Bucky Barnes quotes from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Rule number two?

Bucky Barnes

[mock-considering] What was rule number two?

Nobody gets hurt. It's a big one.

Bucky

Then why isn't it rule number one?

Bucky

All right, give me a break. I'm trying, okay? This isn't...[sighs] This is new for me. I didn't have a moment to deal with anything, you know? I had a little...calm in Wakanda. And other than that, I just went from one fight to another for ninety years.

So, now that you've stopped fighting, what do you want?

Bucky

... Peace.

That is utter bullshit!

Bucky

You're a terrible shrink.

[voice trembling] I was an excellent soldier, so I saw a lot of dead bodies, and I know how that can shut you down. And if you are alone, that is the quietest, most personal hell.

Sam

You don't have to trust Redwing. But I'm gonna go see if he's right. 'Cause I have a feeling they (the Flag-Smashers) might be part of the Big Three.

Bucky

What big three?

Sam

The Big Three.

Bucky

What Big Three?

Sam

Androids, aliens and wizards.

Bucky

That's not a thing.

Sam

That's-that's definitely a thing.

Bucky

No, it's not.

Sam

Every time we fight, it's one of the three.

Bucky

So who are you fighting now, Gandalf?

Sam

Ev- How do you know about Gandalf?

Bucky

I read The Hobbit. In 1937. When it first came out.

Sam

So you see my point?

Bucky

No. I don't. There are no wizards.

Sam

Doctor Strange.

Bucky

-- is a sorcerer.

Sam

Ah-ah. [chuckles] A sorcerer is a wizard without a hat.

I'm Battlestar. John's partner.

Bucky

"Battlestar"? [yelling to the driver] Stop the car!

John Walker

Look, I...I get it, okay? I get the attitude, I do. You didn't think that the shield was gonna end up here. I get it, Bucky. [to Sam] And I'm, I'm not trying to be Steve. I'm not trying to replace Steve. I'm just trying to be the best Captain America I can be. That's it. It'd be a whole lot easier if I had Cap's wingman on my side.

Sam

[scoffs] It's always that last line. [gets out of the jeep and follows Bucky]

Bucky

I'm not a killer anymore.

You think you can wake up one day and decide who you wanna be? It doesn't work like that. Well, maybe it does for folks like you.

Bucky

Why'd you give up that shield?

Sam

Why are you making such a big deal out of something that has nothing to do with you?

Bucky

Steve believed in you. He trusted you. He gave you that shield for a reason. That shield, that is... That is everything he stood for. That is his legacy. He gave you that shield, and you threw it away like it was nothing...

Sam

Shut up.

Bucky

So maybe he was wrong about you. And if he was wrong about you, then he was wrong about me.

Sam

...You finished?

Bucky

Yeah.

Sam

All right, good. Maybe this is something you or Steve will never understand. But can you accept that I did what I thought was right?

Sam

I've seen that book. It was Steve's when he came out of the ice. I told him about Trouble Man. He wrote it in that book. Did you hear it? What'd you think?

Bucky

I like 40's music, so...

Sam

You didn't like it?!

Bucky

I liked it.

Helmut Zemo

It is a masterpiece, James. Complete. Comprehensive. It captures the African-American experience.

Sam

[nonplussed, having to defend Zemo] He's outta line, but he's right. It's great. Everybody loves Marvin Gaye.

Bucky

I like Marvin Gaye.

Sam

Steve adored Marvin Gaye.

Zemo

You must have really looked up to Steve. But I realized something when I met him. The danger with people like him, America's Super Soldiers, is that we put them on pedestals.

Sam

Watch your step, Zemo.

Zemo

They become symbols. Icons. And then we start to forget about their flaws. From there, cities fly, innocent people die, movements are formed, wars are fought. [to Bucky] You remember that, right? As a young soldier sent to Germany to stop a mad icon. Do we want to live in a world full of people like the Red Skull?

Bucky

So what are you doing here?

Sharon Carter

I stole Steve's shield, remember? [to Sam] I also took the wings for your ass so that you could save his [Bucky] ass from his [Zemo] ass. Unlike you, I didn't have the Avengers to back me up. So...I'm off the grid in Madripoor.

Sam

Hey, don't blow that smoke at me. I was on the run, too.

Sharon

"Was." "Is." Big difference.

Zemo

The desire to become a superhuman cannot be separated from supremacist ideals. Anyone with that serum is inherently on that path. (Karli Morgenthau) will not stop, she will escalate until you are forced to kill her. Or she kills you.

Bucky

Maybe you're wrong, Zemo. The serum never corrupted Steve.

Zemo

Touché. But there has never been another Steve Rogers, has there?

Sam

We should do something.

Bucky

[shouting to Walker] Looking strong, John!

Sam

Bucky...

Sam

Listen, it was the heat of the battle, okay? If you explain what happened, they may consider your record. We don't want anyone else to get hurt. John ... You gotta give me the shield, man.

Walker

[softly] Oh. So that's what this is. You almost got me.

Sam

You made a mistake.

Walker

You don't wanna do this.

Bucky

Yeah, we do.

Sam

You know Karli won't quit.

Bucky

Ah. You call me when you have a lead and I'll be there. [picks up his bag] Not necessarily as a team.

Sam

Nope.

Bucky

We're not that good.

Sam

Definitely not.

Bucky

We're professionals.

Sam

Definitely.

Bucky

And, uh, we're partners.

Sam

Co-workers.

Bucky

But we're also a couple of guys with a mutual friend.

Sam

Friend's now gone.

Bucky

So we're a couple of guys.

Sam

I can live with that.

Bucky

Perfect.

Sam

[over the radio] Do I hear Sharon?

Bucky

Unfortunately.

Sharon

Hey, Sam. I thought I'd get the band back together.

Sam

Thank you. You're risking a lot coming here.

Sharon

I hear pardons aren't all they're cracked up to be anyway.

Bucky

Depends on the therapist.

Aren't you tired of fighting for the wrong side, Mr. Barnes?

Bucky

[scoffs] I've done this before, kid. I know how it ends.

It doesn't matter if I don't survive this. I'm fighting for something bigger than myself. And with all the bodies you've collected, have you ever been able to say the same?

Bucky

You don't think I ever fought for something bigger than myself? That's all I ever tried to do. And I failed twice.

Walker

"Mercy bears richer fruit than strict justice."

Bucky

It's a great app. Thank you.

Bucky

Lincoln? Really?

Walker

Great man. Great quote.

Bucky

Not when you say it.