Con Air (1997)
Ving Rhames: Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones
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Quotes
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Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : [intentionally antagonizing him] Yee-haw! What's on your mind, Hillbilly?
Cameron Poe : What was I thinking about? Oh, yeah, "yee-haw", that's right. I was just wondering what a black militant - that would be you - was doin' takin' orders from a white boy on a power trip? Don't you think that's strange?
Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : It's a means to an end, my white friend. A means to an end. See, I's can play house nigger tills we get to where we're goin'. And then, the Day of the Dog begins.
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Francisco Cindino : [in the cockpit of the plane] Don't they have a way of tracking these planes?
Swamp Thing : Oh, yeah. It's called a transponder. Every plane's got one, Cindino.
Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : [sarcastic] Swamp, where is the transponder?
Cyrus Grissom : [looks at the empty bay] Ah! Where, indeed?
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Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : [Holding 3 guards at gun point, singing] Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me home...
Cameron Poe : What's going on here?
Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : It's time to off the pigs.
Cameron Poe : You can't.
Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : Why not?
Cameron Poe : They're hostages, we need them.
Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : [Points the gun at Poe] Now why the fuck do you care?
Cameron Poe : Hey, man. I can think of anything I'd like...
[Kicks the first guard]
Cameron Poe : ...better, than to put a...
[Kicks the second guard]
Cameron Poe : ...bullet, into the brain-base here of every one of these...
[Kicks the third guard]
Cameron Poe : FUCKERS! But the fact of the matter is how well do you know this Cindino? I don't know him that well, myself. Just what I read. Like how he firebombed that Senator's yacht with 2 of his cousins on board. Now, why would think he'd sweat about eliminating some hired guns after they have served their purpose, now think about that.
Cyrus Grissom : [while pacing back and forth on the wing of the plane] What exactly are we discussing here?
Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : Poe don't want me to off the pigs.
Cyrus Grissom : [to Poe] Well, it's not difficult to surmise how Nathan here feels about killing guards. And my own proclivities are, uh... well-known and, uh, often-lamented facts of penal lore. What I'm wonderin' is why you have any opinion about it at all.
Cameron Poe : Hey, Cyrus. It's your barbecue man, and it tastes good. But I was just explaining to Mr.
[Points to Diamond Dog]
Cameron Poe : "Dog" here that if it was my barbecue, I would wait for that ol' jumbo jet in the sky before I start killing my only leverage.
Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : Shut the fuck up.
Cameron Poe : Don't you want to get high and get laid, shit.
Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones : [Picks up a guard] Oh, fuck this.
Cyrus Grissom : [Seeing Diamond Dog about to kill the guard] Put the gun down. Put the gun down, Nathan! Poe's right. We're going to plan B. We're going to get a tractor and a fuel truck, get everybody here, and we're going to dig the plane out.
[Poe winks at Diamond Dog]