Benny Severide quotes from Chicago Fire

Severide

When Andy died, without even realizing it, I found myself needing to be around people acting normal just to get my frame of reference back, pull myself out of the hole I was in.

Benny Severide

[to Boden about the arsonist] You told him he wasn't worthy of this house so he's trying to prove you wrong, show you that he's smarter than you are and he isn't gonna stop until someone's dead.

Benny Severide

I know the guys in that house. They're good firefighters in a community that depends on them. My question to you is, is it a problem house or is there a problem chief?

Severide

[to a candidate with acrophobia] Listen to me. It's ok to be afraid. Anyone with any sense is afraid to run into a burning building. What we're doing here is training you to do the thing that scares you. It's against human nature but it saves lives.

Severide

There's only two things you need to know in order to succeed here: do your job, keep your mouth shut.

Benny Severide

Never go out alone. Bad things can happen if you get caught out in the wild alone.

Severide

A fellow firefighter is a brother, no matter what the city.

[wears his gas mask sideways] Guys, how do I look?

As usual, like the class clown. [into radio] Yo Severide, how soon can you take Darden off my hand?

Severide

[over radio] Andy makes squad the day I'm no longer in charge..

[to Mills] Last to show, first to go, ask the rescue squad.

Severide

You truck guys do such a good job getting everything ready for us, why would we want to take that away from you?

Kids, you should know they make the rescue helmets extra big to fit their head size.

Severide

There are two types of firefighters: those who are on squad and those who wish they are on squad. [points at Mills] I bet I can get an application from him by the end of the month.

He wants you? You can have him.

Severide

[yelling at Mills] Hey! Candidate! One hand on the beam, Candidate! I don't care if you're carrying a damn cow! Men die when they relax!

Okay, Kelly. He gets it.

Severide

Yeah, he better.

He’s right. One hand on the beam, no matter what.

Yeah, okay.

Really?

Severide

No offense, but I'm taking advice from you right now.

This is a new low.

[after Severide refuses to give her a glass of wine] You suck!

Severide

You gotta get your oven ready for that bun, baby.

Who put dog food in there? [sees Hadley chuckling] That's funny to you?

Relax, mutt.

What did you say to me?!

Severide

Mutt? You out of your mind?

When I was a candidate over at 38, they put menthol in my underwear. What is the––

No, no, no, what you did was so far beyond that, that if you can't tell the difference you are dumber than you look. What I mean, this house was already under a microscope. You really couldn't put that together?

Otis

Was just talking to Shay and she told me the good news.

Severide

Good news?

Otis

Your new apartment. Sounds tight.

Severide

Oh yeah, thanks.

Otis

No problem. She did say it was a three-bedroom and you guys might be looking for a third roommate to, uh, defray the costs.

Severide

She said that?

[he and Mouch rush over to Otis and Severide] Hey! Yo, Otis! We agreed we were gonna come to him together.

Otis

Why do you even need a new place, Cruz? Your apartment isn't bad.

You spend a night in my neighborhood lulled to sleep by gunfire.

Otis

You try living two doors down from my mother.

Mouch

Severide, this is exactly the kind of drama you won't have to deal with if you choose a mellow mature roommate.

Severide

Guys, it's just an apartment. You haven't even seen the place.

Otis

I can come by right after shift.

Mouch

Me too.

Severide

Listen, this isn't cheerleader tryouts. You guys need to work this out amongst yourselves. [sees Boden] Chief! You got a minute? [quickly walks away]

Severide

What's vodka in Russian?

Vodka.