Leroy Jethro Gibbs quotes from NCIS

Tony

He got a name?

Ziva

Who?

Tony

The star of David.

Ziva

Oh, him. Yes, he has a name.

Tony

Trevor? Bruce? Marmaduke?

Ziva

Michael.

Tony

Hm. He sounded more like a Bruce than a Michael on the phone.

Gibbs

Okay, grab your toothbrush.

McGee

Road trip?

Gibbs

Los Angeles.

Tony

Cali-for-ni-ay. What time do we leave?

Gibbs

Not we. [Points to McGee]

Tony

McGee? Not me? McGoo? You?!

Abby

Are you going somewhere?

Gibbs

Yeah. That's what I came down here to tell you. Los Angeles.

Abby

Into the lionesses den?!

Gibbs

[Kisses her cheek] I'm taking McGee.

Abby

Gibbs. It's just last time you guys went to L.A. one of you didn't come back.

Gibbs

I'll bring him home, Abs. [Walks away]

Abby

Just make sure you bring yourself back, too.

Ziva

Goodnight.

Tony

Night. [watches Ziva leave]

Gibbs

Rule number eleven, DiNozzo.

Tony

I would never date a co-worker, boss. Trust me. I mean, why would you even -- [Gibbs smiles slightly] -- that's twelve. Eleven: when the job is done, walk away.

Gibbs

So, what's on your mind?

Tony

Rivkin's been in town.

Gibbs

I know.

Tony

With Ziva?

Gibbs

The guy doesn't listen.

Tony

Does that bother you on a professional level or a personal one?

Gibbs

I'll tell you what. I'm having a little trouble untangling the two.

Tony

So you are bothered.

Gibbs

Oh yeah.

Gibbs

[about Tony] I am going to see him again, right, Leon?

Ziva

He will not be harmed. Only two people have the authority to do that.

Vance

Your father's one. The other?

Ziva

Me.

My daughter speaks very highly of you.

Gibbs

She's a good agent.

Liaison Officer

Gibbs

She's one of us.

So she tells me.

Gibbs

(referring to Tony who's in interrogation) So's the guy in there.

Vance

How many times did I tell DiNozzo to leave his smart ass attitude back in DC!

Gibbs

You shoulda checked his bags.

Vance

I thought you said your boy was up to this.

Gibbs

You're the one who threw him to the wolves, Leon. Let him find his own way.

Vance

You call this a fight, he better start showing me something.

Gibbs

Take him off the team, he already has.

Tony

Come on, computers are your thing! If I had a thing I'd want to show it off.

Gibbs

There are rules against that, DiNozzo.

Tony

There's something I haven't told you, yet.

Ulman

What is that?

Tony

I've told you about the brains. I've told you about the guts. I've told you about the muscle. The scientist, the politician, the leader. I told you about every member of the team, except myself. The part I play.

Ulman

Which is?

Tony

I'm the wildcard. I'm the guy who looks at the reality in front of him and refuses to accept it. Like right now I should be terrified, right, but I'm not. Because I just can't stop thinking about the movie True Lies. You know, where Arnie's strapped to the chair and shot full of truth serum. He picks his cuffs and kills everybody. You have thirty seconds to live, Saleem.

Ulman

[sneers] You're still bound. You're lying.

Tony

I can't lie. And I didn't say I was going to be the one to kill you. Remember when I told you my boss was a sniper?

Gibbs

[into radio] Go.

Tony

It's computers, it's your thing! If I had a thing I'd show it off all the time.

Gibbs

There are rules against that, DiNozzo.

Ziva

We need to talk.

Gibbs

Sit down.

Ziva

When I came to see you and said I wanted back, you said it was the director's call, but I sensed your hesitation. I sense it now, even though I thought I made myself clear. I understand what you did in Israel --

Gibbs

Your brother Ari.

Ziva

You know what happened that night. I was here.

Gibbs

I want to hear it from you. You had orders to kill your brother to earn my trust.

Ziva

Yes.

Gibbs

That's a problem.

Ziva

You don't understand.

Gibbs

You're damn right I don't understand!

Ziva

When I volunteered for that mission --

Gibbs

You killed your own brother, Ziva!

Ziva

It is because I hoped my father was wrong about Ari, and I did not want someone else blindly following orders! I volunteered to protect him, Gibbs!

Gibbs

You lied to me.

Ziva

No, when I told you Ari was innocent, I believed it! But yes, I would have lied to you. He was my brother and you were nothing. But I was wrong about Ari and you. When I pulled the trigger to save your life, I was not following orders. I mean, how could you even think -- he was my brother. And now he is gone, Eli is all but dead to me... [fighting tears] And the closest thing I have to a father is accusing me.

Gibbs

...Okay.

Tony

Hey, you missed a shot there sidekick.

McGee

I'm not your sidekick, Tony.

Tony

And yet, you are.

McGee

No, I am not, because you're not the boss.

Tony

When Gibbs isn't here, I'm the boss.

Gibbs

[walks in] Gibbs is here.

Tony

Hey, Boss.

[chuckles derisively]

Gibbs

What's so funny?

You haven't arrested me. Which means you don't have any proof.

Tony

McProof?

McGee

The fake suicide note on Shelley's computer? We traced the worm that planted it back to your laptop.

Tony

Proves you killed Jurel, his buddies, and Shelley.

Gibbs

Uh-oh. You know what that means?

[together] You're under arrest!

Ziva

Being stuck at that desk has given me a lot of time to think. Being a visitor here is wrong.

Gibbs

What does that mean, Ziva?

Ziva

I need your signature on this. I want to be an NCIS agent.

Gibbs

I don't even know if that's possible. You would have to resign from Mossad.

Ziva

Already have. Sent my father an email.

Gibbs

Hmm. Now what's he think about that?

Ziva

It does not matter.

Ziva

Are you following orders?

Gibbs

Your father, Ziva. He's not a good guy. He's dirty.

Ziva

You cannot say no to him. Not a second time.

Gibbs

[to Ben-Gidon] Go! Get out of here! Run! You tell Eli David to stay away. She is off limits!

I failed you, Ziva. I am sorry.

Ziva

Never apologize. It is a sign of weakness.

Abby

This guy was a genius! He chronicled all his exploits on his phone. It's like a master's course! Six hundred pizzas delivered to the battalion CP. He reassembled a Humvee inside the officer's club. If only I had the appropriate time and space to use the bounty of ideas in front of me.

Gibbs

The case, Abbs. The case.