The Machine has alerted me that our elusive adversary is back in town; eliminating him might be our last opportunity at stopping Samaritan.

Root

What's our ETA on Captain America?

Shaw

Stop playing with the horn, Lionel.

Reese

That's what's great about New York. You don't have to travel to learn about other cultures. They all come here.

Fusco

I never feel civilized negotiating from the end of the barrel. Either end. Shall we call this one a draw?

Greer

I got the car all packed. AC/DC or the Dixie Chicks?

Fusco

Shaw: Got the scoop on why all these women are so fond of you, "Frank." You gave the brunette a promise ring, then slept with her best friend the redhead, before having a fling with the blonde.
Reese: Well, that's not so bad.
Shaw: Whose mother you seduced.

I've killed lots of people, but my friends keep telling me I'm wrong.

Shaw

See? Business as usual. Even if the government's program is on ice, the machine keeps spitting out numbers.

Shaw

Find me Harold Finch.

Greer

I think the Machine wants us to kill McCourt.

Reese

Finch: Our purpose has always been constant: to save lives. If that's changed somehow, if we're in a place now where the Machine is asking us to commit murder... that's a place I can't go.

Person of Interest Quotes

Knowledge is not my problem. Doing something with that knowledge is where you come in. You can call me Mr. Finch.

Finch

When you find that one person who connects you to the world, you become someone different, someone better. When that person is taken from you, what do you become then?

Reese