MacGyver quotes from MacGyver

There was a time when I could run all day without breaking a sweat. I tell ya: it's hell getting old.

Age is only in the mind, Harry.

Well, my mind tells me I'm gettin' old.

(Referring to the lab at the Phoenix Foundation.) Some of these gizmos look like they're straight out of Flash Gordon.

Oh, we passed Flash Gordon years ago.

MacGyver, this is me, this is Jack, this is your buddy. Give it to me straight. You know how important my cab is to me; it's my future. You scratched it, didn't you?

Well, no - not exactly.

Okay, a dent; you put a dent in it.

Listen, Jack -

I can live with a dent. Tell me it's a dent.

It's a little more than a dent. Mr. Thornton and I were riding in your cab chasing this woman, who was actually a man who had a guy with a bazooka waiting and he blew up your cab.

Hold it. Run that back. Run that by me again.

Um, Mr. Thorton and I were riding in your cab and we're chasing this woman...

No, no, no - just the last part.

Two guys with bazookas blew up your cab.

They blew up my cab with a bazooka?

Two bazookas. But I can explain.

Bazookas... you can explain bazookas? YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN BAZOOKAS!

Pete

Probably a low-power charge, specially designed. It's only going to destroy the bed.

(sitting on the bed) What about the guy on it?

Pete

Yeah, that, too.

My mom died right after I was born.

Any brothers or sisters?

No. I guess I'm his daughter and his son.

Which one of you is here to rescue him?

Pete Thornton

[Handing over a gun to MacGyver] Here. Just for insurance.

Pete, you know how I feel about those things.

Pete Thornton

Yeah, I do, but you're defenseless out here.

No, just weaponless.

(to Carol) Your phone is dead.

And so are you.

I need you to stop the killer.

Any idea who it is?

We've got a suspect. He's a professional terrorist. His name is Peter Thornton.

Pete Thornton wanted to come. It wasn't easy keeping him away.

Peter, yes, he always disapproved of me—a keen judge of character.

Marine Science. Going back to school, nights and weekends. It's going to take a little longer but, I'll do it. And you'll be invited to graduation.

Well, that's something I won't forget.

[doing a bicycle trick] MacGyver! Look! Watch this!

Diana

Please, just take it, before I realize what I'm doing. (After Diana gives $20,000 to Anton Dubcek's new foundation.)

Thank you. You're very generous.

Diana

That's something no one's ever said to me before.

Feels pretty good, doesn't it?

[after Diana speaks to the police officer] Where did you learn to speak Czech?

Diana

Correspondence school.

You mean like, "the Czech is in the mail?"

(seeing the partially-wrecked car they're using) That's what you ordered?

Diana

I wanted something that wouldn't attract attention.

Even when they see us pushing it down a highway?

What's it gonna take? What's the price?

You know what trade I deal in. What could you possibly offer me? I know you won't betray your country's security.

You got that straight.

I like you, MacGyver, but I can't let them go. As for glasnost, I don't agree with the current Soviet administration, this new openness. Weak. Foolish. Impractical.

And you think killing three people is more practical. That's amazing.