MacGyver quotes from MacGyver

MacGyver! Oh that does it! I just want to pack up my things right now and I want to go home.

Penny, whatever is going on around here, it's got nothing to do with ghosts or goblins or the supernatural. There is a purely logical explanation for everything.

Really? Well that would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't holding a human skull.

So what's the gripe? You've got some of the best scientific support available to any police department in the country!

I'll send a thank-you note to the mayor. [tearing down poster of voluptuous model] See if you can find me something of Mel Gibson half-naked, will ya Wyatt?

He's not really my type, Ma'am.

Listen to me, MacGriever—

It's MacGyver.

Whatever. You just don't get it. What we are doing here is police work. Now, sometimes the public—civilians like yourself—just don't understand what it takes to get the job done.

We don't, huh?

No, you don't. Now, I've heard you hate guns, abhor violence, and I'm sure my tank is very chilling to your... sense of justice and fair play. But we do live in the real world here. Guns and tanks and nasty crooks are all just a part of the big picture.

I think you'll find Mr. Cross to have anticipated most everything.

That so?

He's quite an unusual man, you see. It will be very difficult to stop him. To solve his deadly riddle, so to speak. His cunning is so complex, you have to be intellectually superior, exceptionally persistent, and possess an abundance of ingenuity to even get close to him. Are you all of these things, Mr. MacGyver? Yes, I know your name. Does that frighten you?

Should it?

Why would Zito want to help somebody else escape?

Good question. Maybe somebody in Homicide has an answer.

You're not into some kind of detective work here, are you, MacGyver?

Well, enough to believe that Dr. Zito had something to do with Cross' escape.

I've got to know whether this involves something I can sleep with.

What can't you sleep with, Mr. MacGyver?

Shady hip-pocket political scams, for one.

Pete, a parent can only take so much responsibility.

Pete

I wish it was that simple. I think we're all responsible. And I think some of us... maybe a lot of us, have been sending out the wrong signals.

[voice-over narration] I'd been doing volunteer work at the Challengers Club for years, dropping by whenever I could. The club began with a dream and an empty building. With some hard work and imagination, it had survived for 15 years. When something was needed it was usually donated or scrounged. I'd added some stuff to the weight machine. I knew the kids would be thrilled with the results.

It'll never fly, man.

Hey, you never told me things were so bad.

Booker

If I did, you'd worry. And worrying is Cynthia's thing. She does it better than anybody I know.

It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.

Talking ain't gonna to change nothing! People like Larson are always gonna hate people like me. Just because we're black.

So you hate him back! Ray, the hate has got to stop somewhere. It has got to stop!

That ain't gonna change nothing!

Every action has a reaction. You have got to believe that.

Natalia

MacGyver, he's going to kill us anyway. If I can't bring this gold to my people, I believe the next best thing is to just step off and take him with us. What do you think?

I think you shouldn't go Russian on me just yet.

Natalia

What do you mean, "Russian"?

You know, heroic, fatalistic. Russian.

Natalia

Oh, that Russian.

Well, he lived his life as a hero. Seems he died the same way.

Natalia

Why, MacGyver, you're beginning to sound Russian.

What do you mean, Russian?

Natalia

Poetic, philosophical. Russian.

Pete

You two looked like you were in the middle of something. Don't let me stop you...

No no, that's okay Pete, I was just working on my Russian. But I think the lesson is over.

Natalia

Only for now...

Acrophobia wasn't on your application for this program. Are you hiding anything else?

Just my pride.