Quantum Leap
Wednesdays 10:00 PM on NBCQuantum Leap Season 1 Episode 14: "S.O.S." Quotes
Ben: I thought I leapt into the middle of a war. Where am I?
Addison: Uh, we still don’t know. Ziggy’s…
Ben: Ziggy’s running slow. Yeah, if I ever started a band, that’s what I’m naming it.
Men, there is no such thing as peace, only pauses between wars…. And in those pauses, hundreds of skirmishes that never make the papers…. We are the tip of the spear. We protect the greatest nation in the history of history. Let that honor sink in. Let that honor be your guide.
Captain Drake
My father is the most stoic man that I have ever met. He doesn’t stress, and he doesn’t show emotion. When I was a kid, I didn’t even know he knew how to smile.
Addison
You have a good heart, but it’s an affliction that I’ve seen kill many a fine man.
Captain Drake
Magic: The man was a legend. Addison’s father fell on his sword to protect that legend.
Jenn: Why?
Magic: Because sometimes doing what’s best for the service requires sacrifice.
Magic: Jenn, Ben is sailing into a minefield.
Jenn: A minefield? Wait a minute, that’s great!
Magic: Great? Why’s that great?
I know you’re scared that you’re going to hurt me. And I know that you’re scared that you can’t be a good dad because you’re too hard or cold, that you carry some kind of darkness inside of you. But whatever your dad had, it stops with you because you have done nothing but love me and make me the person that I am today. It is going to be okay, Dad.
Addison
Augustine: There’s an old hymn. ‘Set the walls around your heart. Build them strong with stone.’ Augustine & Addison: ‘And do what must be done.’
Addison: He used to say that to me when I was a kid. When I was really scared.
