Captain America: The First Avenger Quotes

Gabe Jones: Who are you supposed to be?
Steve Rogers: I'm... Captain America. [Steve walks off to free the soldiers trapped below]
James Montgomery Falsworth: I beg your pardon?

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4F Doctor: [looks at Steve's file which shows he has a long list of health issues]Sorry, son.
Steve Rogers: Look, just give me a chance.
4F Doctor: You'd be ineligible on your asthma alone.
Steve Rogers: Is there anything you can do?
4F Doctor: I'm doing it. I'm saving your life.

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Steve Rogers: Where are we going?
James 'Bucky' Barnes: The future.

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[a body is discovered in the Arctic]SHIELD Lieutenant: Base. Get me a line to the Colonel! I don't care what time it is! This one's waited long enough.

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Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan: So, let's get this straight.
Gabe Jones: We barely got out of there alive, and you want us to go back?
Steve Rogers: Pretty much.
James Montgomery Falsworth: Sounds rather fun, actually.
Jim Morita: [burps]I'm in. [Jacques and Gabe converse briefly in French]
Gabe Jones: [referring to himself and Jacques]We're in.
Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan: Hell, I'll always fight. But you gotta do one thing for me.
Steve Rogers: What's that?
Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan: [drinks the rest of his beer in one go]Open a tab. [they laugh as Steve gets up to go to the bar]
Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan: Well, that was easy.

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Steve Rogers: I had some ideas about the uniform.
Howard Stark: Whatever you want, pal.

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Peggy Carter: Gentlemen, I'm Agent Carter. I supervise all operations of this division.
Gilmore Hodge: What's with the accent, Queen Victoria? Thought I was signing up for the U.S. Army.
Peggy Carter: What's your name, soldier?
Gilmore Hodge: Gilmore Hodge, your Majesty.
Peggy Carter: Step forward, Hodge. [Hodge steps forward]
Peggy Carter: Put your right foot forward.
Gilmore Hodge: Are we dancing? Cause I got a few moves I know you'll like. [Peggy punches him in the face]

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Red Skull: You could have the power of the gods! Yet you wear a flag on your chest and think you fight a battle of nations! I have seen the future, Captain! There are no flags!
Captain America: Not my future!

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Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan: [looks at Jim Morita while asking Captain America]What, are we taking everybody?
Jim Morita: I'm from Fresno, Ace.

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Steve Rogers: Sir, if you're going after Schmidt, I want in
Col. Chester Phillips: You're an experiment. You're going to Alamogordo.
Steve Rogers: The serum worked.
Col. Chester Phillips: I asked for an army and all I got was you. You are not enough.

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Dr. Arnim Zola: I don't eat meat.
Col. Chester Phillips: Why not?
Dr. Arnim Zola: It disagrees with me.
Col. Chester Phillips: How about cyanide? Does that give you the rumbly tummy, too?

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Peggy Carter: Tell me, did you truly like your friend? Did you respect him?
Steve Rogers: [surprised]Yes!
Peggy Carter: Well then, stop blaming yourself! Give your friend the respect of making his own decisions!

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[from trailer]Col. Chester Phillips: General Patton has said that wars are fought with weapons but are won by men.
Loud Jerk: You just don't know when to give up, do ya?
Steve Rogers: I could do this all day.
Col. Chester Phillips: Our goal is to create the greatest army in history.
Steve Rogers: I should be going with you. Look, I know you don't think I can do this...
James 'Bucky' Barnes: This isn't a back alley, Steve. It's war!
Col. Chester Phillips: But every army begins with one man.
Abraham Erskine: Five tries in five different cities. I can offer you a chance.
Col. Chester Phillips: He will be the first in a new breed of super-soldier.
Steve Rogers: Why me?
Abraham Erskine: Because a weak man knows the value of strength, of the value of power.
Steve Rogers: That wasn't so bad.
Abraham Erskine: That was penicillin.
Col. Chester Phillips: We are going to win this war because we have the best men.
Abraham Erskine: Now, Mr. Stark. [Howard Stark engages the machine]
Col. Chester Phillips: And they will, personally, escort Adolf Hitler to the gates of Hell.

