Jackson Gibbs quotes from NCIS

No, that doesn't fly with me, Leroy. You say two words and you expect me to fill in the rest?

Walter, nothing can make up for the lives we took, we both know that. But what you did was more than you know. You made my boy possible, Walter. And he helps people, Walter, he's a good man. [to Gibbs] He's the best person I know.

Ziva

[to Gibbs, points to a Winchester rifle on the wall] Is that the gun you learned to shoot with?

No one was ever allowed to touch that Winchester.

Let that be a lesson in parenting. Tell a kid he can't have a rifle and he grows up to be a sniper.

Everybody's always lying to you, all the time. Can't you ever just take things as you see 'em?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs

I see people lying to me!

[sighs] You were such a happy child.

McGee

Boss, I talked to Tony and Abby...

"Boss"? [to Jethro] You make them call you that? [to McGee] He's not a...! [catches himself] Are you a boss, Leroy?

Hello?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs

Merry Christmas, Dad.

Merry Christmas, son.

This medal is a great honor. You risked your life for it. It doesn't belong in a pawnshop.

How did you get her to give it to you?

I got a son who's a federal agent. Sticks his nose in other people's business. He's very persuasive.

Need a lift back to Stillwater?

Only if I drive. You were the worst.

Me? I'm not the one who totaled your father's Studebaker!

The important thing was that we were both fliers. We were brothers up there. We were the same. We're all the same. We were fighting each other. [takes out the letter] Walter told me that he saved me that day because he wanted to remind himself who he was. He's dying and all he can see is the people he killed over ideas that weren't even his. He can't forgive himself.

It's not an easy thing to do, Dad.