MacGyver Season 1 quotes

You know Mac, he can't let a puzzle alone.

What I'm going to do here is activate a magnetic field and… turn the chemicals into nylon. Good for ladies' stockings, and, uh… clogging the arteries of a kind old man.

Victoria

Did you finish packing, Mr. MacGyver?

Actually, it defeated me completely.

Victoria

You must learn not to be defeated so easily.

Pete

I need someone I can trust to stay on top of it.

You have got a whole file full of people on salary who can do that.

Pete

Yes, and any one of them could turn out to be the mole!

Pete

I thought we could rely on each other; I thought we were friends.

We are friends, Pete. We're friends, shall be ever more - after my vacation!

John Wayne could not have done it better.

[voice-over narration] The first time I got to ride on a merry-go-round, I was about six or seven. I'd never seen anything like it. It was a kind of magic. Go to a merry-go-round anywhere in the world and you can see the same look in the kids eyes. It's magic. It's a shame we have to grow up... and lose it.

[voice-over narration] One of the problems of flying a jet is that you don't have a lot of time to admire the scenery. I just entered Pakistani air space and already the Afghan border was coming up fast. One of our early satellites fell out of orbit and wouldn't you know it. It landed just inside Afghanistan. Now, the satellite has a small capsule in it with a lot of classified data we didn't want the Russians to get their hands on. And it's funny when you remember that we brought those early satellites back to Earth with wings on 'em.

I'm about 20 seconds from becoming part of the landscape.

[glaring at the sergeant] If it was not for my desperate need of non-commissioned officers, I would have you shot.

One man, one single wounded man, and you lose your vehicle...

...your weapons and the man!

You are going back on patrol!

Yes, sir!

Take the tank, and if you find the American, you'll only lose your rank and six months' pay.

But, sir...

If you do not find him, I will have you court-martialed for dereliction of duty. Now go!

(after his plane blows up) I could just hear old Pete Thornton saying, "Why does he always have to wait until the last possible second?"

Pete

(back at Phoenix Foundation) He always waits until the last possible second.

Is your mother aware of all this?

She's a woman. She doesn't know about man's business.

So where is she now?

Milking the goat.

Isn't that your job?

It's not a man's work. (looks sheepish) The goat doesn't like me.

Pete Thornton

What the hell are you doing here?

What do you mean, what am I doing here? You take an emergency leave of absence, grab a Soviet IdD a map of Northern Russia and you split. You didn't even say goodbye to me.

Pete Thornton

What, so you just naturally have to follow me?

Pete, we're friends. If you got troubles, I've got troubles.

Natalia

You are black market.

No, we're just your basic revolutionaries.

Power to the people!

Pete

Change the timing?

Remember Belgrade?

Pete

Mm. Don't change the timing.