1. “Makarov, you ever hear the old saying, ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’?”
2. “It matters not how straight the gate—how charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.”
3. “This is for the record. History is written by the victor. History is filled with liars. If he lives, and we die, his truth becomes written—and ours is lost.”
4. “Bravo Six, Going Dark.”
5. Gaz: Good news first, the world’s in great shape. We’ve got a civil war in Russia, government loyalists against ultranationalists rebels, and 15,000 nukes at stake. Captain Price: Just another day at the office.
6. “Price, one day you’re going to find that cuts both ways. Shepherd is using Site Hotel Bravo. You know where it is. I’ll see you in hell.”
7. “What The Hell Kind Of Name Is Soap?”
8. “Right. What the hell kind of name is ‘Soap,’ eh? How’d a muppet like you pass selection?”
9. “Ghost, come in! This is Price! We’re under attack by Shepherd’s men in the boneyard! Soap, hold the left flank! Do not trust Shepherd! I say again, do not trust Shepherd! Soap, get down!”
10. “If you can’t identify the target, you are the target.”
11. “I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times. But, I do have enough sense not to go down with the ship.”
12. “A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes.”
13. “Part of being a captain is knowing when to smile, make the troops happy even when it’s the last thing in the world you want to do. Because they’re your troops and you have to take care of them.”
14. “A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.”
15. “I thought I told you this was a one-way trip”
16. “There’s a clocktower in Hereford where the names of the dead are inscribed. We try to honor their deeds, even as their faces fade from our memory. Those memories are all that’s left when the bastards have taken everything else.”
17. “A good director has to be a captain—he has to work with a lot of people every day.”
18. “These night vision goggles make it too easy.”
19. “You are like a captain navigating a ship. You must give the right orders, thoughts, and images to your subconscious which controls and governs all your experiences.”
20. “We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse.”
21. “When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.”
22. “His truth will be the truth. But only if he lives, and we die.”
23. “Nikolai’s in hell right now. We’re gonna walk him out. We take care of our friends. Let’s move.”
24. “The life you knew before is gone. Today, we fight to bring it back.”
25. “The Healthy Human Mind Doesn’t Wake Up In The Morning Thinking This Is Its Last Day On Earth…”
26. “There’s a simplicity to war. Attacking is the only secret. Dare—and the world yields. How quickly they forget that all it takes to change the course of history is the will of a single man.”
27. “The say truth is the first casualty of war.”
28. “I know you can hear me on this channel, Makarov. You and I both know you won’t last a week.”
29. “The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can’t do anything about the tides.”
30. “On the eve of our greatest battle, a new hero must rise”
31. “Looking forward to it. Give my regards to Zakhaev if you get there first.”
32. “One of the advantages of being Captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.”
33. “Makarov, this is Price. Shepherd’s a war hero now. He’s got your operations playbook and he’s got a blank check. Give me what you’ve got on Shepherd, and I’ll take care of the rest.”
34. “We fight not so that the world will remember us, but so that there will be a world to remember.”
35. “Ignore that load of bollocks, their counterattack is imminent.”
36. “What you taught me to do kill ‘em all.”
37. “The healthy human mind doesn’t wake up in the morning thinking this is its last day on Earth. But I think that’s a luxury, not a curse. To know you’re close to the end is a kind of freedom.”
38. “I prefer to sail in a bad ship with a good captain rather than sail in a good ship with a bad captain.”
39. “Well, they won’t shoot us on sight, if that’s what you’re asking.”
40. “Be the captain of your ship. Breathe and be grateful.”
41. “Five men, automatic rifles, frag grenades. One German Shepherd.”
42. “There is a simplicity to war. Attacking is the only secret.”
43. “With a good captain, a rough ocean turns into a calm lake—with a bad captain, a calm lake turns into a rough ocean!”
44. “A good captain is not made from calm seas.”
45. “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”
46. “A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on earth that will bring him there.”
47. “I know you saw action with the 1138, but the 141, this is the premier league.”
48. “Rook, follow for Ortiz. Ghost will intercept. But remember, we need Ortiz alive..”
49. “Have to trust someone to be betrayed. I never did.”
50. “It’s quite simple. Either we retake the launch facility or we won’t recognize the world tomorrow.”
51. “In calm water, every ship has a good captain.”
52. “The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.”
53. “A ship at sea is its own world. To be the captain of a ship is to be the unquestioned ruler of that world and requires all of the leadership skills of a prince or minister.”
54. “Your world as you knew it is gone. How far would you go to bring it back? Shepherd created a war, but only we knew the truth.”
55. “The only truth I found is that the world we live in is a giant tinderbox. All it takes is someone to light the match.”
56. “These Russian dogs are like pussycats compared to the ones in Pripyat.”
57. “My war ends with you.”
58. “This is a one-way flight, mate.”
59. Sgt. Griggs: I was starting to think that you were gonna leave me behind. Captain Price: That was my first thought, but your arse had all the C4.
60. “Your moves are miscalculated, and underestimating your enemies—your biggest mistake. You will find the will of a single man can be broken.”
61. “Ortiz says he’s got a couple of guys on the inside that can get us intel on the cartel’s operations. This is a simple pick-up, but stay frosty.”
62. “There can be only one captain on a ship.”
63. “A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.”
64. “No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”
65. “The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who come from the best family.”
66. “This is it. Makarov doesn’t leave here alive.”
67. “A man without religion or spiritual vision is like a captain who finds himself in the midst of an uncharted sea, without compass, rudder, and steering wheel. He never knows where he is, which way he is going and where he is going to land.”
