ward

[scoffs] No. But you've lost your mind. You should never do that to a member of your team. And yes, it did hurt a little bit. But I always try and mask my pain in front of beautiful women because I think it makes me seem more masculine—my God this stuff works fast.

Coulson

[To Skye] Don't trust us? Ask him whatever you like. [Leaves the room]

Ward

Wait a minute. You can't just … [shouting] This is definitely not protocol!

Skye

Usually one person doesn't solve the problem, but 100 people with 1% of the solution that will get it done. I think that's beautiful, pieces solving a puzzle.

Ward

You and I see the world differently.

Ward

Where's your side arm?

Melinda May

If I need a gun, I'll take one.

Ward

Right, I forgot I was working with "The Cavalry."

May

Don't ever call me that.

Ward

You should've taken more guns.

Skye

I don't even know where we are going.

Coulson

Peru. That's where the 0-8-4 was reported.

Skye

And an 0-8-4 is?

Coulson

An object of unknown origin, kind of like you. Team goes in, determines if it's useful or poses a threat. Last one turned out to be pretty interesting.

Skye

What was it?

Coulson

A hammer.

Skye

Sweet ride.

Coulson

I earned a little good will from Director Fury when I got hit right before the battle of New York.

Skye

You took a bullet?

Coulson

Ish.

Are you mental? I did explain what I meant using the Queen's bloody English!

Ward

I use normal English. Words like "duck" and "run" and "might blow us to pieces."

Fitz

Congratulations, Agent Ward, you managed to string three words together in a sentence.

Ward

There will come a moment when you have to commit to this or bail. Every field agent has a defining moment. Ask Coulson. When you have to make the hard call to either dedicate yourself to this or to curl up in a ball and run.

Coulson

You forget, I saw plenty of action with the Avengers. [Walks away]

May

[Quietly, to herself] And you died.

Many of you shareholders have been with us for years, and I see a few new names here, but I want to thank you all for traveling so far to this beautiful country and, well, for slumming it at Shaba Tal-Banar. This country where we are allowed to pursue progress and profit without the stranglehold of regulations that are now choking our world. The United States government, the R.U., the DRTC, S.H.I.E.L.D. These are just a few of the institutions that are guilty of halting the development of new technology for anyone except themselves. We dare defy them with a new idea, they steal in and sweep it out from under us. But not today.

I've seen the future, Mr. Coulson, and it's a catastrophe.

They won't understand the good I did here.

Coulson

Killing innocent people?

Saving millions. We have to live with the choices we make, but sometimes we have to die with them, too.