Harold Finch quotes from Person of Interest

John Reese

Finch, how do you know so much about getting marijuana?

Harold Finch

Mr. Reese, do you want me to call this in or not?

Harper Rose

You live here?

Harold Finch

I own the apartment.

Harper Rose

An excellent non-answer.

Harper Rose

You two are obviously helping people on a regular basis. Exhibit A, this ornately decorated apartment that no one lives in. Which means you probably have a boatload of money and much better things to do with your time than to just stick your neck out for people you don't know. So why do it?

Harold Finch

Everybody deserves a champion.

Harper Rose

Why swim upstream when you can ride the current all the way down to the waterfall?

Harold Finch

What happens when you reach the cliff?

Harper Rose

I'll let you know when I get there.

Harold Finch

I must say, I'm getting rather good... at this breaking and entering business. Although I don't quite understand the purpose of the carnitas.

John Reese

Ah, it's just an old spy trick for neutralizing security systems.

Harold Finch

Security system?

Harold Finch

Hector. [feeding the dog] It's very funny, Mr. Reese.

John Reese

Finch, you got a line on After Hours Management?

Harold Finch

When it comes to breaking, entering, and hacking, I can only do two at a time.

Harold Finch

I'm going to have coffee with someone that Professor Whistler met at a conference in Hong Kong a few months ago.

Root

A female someone, judging by the color in your cheeks.

Harold Finch

While I appreciate the utility of a firearm, Mr. Reese, I don't see the pleasure in firing lead projectiles at inanimate objects.

John Reese

This isn't pleasure, it's business. You've had some close calls recently. Think of it as a machine. You like machines, right, Finch?

They sent you to get me.

Root

Right idea. Wrong machine.

Harold Finch

Not helping, Ms. Groves.

Harold Finch

Not content with an atlas of Patagonia, he then proceeded to devour a first edition Gatsby.

John Reese

You want him to stop eating your books, stop buying 'em leather-bound. I'll buy you a new one.

Harold Finch

I don't believe I pay you enough to replace it, Mr. Reese, and you're missing the point. Some things simply cannot be replaced.

Harold Finch

Hydrating on a stakeout is a double-edged sword anyway.

John Reese

You forget your water bottle, Finch?

Harold Finch

[surprised to see Root in a wedding gown] Congratulations?!?!

Root

Don't go buying me that blender just yet, Harry.

Harold Finch

It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.

Who exactly is after you?

Harold Finch

The Brotherhood, the federal government. An artificial super intelligence, obviously.

What's your name, sir?

Harold Finch

I go by many names. All derived from species of birds.

Root

I'd mark him as a John Doe. He basically lives in the subway.

Harold Finch

Pardon me. Lenny? [pointing to the doctors] These gentlemen stole your spaceman.

Liars! You stole my spaceman! [Attacking the doctors]

Harold Finch

Have you forgotten her already? You've already discarded her, and you're a human being. Imagine how quickly that thing that you've created would discard you. Do you ever lie awake at night wondering if one day it will see you as a threat? Or worse, as irrelevant?

John Greer

How arrogant of you to think that any of us are anything but irrelevant.