MacGyver Season 4 quotes

How many N's in the word "anniversary"?

Booker

Good question. How many D's in the word "dictionary"?

Booker

I'm going to talk about the kids. Because that's what the Challengers Club is all about. There are people here today who are going to tell you we have some bad kids at the club. Well, I'm going to tell yo how bad. Kids who come from bad homes, broken homes, no homes at all. Hungry kids... cold... beaten and broken kids. Kids who fix and use drugs for kicks. They're mad. Mad at you, mad at me... mad at the world they see. A world without opportunity.

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.

I was ready for a lazy week of serious scuba diving off the Grand Keys. A Spanish galleon load with treasure had gone down over 4 centuries ago, and I was gonna spend my vacation lookin' for it. But, Pete Thorton had another idea. It also involved treasure hunting, but he told me I could leave my Hawaiian shirt at home.

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...

When Pete Thornton established a stress-relief program for Phoenix Foundation employees, I thought it was a pretty good idea. The four men I was going to meet worked in high-pressure Phoenix positions throughout the country. My job was to take them over Mount Cascade on a 5-day hike. They'd have a chance to blow-off some steam and just forget about their jobs. And me? Well it was just something I liked to do.

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

Just my pride.

Maybe you were in prison for having a lousy sense of humor!

(while looking at a high, rickety bridge) The brochure said this was going to be a stress-free weekend.

Come on, Chuck, you're not afraid of falling, are you?

No, it's the sudden stop at the bottom that worries me.

I'll brief you on each of the next four days as we go along. Any questions?

Yeah, what's for dinner?

A gourmet selection of the finest freeze-dried food known to man.

Sheriff, your wife's on the phone. She wants to know when you're coming home. Your twins have the measles.

MacGyver, when is your program starting up again?

[narration] It's occurred to me that some friendships are like a good game of hockey. The right balance of team work and smooth skating generally adds up to a winning combination. Like me and Pete Thornton. Partner, boss, friend - you can't do much better than that. But sometimes things come up that test the best of friendships, and this weekend of skiing was one of them.

Pete

It wasn't my fault!

Whose fault was it?

Pete

The guy cut me off, what was I supposed to do?

First a witness, now a hostage. You are a very able man, Mr. Thornton.