Alex Cross Quotes

  • Chemist: I want my lawyer.

    Alex Cross: I am your lawyer.

  • Thomas Kane: [Talking about Alex Cross] What do you think, we can fool him? This is a guy who can tell you had scrambled eggs for breakfast at a hundred yards.

  • Alex Cross: [Toward two long-haired and bearded computer techs examining an external hard drive] What do you guys got back there?

    Computer Tech #1: The IDE was routed to the BIOS in a weird way, and the cylinder/sector was stored in the CMOS.

    Thomas Kane: Yo, yo, yo. Geico Cavemen, what do you say we break that down in English.

    Computer Tech #2: We spelunked her email account.

  • Thomas Kane: You aren't in the game. The game is in you.

  • Alex Cross: Are you having fun?

    Picasso: [laughs] Fun. Am I having fun? Yes. Yes, I suppose I am. But I think you'd find my hobby boring.

    Alex Cross: So your hobby is inflicting pain?

    Picasso: Oh, no, no. That's... that's not just a hobby. Inflicting pain is a crucial part of my true calling.

  • Picasso: Confucius said, "When setting off on a path of revenge, dig two graves."

    Alex Cross: That's fine with me as long as you're in one of them.

  • Alex Cross: You wouldn't like me when I'm Cross.

  • Alex Cross: That's my secret, Captain. I'm always Cross.