Black Hawk Down (2001)

Ron Eldard: Durant

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Quotes 

• Durant : Where's the rescue squad?

  Shughart : We're it.

• [Durant and Wolcott talk over the intercom as they fly past each other in their helicopters] 

  Durant : Six-One, this is Six-Four, go to UHF secure. I've got some bad news.

  Cliff Wolcott : Limo is a word, Durant. I don't want to hear about it.

  Durant : It is not a word. It's an abbreviation of a word.

  Cliff Wolcott : Limo is a word in common usage. That is the key phrase in scrabble, my friend, common usage.

  Durant : No! If it's not in the dictionary, it doesn't count.

  Cliff Wolcott : It doesn't have to be in the dictionary!

  Durant : It does have to be in the dictionary! Listen, when we get back to base, it's coming off the board.

  Cliff Wolcott : You touch my limo and I'll spank you, Night Stalker. You hear me?

  Durant : Yeah. Promises.

• [Durant is being interrogated] 

  Durant : My government will never negotiate for me.

  Abdullah 'Firimbi' Hassan : Then perhaps you and I can negotiate, huh? Soldier to Soldier.

  Durant : I am not in charge

  Abdullah 'Firimbi' Hassan : Course not, you have the power to kill, but not negotiate. In Somalia, Killing is Negotiation.

• [while powering up his black hawk for takeoff with other helicopters checking in over the radio] 

  Durant : Fuckin' Irene!

• Todd Blackburn : Thats a nice beach down there. Hows the water?

  Durant : Yeah, its nice and warm... and it's loaded with sharks.

• Durant : Gordy!

  Shughart : Gordy's gone man. I'll be outside. Good luck.

• Durant : I'm not a ranger, I'm a pilot.