Discover the top 18 memorable quotes from the acclaimed TV show “The Americans.” Immerse yourself in the thought-provoking dialogue that made the series unforgettable. Explore powerful lines that captured the essence of this gripping Cold War drama.
The Americans Quotes
1- “I don’t give a rat’s ass what you do to me, Lady KGB. Put me out of my misery please. I’m dead already.” -Sanford
2- “We just need to know what we need to know.” –Elizabeth
3- “I do everything for you. I do my best.” –Nina
4- “You’re gonna to lose this war. You know know that right? You can torture me or you can kill me, but we are going kick your Motherland’s marbled ass. And, there’s nothing you can do about it.” –Armador
5- “If you don’t tell me where he is you will never get dropped at my master’s feet. My bite will go hard and you will know you are dead before your heart stops beating.” –Stan
6- “They kill us. We kill them. That’s the world that we live in.” -Agent Gaad
7- “This isn’t a Cold War. There’s nothing cold about the covert violent exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union. They’ve killed not only our agents, but our citizens and for that, they’ll pay.”-Agent Gaad
8- “Sometimes the smartest officers do the stupidest things.” –Grannie
9- “Back home, we live on a kibbutz. My kids eat in a communal hall. My wife works in the fields with other wives. You like communism? Come to Israel; it works much better there.” –Mossad Agent
10- “I know you better than you know yourself. And, you don’t know me at all.” -Claudia
11- “You know Salisbury steak is technically a hamburger. In the shape of a steak.” –Paige
12- “Keep a tiger as a pet, it’s still a tiger.” –Elizabeth
13- “Sex is one of the few things we have, and almost getting killed is another, that can jolt us into feeling fully alive. If you want to actually experience life, then you’ve got being so reasonable all the time, you’ve got to stop hoping things are just gonna get better and you’ve gotta accept what you’ve got.” -EST Leader
14- “First there are no choices and now there are no good choices. I’d say we’re making progress.” –Claudia
15- “Being in a relationship is complicated. You don’t share everything. You hold back what you need to. Everybody does.”–Elizabeth
16- “In Soviet Union, we have same great land, same great climate, but system is broke. They still move food by horse sometimes. By the time it gets to where it needs to be, it’s already rotten.” –Alexi
17- “Old patterns between parents and children, they create barriers. They keep us from seeing what’s really there. And what is really there? Love. It’s all around us. But because we can’t see it, can’t experience it, it seems like it must be very far away. You can’t experience the love your parents had for you or you for your children when old habits and belief systems, all the things your mind is telling you about who they are, who you are, stand in the way.” -Presenter
18- “You can’t live your life being afraid, Paige. You wouldn’t do anything. You want to make a difference, you make a difference.”–Elizabeth
