Howard Stark Quotes in Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Howard Stark: You know, they say sarcasm is a metric for potential. If that's true, you'll be a great man some day.

Maria Stark: Be nice, dear. He's been studying abroad.

Howard Stark: Really, which broad?

Howard Stark: [last words, looking at the Winter Soldier] Sergeant Barnes?

Howard Stark: [to Carson] He just kicked your ass full-size, you really wanna find out what it's like when you can't see him coming?

Hank Pym: You've come for more toys for the boys?

Howard Stark: I came for the suit.

[first lines]

Hank Pym: Stark!

Howard Stark: He doesn't seem happy. Hello, Hank. You're supposed to be in Moscow.

Hank Pym: I took a detour... Through your defense lab.

[slams a vial of Pym particles on table]

Peggy Carter: Tell me that isn't what I think it is.

Hank Pym: That depends if you think it's a poor attempt to replicate my work. Even for this group, that takes nerve.

Mitchell Carson: You were instructed to go to Russia. May I remind you, Dr. Pym, that you're a soldier...

Hank Pym: I'm a scientist.

Howard Stark: Then act like one. The Pym Particle is the most revolutionary science ever developed. Help us put it to good work.

Hank Pym: I let you turned me into your errand boy, and now you try to steal my research?

Mitchell Carson: If only you'd protected Janet with such ferocity, Dr. Pym.

Hank Pym: Ah...

[Pym slams Carson's head into a desk]

Peggy Carter: Easy, Hank!

Hank Pym: You mention my wife again, and I'll show you ferocity.

Howard Stark: [as Carson stares at him] Don't look at me. You said it.

Hank Pym: I formally tender my resignation.

Howard Stark: We won't accept it... formally. Hank, we need you. The Pym Particle is a miracle. Please, don't let your past determine the future.

Hank Pym: As long as I am alive, nobody will ever get that formula.

Howard Stark: The moment you think you know what's going on in a woman's head is the moment your goose is well and truly cooked .

Howard Stark: Seems harmless enough. Hard to see what all the fuss is about.

[gets thrown back]

Howard Stark: Write that down.

Howard Stark: Fondue is just cheese and bread, my friend.

Steve Rogers: I had some ideas about the uniform.

Howard Stark: Whatever you want, pal.

Steve Rogers: [picking up a shield] What about this one?

Howard Stark: No, no, that's just a prototype.

Steve Rogers: What's it made of?

Howard Stark: Vibranium. It's stronger than steel and a third the weight. It's completely vibration absorbent.

[in the Arctic, looking for Captain America]

Howard Stark: Just keep looking.

Col. Chester Phillips: Johann Schmidt belongs in a bug house. He thinks he's a God and he's willing to blow half the world prove it, starting with the U.S.A.

Howard Stark: Schmidt's working with powers beyond our capabilities. He gets across the Atlantic, he will wipe out the entire eastern sea board in an hour.

Gabe Jones: How much time we got?

Col. Chester Phillips: According to my new best friend, under twenty four hours.

Jim Morita: Where is he now?

Col. Chester Phillips: Hydra's last base is here.

[Holds up photo]

Col. Chester Phillips: In the Alps. Five hundred feet below the surface.

Jim Morita: o, what are we supposed to do. I mean, it's not like we can just knock on the front door.

Steve Rogers: [Thinks] Why not? That's exactly what we're gonna do.

Howard Stark: Tony, you're too young to understand this right now, so I thought I would put it on film for you.

[Howard gestures to his model city]

Howard Stark: I built this for you. And some day you'll realize that it represents a whole lot more than just people's inventions. It represents my life's work. This is the key to the future. I'm limited by the technology of my time, but one day you'll figure this out. And when you do, you will change the world. What is and always will be my greatest creation... is you.

Howard Stark: [after making yet another error in his "City of the Future" speech] I would personally like to show you... my ass.