The Equalizer (film)

"Progress — not Perfection."

"[sitting beside a dying Slavi] Your heart is beating at three times the normal rate. It’s because you’re losing so muct blood. In about 30 seconds, your body’s gonna shut down, and you’ll suffocate. Alina, the girl you beat half to death, her life’s gonna go on. Yours is gonna end right here, on this funky floor… over ninety-eight hundred dollars. You should have taken the money."

"When you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too."

"I am offering you a chance to do the right thing. Take it."

"You're supposed to stand for something, punk. Protect and serve. Uphold the law. Justice. Remember?"

"I couldn't tell you why — it mattered. Why what they did to her, that mattered to me so much. One day somebody does something unspeakable to someone else to... someone you hardly knew, and you... do something about it because you can."

"The men I killed, your men, I gave them a chance, they made their decision. I'm giving you the opportunity to make yours."

"I've done some bad things in my life, Nicolai... Things I'm not proud of. I promised someone I love very much that I would never go back to being that person. But for you, I'm going to make an exception. You asked me what I saw when I looked at you. What do you see when you look at me?"

"You had a nice funeral, in case you were wondering. You know, when they told Susan you were dead, she couldn't comprehend it. She said, "Oh, no. Not Robert." "And not from something as trivial as a car bomb." That you're alive … is a big relief. But it didn't come as a complete surprise to her. We used to talk about you over the years, and she said if anyone could have figured a way out, a way to walk away from it all for good, you know, like a real fresh start … it would have been … You."

"You didn't take out five pimps, Robert. You took out the East Coast hub of Vladimir Pushkin. … He's similar to the oligarchs who jumped in bed with the Russian mafia, only he funds everything: gasoline, weapons, girls, you name it. He's built an intricate network on both U.S. coasts that are incredibly well-insulated. His money and political ties make him untouchable. Your friend here is who Pushkin sends when he's got a problem. Teddy Rensen — real name, Nicolai Itchenko. Skill set honed in Spetsnaz. He's formidable and smart. Ran a wing of the secret police for years. Went private when the Union fell. Basically, he's a sociopath with a business card."

"Robert, I don't have to tell you what happens next. He won't stop until he kills you and anyone you care about."

"Sometimes we make the wrong choices to get to the right place. I know a part of you died when Vivian did. But not the part she loved the most. Go be him."

"A man with his skills, I want to know who he really is. I want to know who he's working for."

"When you look at me... what do you see? The answer's nothing. … I have no feelings about you one way or the other. You're like... like lint or a bottle cap. You're just a thing to remove."

"You think you know me? You strike me as a sentimental man, Mr. McCall. That's surprising. I... I don't possess that chip. I never could understand what comes from feeling that way, except weakness."

"The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why."

"Denzel Washington as Robert McCall"

"Marton Csokas as Teddy/Nicolai"

"Chloë Grace Moretz as Alina/"Teri""

"Melissa Leo as Susan Plummer"

"Bill Pullman as Brian Plummer"

"Johnny Skourtis as Ralphie"

"Haley Bennett as Mandy"

"David Harbour as Frank Masters"

"Vladimir Kulich as Vladimir Pushkin"

"David Meunier as Slavi"

"Alex Veadov as Tevi"

"James Wilcox as Pederson"

"Mike O'Dea as Remar"

"Anastasia Mousis as Jenny"