Best thriller TV quotes of all time

Please vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top.

Movie Quote Quiz
Eerie, Indiana picture

Simon Holmes: Sometimes I wish we collected stamps for fun, instead of battling the forces of weirdness.

More Eerie, Indiana quotes
Sapphire & Steel picture

Steel: We know that Tony Purnell was in love with Anne Shaw, Mullrine's secretary.
Sapphire: Not necessarily in love, he was... using her.
Steel: There's a difference?
Sapphire: On this planet, yes.

More Sapphire & Steel quotes
Justified picture

Winona Hawkins: You're a little old to be fighting, aren't you?
Raylan Givens: Certainly too old to be losing.

More Justified quotes

JAG (1995)

JAG picture

Ice Queen (1) - S8-E20

Vivian Blackadder: Amad bin Atwa supplied money and explosives to Hasan Mohammed, who executed the attack on the Cole. They're an all-Jihad team that's been together for nine years. If Bin Atwa gives up Hasan, I want in on the kill.
Gibbs: We're not tasked with capturing Hasan Mohammed.
Vivian Blackadder: Gibbs, my brother died on the Cole.
Gibbs: I know that.
Vivian Blackadder: Then get me in on this!
Gibbs: You're not here to use NCIS as your personal instrument of revenge. You get your head around this murder case, or you pull your tailored suit out of mothballs and you march your butt right back to the J. Edgar Hoover Building.

More JAG quotes
Batman Beyond picture

Terry McGinnis: Look, if you had any proof they were going to do something, it would be different. But I'm not going to change my plans because of a hunch.
Bruce Wayne: Batman would.
Terry McGinnis: Hey, I put my life on the line all the time. One night isn't going to make any difference.
Bruce Wayne: One night always makes the difference.

More Batman Beyond quotes
The Shield picture

Shane Vendrell: So, we cause a triple murder before breakfast, start a race war before dinner - that's uh, that's a pretty good day.

More The Shield quotes
The Practice picture

Bobby Donnell: It's better that ten guilty men go free, than one innocent man suffer.

More The Practice quotes
More Counterpart quotes
Limitless picture

Brian Finch: I can be really annoying when I'm on NZT.
Agent Ike: We've noticed.

More Limitless quotes
The Grid picture

FBI Agent Max Canary: If I'm not mistaken, she just cut off your balls, Derek.
Derek Jennings: Just the one, Max. Just the one.

More The Grid quotes
Planet of the Apes picture

Urko: These humans are dangerous, don't you understand that? They think that they're as good as we are.

More Planet of the Apes quotes
Scandal picture

Harrison Wright: Are we gladiators or are we bitches?

More Scandal quotes
Rabbit Hole picture

Ace in the Hole - S1-E8

Weir: The person you have is not my ex-wife. It's the person I sent in to get her. So, good luck with that motherfucker.

The_Iceman

More Rabbit Hole quotes
The Handmaid's Tale picture

Moira: Hey, that shit is contagious. You want to see your baby girl again? Then you need to keep your fucking shit together.

More The Handmaid's Tale quotes
Silver Surfer picture

The Silver Surfer: To me, my board.

More Silver Surfer quotes
Murder One picture

Jimmy Wyler: Do you believe in redemption, Mr. White?
White: As long as it doesn't require funeral arrangements.

More Murder One quotes
Revelations picture

Sister Josepha Montefiore: "Father, why hast thou forsaken me?" Christ asked the same question.
Richard: Did he get an answer?
Sister Josepha Montefiore: Well, he wasn't a scientist so he knew that... some questions have none.

More Revelations quotes
Medium picture

Joe Dubois: Ever since you made the decision not to go to law school, to go to work for the D.A. as a consultant, I don't know, you seem kinda.
Allison Dubois: Bitchy? Cranky? Pissed off?
Joe Dubois: You can read minds.

More Medium quotes
Nowhere Man picture

Thomas Veil: Soon, all my memories will be gone. Without ceasing to breathe, I will cease to exist.

More Nowhere Man quotes
Nash Bridges picture

Harvey Leek: Nash, the most high-tech thing on this computer is the flying toaster screen saver.

More Nash Bridges quotes

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.