Payne Quotes in A Sound of Thunder (2005)

Ted Eckles: My gun doesn't work.

Payne: Believe it or not, that's a safety feature. They're all tied to Travis' gun. It won't fire until he fires first.

Ted Eckles: Why the hell not?

Clay Derris: To keep clients from shooting things they shouldn't.

Payne: Hey, Derris, how about we don't mention this in our report.

Clay Derris: No harm, no foul.

Payne: Appreciate it. You know, I'm not really that big of a dick. I just to like to talk.

Travis Ryer: We cannot have accidents.

Payne: While I was a physics major in college, we studied something called the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. It proves that there is no such thing as zero tolerance. It doesn't exist. You basically can't be 100% sure of anything no matter how hard you try. Accidents... happen.

Travis Ryer: We can't have accidents.

Payne: [Enters] What's the matter, Primera? Losing your cool?

Primera: I just hate being wrong.

[Kicks a Rock that Payne catches and crushes]

Primera: Thanatos went after his brother. Darkhex is gone! Where the hell have you been?

Payne: If you wanted something done, you should have called ME in the first place.

Primera: If I were to send you out there. You wouldn't have stopped at those three, you would have kept on killing people...

Haimon Ilora: This wouldn't have happened if you didn't let them go.

Primera: You're right... I did let them go.

[pause]

Primera: I hate making mistakes too.