Jake Sully – Character Quotes

Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move.

— Now you choose your ikran. This you must feel inside. If he also chooses you, move quick like I showed. You will have one chance, Jake.
— How will I know if he chooses me?
— He will try to kill you.

— Yeah, yeah. I know who you are, and I don't need you. I need your brother. You know, the PhD who trained for three years for this mission?
— He's dead. I know it's a big inconvenience for everyone.

— How much lab training have you had?
— I dissected a frog once.

When people are sitting on shit that you want, you make them your enemy.

I was a warrior who dreamed he could bring peace. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up.

There's nothing like an old-school safety brief to put your mind at ease.

— What are you?
— I was a Marine. A... A warrior of the Jarhead clan.

— Don't play with that, you'll go blind.
— That's kind of freaky.

— We're going up against gunships with bows and arrows.
— I have 15 clans out there. That's over 2,000 warriors. Now, we know these mountains. We fly them. You fly them. They don't. Their instruments won't work up here. Missile tracking won't work. They'll have to fire a line of sight. If they bring the fight to us, then we have the home-field advantage.

I have to trust my body to know what to do.

The Sky People have sent us a message that they can take whatever they want and no one can stop them. Well, we will send them a message. <...> And we will show the Sky People that they cannot take whatever they want, and that this, this is our land!

Neytiri calls me skxawng. It means moron.

When I was lying there in the VA hospital, with a big hole blown through the middle of my life, I started having these dreams of flying. I was free. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up.

— How much have you logged?
— Zip. But I read a manual.

I'm probably just talking to a tree right now. But if you're there, I need to give you a heads-up. If Grace is with you, look into her memories. See the world we come from. There's no green there. They killed their Mother. And they're gonna do the same here. More Sky People are gonna come. They're gonna come like a rain that never ends. Unless we stop them. Look, you chose me for something. I will stand and fight. You know I will. But I need a little help here.