Foster lied, why? Because it gives his people hope, just as it gave you. So that his obsession to find a cure, his work, can continue.

Jones

Ramse: He's a good kid.
Elena: Yeah I think so.
Ramse: He's handsome, like his dad.
Elena: Well I hope he gets your modesty too.
Ramse: He's got your eyes.
Elena: Yeah?
Ramse: Yeah, and your smile. He's gonna break a lot of hearts.

Jones: Our core has been exhausted. We have a man, a traveler, who would be lost in time if we don't have your core to bring him back.
Colonel Foster: What part of him did you want to bring back; an arm, a leg, torso? I've heard about your little temporal mishaps dear.
Jones: I've perfected the process.
Colonel Foster: Perfected? And yet here we all are.

Colonel Foster: Katerina, welcome home.
Jones: Where shall we talk? Your office?
Colonel Foster: I think over dinner would be more appropriate. I'd like to welcome all our guests.
Jones: Charming, but I'm hardly a guest here; and certainly not welcome.
Colonel Foster: Indulge me.

Colonel Foster: Sergeant Whitley, been a long time son. what brings you home?
Whitley: We need your help.
Colonel Foster: Is that so? What did she do now? Please tell me that she isn't still grinding scavengers into that machine.
Ramse: Project Splinter; it worked.
Colonel Foster: Katerina sent someone back in time?
Whitley: She did.
Colonel Foster: Well then, how are we still having this conversation; now?

Lasky: We've blown the stabilizer.
Ramse: Lasky you better fix this quick.
Jones: It can't be repaired. The only way to stabilize the core is replace the manifold. Mr. Whitley, there's only one place we can find one.
Whitley: You're not serious.
Jones: What choice do we have? We don't fix the core, mission is over.

Maybe a plague is precisely what the world needs. The liars die out, the living forget the lies. Society's great reset switch.

Wexler

How long since you've heard from your courier? If your op were going as planned, you wouldn't even be speaking to me. You need to know what's going on in Chechnya. I can help you.

Cassie

Cole: Cassie I don't have time to explain, but I'm in Chechnya.
Cassie: Cole?
Cole: Listen, this isn't gonna make a lot of sense. I have the virus, but someone's trying to kill me.
Cassie: But you were just here?
Cole: Operation TROY is happening right now. I have a chance to end it.

Cole: This is amazing, all of it. During the outbreak people raided the museums. Took what they wanted, destroyed the rest. Never seen anything like this.
Cassie: Oh no Cole, you can't touch the art; you just look.
Cole: Well that's bullshit.
Cassie: Okay, Garrett's in the main hall.
Cole: Hey wait a minute. What's the rush he's not going anywhere. Why don't you grab a drink or some food and just be us for a while.
Cassie: I'm sorry have we met? The mission is this way.

If released in this room, this virus would kill every one of us in two to three hours.

Oliver Peters

Aaron: So how the hell are we doing this?
Cole: Go in, we get Cassie and we get out.
Aaron: That's it? How about a plan this time?
Cole: Everybody wants a plan. There's no time.
Aaron: You're a time traveler.
Cole: Look, you just keep an eye out. I'll take care of the guard.

12 Monkeys Season 1 Quotes

About four years from now, most of the human race is gonna be wiped out by a plague; a virus. All we know is that it's because of a man named Leland Frost. I have to find him.

Cole

What if you could take it back? All of it? A reset switch? You'd hit it right? You'd have to.

Cole