Simon Gruber Quotes in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Zeus Carver: [tied with John to the liquid bomb on the freighter] Didn't I hear you say you didn't even like your brother?

Simon Gruber: There's a difference, you know, between not liking one's brother and not caring when some dumb Irish flatfoot drops him out of a window.

Simon Gruber: [as McClane answers the pay phone] "Birds of a feather, flocked together, so do pigs & swine. As nice as their chance as well as I had mine."

John McClane: Nice. Rhymes.

Simon Gruber: Why was the phone busy, who were you calling?

John McClane: [Sarcastically] The psychic hotline.

Simon Gruber: I advise you to take this more seriously.

John McClane: Hey, this is public phone. What do you want me to say?

Simon Gruber: [Slightly annoyed] You can simply say that there was a fat woman on it and it took you a minute to get her off.

[Both McClane and Zeus give shocked faces]

Simon Gruber: Now, there's a significant amount of explosive in the trash receptacle next to you. Try to run, and it goes off now.

John McClane: We're not going to run, but I got a hundred people out here.

Simon Gruber: *That's* the point. Now, do I have your attention? "As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with 7 wives, every wife had 7 sacks, every sack had 7 cats, every cat had 7 kittens, kittens, cats sacks and wives. How many were going to St. Ives? My number is...

John McClane: [Interrupting] Woah, whoa wait a minute I didn't get all that. Say it again.

Simon Gruber: Not a chance. My number is 555 and the answer. Call me in 30 seconds or die.

Zeus Carver: [tied with John to the liquid bomb on the freighter] No riddle is gonna stop this motherfucker?

Simon Gruber: No code, no riddle, no fancy little countdown.

Mischa: [the second guard tries to reach the front desk but instead reaches Simon's henchman who has replaced the real guard] Front desk.

Federal Reserve Guard #2: Yes, call the police, get your ass down here right now! I'm under attack!

Mischa: Hey, just relax mate, maybe you'll live through this.

[Not believing this, the guard promptly grabs a shotgun and fires relentlessly at the door. He doesn't see Katya creep up behind him with a knife. She slashes through his neck twice, then stabs him in the chest, causing him to double over. As he doubles over, she stabs him in the back, at which point Simon grabs her, twists her hand and pins her against the wall, restraining her. He glowers disapprovingly at her]

Simon Gruber: I think he's dead, my dear.

Simon Gruber: [over the phone with John and Zeus listening] As I was going to St. Ives, / I met a man with seven wives. / Every wife had seven sacks, / Every sack had seven cats, / Every cat had seven kittens. / Kittens, cats, sacks, wives, / How many were going to St. Ives?