The Best Jake Quotes

Jake: [voiceover as he surrenders leadership of the clan to Tarsem so he and his family go into hiding] This is like stones in my heart. Tarsem is wise through his years. He will become a strong Olo'eyktan. The leader must die... so the leader can be born
[Tarsem symbolically "kills" Jake by cutting his chest with a dagger in order to transfer leadership]
Jake: Toruk Makto will disappear. The people will be safe. A father protects. It's what gives him meaning. One life ends. Another begins.

Jake: [in their new hut house in the Metkayina village] Well, here we are. This place seems nice... right?
[Neytiri looks around the room, sighs, and drop her bags abruptly to the floor]

Jake: Okay, Sully's fall in.
Neteyam: [to Lo'ak] Remember? Family meeting.
Jake: Come on, take a knee let's go.
Neytiri: Kiri.
Kiri: What?
Jake: Okay. I need you kids on your best behavior. I mean it. Learn fast, pull your weight, don't cause trouble, got it?
Lo'ak: Yes, sir.
Tuk: [crying] I want to go home.
Neytiri: Oh, Tuk...
Jake: Tuk, this is our home now. We're gonna get through this. We're gonna get through this if we have each other's backs, right?
Neytiri: What does your father always say?
Neteyam,51585: Sully's stick together.
Jake: That's right, Sully's stick together. Now this time with some feeling.
Kiri,171828: Sully's stick together.

[last lines]
Jake: I see now. I can't save my family by running. This is our home. This is our fortress. This is where we make our stand.

Jake: This thing, this Quaritch, whatever he is, he can walk right in here, he can walk right under Eywa's nose.
Neytiri: This is our family. This is our home
Jake: This isn't about our family, this is about our little ones.
Neytiri: I cannot. You cannot ask this. I cannot leave my people. I will not.
Jake: He's hunting us. He's targeting our family.
Neytiri: You cannot ask this. The children, everything they've ever known, the forest. This is our home!
Jake: He had our children. He had them under his knife.
Neytiri: My father gave me this bow as he lay dying. He said "Protect the people" You are Toruk Makto.
Jake: This will protect the people. Quaritch has Spider and that kid knows everything. He knows our whole operation. He can lead them right in here. If the people harbor us, they will die. Do you understand? Look I've got nothing. I got no plan. But I can protect this family, that I can do. But I know one thing. Wherever we go, this family is our fortress.

[from trailer]
Jake: I need you with me. And I need you to be strong. Strong heart!

[from trailer]
Kiri: Dad I know you think I'm crazy. But I feel her. I hear her heart beat. She's so close
Jake: So what does her heartbeat sound like?
Kiri: Mighty.

[from teaser trailer]
Jake: I know one thing: wherever we go, this family... is our fortress.

Young: [Lo'ak and Kiri are fighting over a toy while a tired Jake watches in the background; in Na'vi language] It's mine! I had it first! I hate you.
Young: [also in Na'vi language] Why do I have to give it to you?
Young: [in Na'vi] It's mine!
Young: [in Na'vi] Lo'ak, you liar! Give it to me!
Jake: [voiceover] Took a few years to get the language through my thick skull. But now when I hear it, might as well be English.
Young: [speaking english] I hate you!
Young: [also speaking English] Well I hate you times infinity, Lo'ak! Penis face!
[Lo'ak screams at her]
Jake: Hey, hey, that's enough. Don't make me come over there.

Jake: My family and I.. will move on tomorrow. Far away from here.
Tonowari: Your son lies with our ancestors. You... are Metkayina now.
[Shakes Jake's hand]
Jake: [voice-over] And there it was. We are sea people now. This is our home.

Jake: What?
Neytiri: Neteyam and Lo'ak try to live up to you. It is very hard on them.
Jake: I know.
Neytiri: You are very hard on them.
Jake: I'm their father. That's my job
Neytiri: This is not a squad. It is a family.
Jake: [after a long pause, close to tears] I thought we lost him.

Quaritch: [to Neytiri] I owe you a death.
[Neytiri snarls at him]
Quaritch: You're not leaving are you, Jake? Knowin' I'm out there. Knowin' that I'll never stop. I'm coming for you. And when I do, I'll kill your whole family.
Jake: Then let's get it done.

Jake: What was the one thing I asked. The one thing?
Lo'ak: Stay out of trouble.
Jake: Stay out of trouble. Right.
Neteyam: It was my fault.
Jake: I don't think so, you've gotta stop taking the heat for this knucklehead.
Lo'ak: Look dad, Ao'nung was picking on Kiri. He called her a freak.
Jake: Go apologize to Ao'nung.
Lo'ak: What?
Jake: He is the chief's son. Do you understand? I don't care how you do it. Just go make peace. Just go.
[to Neteyam]
Jake: Hey, so what did the other guys look like?
Neteyam: Worse.
Jake: That's good.
Neteyam: A lot worse.
Jake: Get outta here.