The Negotiator * Quotes

"When your friends betray you, sometimes the only people you can trust are strangers."

"I once talked a guy out of blowing up the Sears Tower but I can't talk my wife out of the bathroom or my kid off the phone."

"A quick lesson in lying. See, this is what us real cops do: We study liars. Example: If I ask you a question about something visual, like your favorite color, your eyes go up and to the left. Neurophysiology tells us your eyes go in that direction, because you're accessing the visual cortex. So you're telling the truth. If your eyes go up and right, you're accessing the brain's creative centers and we know you're full of shit."

"You want my blood? Take my blood!"

"I'm still alive, motherfucker!"

"I can't believe this, I'm just surrounded by a room of people who wanna go in there and kill him. This is the guy who call you friend. I got nothing invested in this. I wonder why that is, or maybe someday we'll find out."

"You hurt one of them, you burn up any currency you have with me. They're all I care about. Getting you out of here alive... a distant second."