Riggs: You want me to drive? Murtaugh: No, you're supposed to be suicidal, remember? I'LL drive. Riggs: Anybody who drives around in this town IS suicidal.
Martin Riggs: We both know why I was transferred. Everyone thinks I'm suicidal, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me; or they think I'm faking to draw a psycho pension, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me. Basically, I'm fucked. Roger Murtaugh: Guess what? Martin Riggs: What? Roger Murtaugh: I don't want to work with you! Martin Riggs: Hey, don't. Roger Murtaugh: Ain't got no choice! Looks like we both are fucked! Martin Riggs: Teriffic. Roger Murtaugh: God hates me. That's what it is. Martin Riggs: Hate him back; it works for me. Murtaugh: Okay, clown, no bullshit! You wanna kill yourself?! Riggs: Oh, for Chriss--- Murtaugh: Shut up! Yes or no--you wanna die?! Riggs: Oh, I got the job done! What the hell do you want?! Murtaugh: JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION! Riggs: Well, what do you wanna hear, man?! Do you wanna hear that sometimes I think about eatin' a bullet?! Huh? Well, I do! I even got a special bullet for the occasion with a hollow point, look! Make sure it blows the back of my goddamned head out and do the job right! Every single day I wake up and I think of a reason not to do it! Every single day! You know why I don't do it?! This is gonna make you laugh! You know why I don't do it?! The job! Doin't the job! Now that's the reason!
[After stopping Riggs from shooting himself.] Murtaugh: You're not trying to draw a psycho pension! You really are crazy!
[Picking up a young prostitute.] Young prostitute: What have you got in mind? Riggs: Well, I want you to come home and watch television with me. Young prostitute: You serious? Riggs: Yeah. "The 3 Stooges" are on in 20 minutes. Riggs: This is a real badge, I'm a real cop, and this is a real fucking gun! Riggs: Oh, Roger? Murtaugh: What? Riggs: The guy who shot me. The guy who shot me? It's the same albino jackrabbit son of a bitch who did Hunsacker. Murtaugh: You sure? Riggs: Yeah, I'm sure man. I never forget an asshole.
[Discussing a theory] Martin Riggs: That's very thin. Roger Murtaugh: Thin is my middle name. Martin Riggs: Considering your wife's cooking, I'm not surprised. Martin Riggs: I don't make things difficult. That's the way they get, all by themselves.
[Riggs is captured by General McAlister] Riggs: You're General Peter McAlister, Commander of Shadow Company. McAlister: I see we've heard of each other. Riggs: Yep. It'll almost be a shame when I nail you. Martin Riggs: Look, why don't we just the cut the shit here? We both know why I was transferred. People think I'm crazy, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me. Or they think I'm faking to draw a psycho pension, in which case, I'm fucked and nobody wants to work with me. Basically, I'm fucked. Man at the office: You know, Roger, you are way behind the times. The guys of the 80s aren't though. They are sensitive people. Show a little emotion to a woman and shit like that. I think I'm an 80's... Roger Murtaugh: How do you figure? Man at the office: Last night I cried in bed. So how is that? Roger Murtaugh: Were you with a woman? Man at the office: I was alone. Why do you think I cried? Roger Murtaugh: Sounds like an 80's man to me...
[Repeated line all the way] Roger Murtaugh: I'm too old for this shit! Martin Riggs: Perhaps there's an opening in the L.A. Fire Department?
[When Joshua is panting on the lawn after the title-fight] Roger Murtaugh: Get that shit off my lawn! Roger Murtaugh: Have you ever met anybody you didn't kill? Martin Riggs: Well, I haven't killed you yet. Martin Riggs: You don't trust me at all, do you? Roger Murtaugh: Well, I'll tell you what. You make it through tomorrow without killing anybody, especially me, or yourself, then I'll start trusting you. Martin Riggs: Fair enough. Martin Riggs: I do it real good, you know. Roger Murtaugh: Do what? Martin Riggs: When I was 19, I did a guy in Laos with a rifle shot in high wind. They told me, maybe eight or... even ten guys in the world could have made that shot. ...It's the only thing I was ever good at. Roger Murtaugh: See how easy that was? Boom, still alive. Now we question him. You know why we question him? Because I got him in the leg. I didn't shoot him full of holes or try to jump off a building with him. Martin Riggs: Hey, that's not fair. The building guy lived. Martin Riggs: You know they're going to kill her, don't you? Roger Murtaugh: Yeah. Martin Riggs: So if you want her back, you're going to have to take her away from them. Roger Murtaugh: I know. Martin Riggs: You do this my way. You shoot, you shoot to kill, get as many of them as you can. All you got to do is just not miss. Roger Murtaugh: I won't miss. Martin Riggs: We're going to get bloody on this one, Rog. Roger Murtaugh: Are you really crazy? Or are you as good as you say you are? Martin Riggs: You're just gonna have to trust me.