Arvin Sloane quotes from Alias

Sloane

We both are. We're both doing our job. And I look at Sydney Bristow's test results -- I don't see a single spike. She didn't falter once.

She's guilty. She's the one.

Sloane

I think that's a dangerous accusation made by a desperate man.

I'm not desperate, Mr. Sloane. But I am curious why you feel the need to defend Miss Bristow?

Sloane

I always knew there was something about you, from the first time I saw you.

Sydney

A lot can change in seven years.

Sloane

It's been a lot longer than seven years. I've known your father since 1971. I met him at Langley. I knew your mother. I went to your parents' wedding. Sydney, I've known you since you were a baby. I was out of the country for most of your childhood, various operations, but I kept tabs on you. I checked in on you in my own way. I always thought of you as my daughter, even from the beginning. Well, I just wanted to let you know...before you went away.

McKenas Cole

You give us the codes, I won't have to open the box...which will be really excellent for you.

Sloane

I can't be the first person to have difficulty taking you seriously, can I?

McKenas Cole

You're going to give me the combination to the SD-6 vault and if you don't, I'm going to open this box. And Arvin, trust me when I tell you, you do not want me to open this box.

Sydney

No. I don't want an explanation. I came here because I need you to help me find her.

Sloane

Mmm. Sydney, how much do you remember about the year after you were told that your mother died?

Sydney

I remember... just feeling disconnected from everything. My father was away on business for most of that year.

Sloane

No. Your father spent six months in solitary in a federal prison. He was suspected of being in collusion with Laura. The FBI almost tried him for treason and even though he was vindicated, the damage was done. And he began to unravel.

Sydney

Unravel...

Sloane

He drank. He started taking unnecessary risks. Come on, Sydney, you know the father he was to you all those years. He took a long time to fully recover, and I was under direct orders from the DCI not to let him know that Laura had survived the accident. Unfortunately, that also required lying to you.

Sloane

I feel rather awkward sitting here asking you to allow my wife to die of cancer.

Arvin, the agreement is simple. People with any unauthorized information regarding SD-6, or any SD cell, must be eliminated.

Sark

I must admit, this is one of the most impressive operations I've seen. Though it is a touch pathetic how so many of them believe they actually work for the CIA.

Sloane

Look at me. You've offered me a substantial prize to make our partnership worthwhile, but do not think for a second that gives you the right to insult my people.

Sloane

What do you want?

One hundred million in bearer bonds.

Sloane

This is about money?

Everything is about money. Instructions for the drop have been electronically mailed to you. You have twenty-four hours. Fail to deliver the bonds, and the next delivery will go to the Alliance.

Sloane

Ah... you must be the man that Sark told me about. The man that Sydney was willing to kill me for.

Vaughn

She would have killed you for a lot less.

Sydney

Hello?

Sloane

Congratulations, Sydney. You have so many things to celebrate today. I, myself, am still coping with the pain and disappointment of learning that you and Jack were double agents. The two people I trusted most in the world.

Sloane

You don't really think it was a coincidence that I happened to be away these past two weeks, do you? The intel that you acquired that allowed the CIA to take down the Alliance -- I provided that. My involvement with the Alliance is merely a means to an end.

Sydney

Why are you telling me this?

Sloane

Because knowing that I'm alive is going to tempt you to come after me. Don't. We've helped set each other free, Sydney. And as much as I wish you well, I will end your life if you get in my way.

Sloane

[On the phone] Our first honest conversation, Sydney, and you have nothing to say?

Sydney

Listen to me, you son of a bitch! You have been a plague on my life. You repulse me! Every time I sat across from you, listening to your lies, all I could do was fantasize about slashing your throat!

Irina

I see through you. You must know that.

Sloane

This is who I am.

Irina

You may need to think of yourself as an honorable husband, a father figure, but I don't. I will never see that man in you, which frankly is why we have this agreement.

Sloane

You need to get some rest.

Irina

Never talk to me about your love for Sydney again.

Irina

This plan might not hold up. The CIA knows too much: they could guess why we were after the genetic database.

Sloane

I'm not interested in the database. I want satellite footage of Tuscany. I want to know who murdered my wife.

Irina

We both had to make sacrifices, Arvin. You won't forgive yourself if you stop now. We're so close to knowing what Rambaldi knew.

Sloane

I wish I never heard that man's name.

Sloane

I'm taking a leave. I want you to continue without me.

Sark

Sir, not to belittle your grief, but do not deny yourself the victory of a thirty-year pursuit.

Sloane

If I don't see you again, Mr. Sark, tell Irina that I hope you both succeed where I couldn't.

Sloane

It's good to see you, Jack.

Jack

I assume that since you're sitting across from me with so little regard for your life, I'm in the cross hairs of a sniper rifle.

Sloane

Two of them.

Sloane

You remember the Rambaldi device? The machine designed 500 years ago by a prophet? All I did was bring all the pieces together and have it assembled. And when I turned it on, it delivered a message, as I suspected it would. I wasn't prepared for what it said. The message was just one word, one simple word: peace. The epiphany I had at that moment . . . suddenly I saw all the mistakes I'd made, the pain I had inflicted on the world, the people I loved. So I chose right then and there to give information to the CIA with which they were able to dismantle at least two dozen terrorist cells.

Sydney

I don't know how you convinced the CIA that you're trustworthy . . .

Sloane

Why don't you check my files?

Sydney

I know you too well. I don't buy any of it.

Lauren

You've told Bomani you'd work for the Covenant?

Sloane

Yes. And now I'm telling you that I'm in the position to be a double agent. Working for the Covenant but loyal to the CIA ...What is it, Sydney?

Sydney

[in disbelief] This is classic ...