76 Live Free or Die Hard Quotes (2026) #3

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John McClane: That's enough of this Kung-Fu shit.

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Agent Johnson: Special Agent Johnson. I'll take the sedan
John McClane: Agent Johnson?
Agent Johnson: That's right.

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John McClane: Another day in paradise.

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Matt Farrell: I'm not a doctor but-but you look like you're hurt.
John McClane: Sexy, right?
Matt Farrell: No.

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John McClane: Are you Matt Farrell? Matthew Farrell?
Matt Farrell: No, he, uh, actually does not live here anymore.
John McClane: Of course not. Who are you?
Matt Farrell: My name is Daisy Duke. Got a lot of shit for it when I was a kid. Please don't add to it.

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[choking Mai with cables]
John McClane: [sarcastic] That's not too tight, is it?

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John McClane: Hey, hey, hey. Calm down. Just calm down, big boy!
The Warlock: You calm down! This is MY house!
John McClane: You're gonna tell me what I wanna know, or I'm gonna beat you to death in your own house.

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Thomas Gabriel: We are leaving in three minutes.
[pushes computer towards Matt]
Thomas Gabriel: You have one.
Matt Farrell: The rules haven't changed, man. You're gonna kill me the minute I unlock it.
[Thomas shoots Matt in the leg]
Thomas Gabriel: [Thomas grabs Lucy and puts the gun to her head]

Matthew. Matthew! I really need you to pay attention. The rules can always change.
Matt Farrell: Okay, wait a minute.
Thomas Gabriel: I'm gonna shoot her in ten seconds.
Matt Farrell: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Thomas Gabriel: Nine.
Matt Farrell: I can't.
Thomas

Gabriel: Eight.
Matt Farrell: I can't.
Matt Farrell: [Thomas shoots the air twice] Okay! Okay, okay.
Thomas Gabriel: Six.
Matt Farrell: Okay, stop, stop! Stop. I'm doing it. I'm doing it!
[starts to unlock it]

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John McClane: Damn hamster!

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[after the presidential montage]
Casper: That was creepy.
Trey: I tried to find more Nixon.

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The Warlock: Thomas Gabriel's the guy who shut down NORAD with a laptop just to prove a point, and you think I'm scared of you?

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[after Lucy struggles and shoots Emerson in the foot]
Thomas Gabriel: Jesus Christ. You got her?
[Emerson nods]
Thomas Gabriel: You're sure? It's a nice effort, though.

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John McClane: But seriously, all that kicking aside, that skinny little ninja chick... she was smoking hot. A new one of those is going to be real hard to come by... right?

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Thomas Gabriel: Think of them as hardware, to your software.

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John McClane: Come on. Government's gonna have dozens of departments dedicated to that shit!
Matt Farrell: It took FEMA *five days* to get water to the Superdome.

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John McClane: It's Creedence.
Matt Farrell: Creedence?
John McClane: Creedence Clearwater Revival? Classic Rock?
Matt Farrell: I know what it is. It's OLD rock. That doesn't make it classic. What sucked back then still sucks today.
John McClane: You don't like Creedence?

Matt Farrell: This is like having a pine cone shoved in my ass. McClain turns the music louder Really? That's mature!

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Thomas Gabriel: You know, John, I feel like we've gotten off on the wrong foot. And because of that, you think I'm the bad guy. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm the good guy here. I told them this could happen if they didn't prepare. Did I get a "Thank you"? No, I got crucified. But, they wouldn't listen.
John McClane: You got their attention

now, don't you?
Thomas Gabriel: That's right. I am doing the country a favor.
John McClane: By tearing it apart?
Thomas Gabriel: Better me than some outsider. Some religious nut job bent on Armageddon. Nobody wants to see that happen. Everything I've broken can be fixed if the country is willing to pay for it.

John McClane: Ah, bullshit. It's always been about the money.
Thomas Gabriel: What, I shouldn't get paid for my work? I'm working my ass off here, John.
John McClane: Well, just sit tight, asshole. I gotta check for you.