Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series)

The Asset (2013)

Clark Gregg: Phil Coulson

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• Phil Coulson : You forget, I saw plenty of action with the Avengers.

  Melinda May : [Coulson walks away. Quietly to herself]  And you died.

• Phil Coulson : [Interrupting Chesterfield's horse-back riding]  Excuse me.

  Todd Chesterfield : Who the hell are you?

  Phil Coulson : A concerned citizen who happens to be a member of a gigantic bureaucratic organization that is tracking your every move.

• Phil Coulson : We need a reset here Fitz. Fitz?

  Jemma Simmons : Saying his name repeatedly, does not increase productivity!

  Leo Fitz : Okay, done!

  Jemma Simmons : ...Or maybe it does.

• Grant Ward : I need a new strategy.

  Phil Coulson : Try no strategy. Stop thinking like an operative, start thinking like a person. Maybe Skye will let that person help her.

  Grant Ward : Help her what?

  Phil Coulson : Think like an operative.

• Dr. Franklin Hall : [about Quinn]  He's addicted to exploiting opportunities. He never gives a thought to the friends, ecosystems, future generations left ruined in his wake.

  Phil Coulson : Like Agents Fitz and Simmons, your former students? I've got them in my ear right now, telling me you're not a bad guy. We could've worked with you on this.

  Dr. Franklin Hall : SHIELD? SHIELD is just as guilty of the same thing! Experimentation without thought of consequence! Your search for an unlimited power source brought an alien invasion.

  Phil Coulson : Fair point.

• Phil Coulson : Dr. Hall, Agent Coulson, we have an exit strategy.

  Dr. Franklin Hall : SHIELD?

  Phil Coulson : Yes sir. We let's get you out of here.

  Dr. Franklin Hall : Well, I'm sorry Mr. Coulson; I'm right where I'm supposed to be.

  Phil Coulson : [pauses for a moment, stunned]  I'll be honest. Our strategy did not take into consideration you saying that.

• Grant Ward : I know Director Fury felt he owes you after you scarified yourself.

  Phil Coulson : And my card collection.

• Grant Ward : And the attackers?

  Phil Coulson : Invisible.

  Skye : Wait, invisible? Cool.

  [Grant glares] 

  Skye : But terrible.

• Phil Coulson : [after Dr. Hall hits a switch on the gravity-altering device and Coulson flies across the room]  Something tells me that *wasn't* the "off" button.

• Dr. Franklin Hall : They won't understand the good I did here.

  Phil Coulson : Killing innocent people?

  Dr. Franklin Hall : Saving millions. We have to live with the choices we make, but sometimes we have to die with them too.