Livingston Quotes in Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

Livingston: Safety is the greatest risk of all, because safety leaves no room for miracles and miracles are the only sure thing in life.

Livingston: There's no control in life. Wherever you go, wherever you hide, there's risk.

[last minute tips to Linus]

Rusty: You look down, they know you're lying and up, they know you don't know the truth. Don't use seven words when four will do. Don't shift your weight, look always at your mark but don't stare, be specific but not memorable, be funny but don't make him laugh. He's got to like you then forget you the moment you've left his side. And for God's sake, whatever you do, don't, under any circumstances...

Livingston: [from another room] Rus?

Rusty: Yeah?

Livingston: Come look at this?

Rusty: Sure.

[watching Yen prepares to somersault onto the vault]

Turk Malloy: Ten says he shorts it.

Frank, Livingston, Saul: Twenty!

Danny: [over the radio] Livingston, we're set.

Rusty: [over the radio] Livingston, we're set.

Livingston: [over the radio] Basher, we're set.

Basher: [over the radio] Hang on a minute chief.

Livingston: [over the radio] We don't have a minute, Yen's gonna suffocate.

Basher: [preparing to detonate the pinch] Well, then you'd better leave off bothering me, don't you think?

Basher: That poxy demo crew haven't used a coaxial feed to batten the main line, have they? Instead they've gone and nosed up the backup grid, nosed it right up!

Reuben: [to Livingston] Do you understand any of this?

Livingston: I'll explain later.

[sitting in a surveillance van with two FBI agents]

FBI Man #2: Let's see if we can zoom in on that guy...

FBI Man #1: Yeah.

[he reaches for the camera controls]

Livingston: Don't - don't - d-don't... Don't touch that.

FBI Man #1: Why not?

Livingston: Uh, do you see me grabbing the gun out of your holster and just waving it around?

Hotel Security: Hi!

Livingston: Fine, thank you.

Livingston: [to Danny after Terry added new security procedures to constantly monitor Danny] The moment you set foot on that casino floor, they'll be watching you like hawks. Hawks with video cameras.

[Yen does the real somersault]

Frank: Ten says he shorts it.

Livingston: No bet.

Basher: Where we at, boys?

Livingston: Pins and floor sensors now.

Basher: Blinder.