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Steve Rogers: [after one of Steve's Captain America shows]What are you doing here?
Peggy Carter: Officially I'm not here at all. That was quite a performance.
Steve Rogers: Yeah, uh... I had to improvise a little bit. The crowds I'm used to are usually more, uh... [Struggles to find a word]
Peggy Carter: I understand you're America's new hope.
Steve Rogers: Bond sales take a ten percent bump in every state I visit.
Peggy Carter: Is that Senator Brandt I hear?
Steve Rogers: At least he's got me doing this. Phillips would have had be stuck in lab.
Peggy Carter: And these are your only two options? A lab rat or a dancing monkey? You were meant for more than this, you know? [Steve looks like he's about to say something, then closes his mouth]
Peggy Carter: What?
Steve Rogers: You know for the longest time I dreamed about coming overseas and be on the front lines. Serving my country. I finally get everything I wanted, and I'm wearing tights.

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Steve Rogers: Who the hell are you?
Heinz Kruger: The first of many. Cut off one head... [bites down on cyanide pill]
Heinz Kruger: ...two more shall take its place. Hail Hydra.

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[Schmidt and Zola go to the rooftop, where a one-man escape helicopter is waiting]Dr. Arnim Zola: What about me? Where will I sit?
Red Skull: [hands the key to his car to Zola]Not a scratch, Doctor. Not a scratch.

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Steve Rogers: You save me any of that schnapps?
Abraham Erskine: Not as much as I should have. Sorry.

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Col. Chester Phillips: If you have something to say, right now's a perfect time to keep it to yourself.

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[Schmidt admires a wooden Norse carving]Johann Schmidt: Yggdrasil. Tree of the world. Guardian of wisdom. And fate, also. [discovers a wooden drawer, uncovers the Tesseract]
Johann Schmidt: And the F³hrer digs for trinkets in the desert.

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James Montgomery Falsworth: [toasts]To the Captain!

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General: I thought he'd be taller.

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Steve Rogers: [after Howard and Peggy steal a plane to get Steve across the front lines]You know you two are going to be in a lot of trouble when you land.
Peggy Carter: And you won't?
Steve Rogers: Where I'm goin', if anybody yells at me I can just shoot 'em.

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Red Skull: You are deluded, Captain. You pretend to be a simple soldier, but in reality you are just afraid to admit that we have left humanity behind. Unlike you, I embrace it proudly. Without fear!

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Peggy Carter: What do you plan to do? Walk to Austria?
Steve Rogers: If that's what it takes.
Peggy Carter: You heard the Colonel, you're friend is most likely dead.
Steve Rogers: You don't know that.
Peggy Carter: Even so, he's devising a strategy to take...
Steve Rogers: By the time he's done that, it could be too late! You told me you thought I was meant for more than this. Did you mean that?
Peggy Carter: Every word.
Steve Rogers: Then you gotta let me go.
Peggy Carter: I can do more than that...

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Col. Chester Phillips: Agent Carter co-ordinate with MI6. I want every allied eyeball looking for that main Hydra base.
Peggy Carter: What about us?
Col. Chester Phillips: We are gonna set a fire under Johann Schmidt's ass. What do you say, Rogers? It's your map, you think you can wipe Hydra off of it?
Steve Rogers: Yes, sir. I'll need a team.
Col. Chester Phillips: We're already putting together the best men.
Steve Rogers: With all due respect, sir, so am I.

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Dr. Arnim Zola: Schmidt believes he walks in the footsteps of the gods.
Col. Chester Phillips: Hm!
Dr. Arnim Zola: Only the world itself will satisfy him.
Col. Chester Phillips: Did you realize that's nuts, don't you?
Dr. Arnim Zola: The insanity of the plan is of no consequence.
Col. Chester Phillips: And why is that?
Dr. Arnim Zola: Because he can do it!
Col. Chester Phillips: What's his target?
Dr. Arnim Zola: His target is everywhere.

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Johann Schmidt: Captain America! How exciting! I'm a great fan of your films!

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Steve Rogers: [picking up a shield]What about this one?
Howard Stark: No, no, that's just a prototype.
Steve Rogers: What's it made of?
Howard Stark: Vibranium. It's stronger than steel and a third the weight. It's completely vibration absorbent.

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[Zola tests the Cube on a machine]Dr. Arnim Zola: Twenty... forty... sixty... stabilizing at seventy percent.
Johann Schmidt: I have not come all this way for safety, doctor. [switches the machine to full power]

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Hydra Soldier: [the lone survivor of an attack]Sir, we fought to the last man...
Red Skull: Evidently not. [blasts the soldier]

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