Lillian Strand quotes from Intelligence

Lillian

Clockwork is this generation's Manhattan Project.

Lillian

Got a siituation, gentlemen.

Lillian

And criminal genius.

Lillian

Did you see somebody?

Lillian

Stay with us, Gabriel.

Lillian

We can't be killing our own people.

Lillian

We have no proof that Amelia is even involved, much less working undercover. I need you to stay focused on what we actually know.

Gabriel

I've been searching for her for six years. This is the first good lead!

Gabriel

Yeah. You're clear. (walks away)

Lillian, this is exactly what we worried about when we selected him. If Amelia is involved, he could become irrational, self-destructive even.

Lillian

Well, then find a way to control him because I am not taking my best asset offline in the middle of an active terrorist attack.

I can patch glitches, fix bugs, repair hardware. Hell, I can even reprogram the chip. But it is not the chip that is crashing.

Lillian

What the hell were you thinking?

I know you're upset, but I'd be careful if I were you. I'm still the director of the CIA.

Lillian

We've known each other for a long time, Jeff. We both know where the bodies are buried and who put them there. You sure you want to threaten me?

Lillian

We should be taking Hector down.

It's not your call.

If we had to stop working with murderers and drug dealers and despots, we'd never get anything accomplished.

Lillian

After all he's done, you're still protecting him. You have any idea what it took to order my agent to stand down?

For the greater good, Lillian.

Lillian

According to who?

You know, when I first got to Langley, the director said to me, "You think you know what evil's out there. You have no idea."

Lillian

Did he tell you to get into bed with that evil?

It's not a perfect world.

Lillian

But we can make it better. A great man taught me that.

Riley

Show-off.

Riley

(referring to the kidnapped girls) They came home last night, and their biggest problems were boys and midterms. Now it's Hector Villareal.

Gabriel

Now Hector's about to meet his biggest problem.

Lillian

Start in Arizona. See what you can learn at the scene. Let's find those girls and show the cartel what happens when you cross our border and harm our kids.

You have no idea what you're doing.

Lillian

You used a human being as a Guinea pig. No matter what his crime--

Human being? Luther Vick killed two police officers. In return, the court took away his life and gave it to the state. We are the state.

Lillian

You're just as bad as the murderer you used.

If we can make an anti-virus out of Luther's blood, we'll be ready when a weapon like this virus comes across our borders. We both know it's on the way. The monsters are at the gate, Lillian.

Lillian

Looks to me like the monsters are right here.

Lillian

What am I looking at?

Nanites. Highly advanced robotics on a microscopic scale.

Nanite technology has not advanced this far. This is a-a scientific impossibility.

Lillian

So is a microchip in the brain.

Without trust, you and I have nothing.

Lillian

We've shared a lot of things, Jeff. Trust has never been one of them.