Alphonso Mackenzie/Quote

A collection of quotes from the current Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., **Alphonso Mackenzie**.

## *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*

### Episode 2.02: *Heavy is the Head*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"You know how some guys can play a tune by ear? Well, I need sheet music."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

### Episode 2.07: *The Writing on the Wall*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"Like I told my man here, when you want something in life, you gotta grab it and walk out like you own it."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 2.08: *The Things We Bury*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"I like my bosses unjumbled at all times."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
#### Spoken about Alphonso Mackenzie

*"You're a big brother, but you're not MY big brother."*
―Bobbi Morse[src]
### Episode 2.09: *...Ye Who Enter Here*

#### Spoken about Alphonso Mackenzie

*"That wasn't Mack."*
―Phil Coulson[src]

### Episode 2.11: *Aftershocks*

#### Dialogue

*"You got something to say, Mack?"
"Plenty, but I'll keep it to myself."*
―Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 2.12: *Who You Really Are*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"No Fitz, we're the ones who need protection from her."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 2.13: *One of Us*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"For a while there, it all went to hell. It was bad. But now Bobbi and I work for an organization, an outlier that came out of the wreckage from what Fury left."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
#### Dialogue

*"Who the hell are you working for?"
"S.H.I.E.L.D. The real S.H.I.E.L.D."*
―Lance Hunter and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 2.14: *Love in the time of HYDRA*

#### Dialogue

*"I guess one boss wasn't enough for you and Bobbi."
"Seems the road trip hasn't dampened your friend's spirits."
"Gonzales. It's good to see you, sir."*
―Lance Hunter, Robert Gonzales, and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 2.15: *One Door Closes*

#### Dialogue

*"What about the agents we don't find? They're out there fighting, dying right now to take back the ship. You're just gonna blow them to kingdom come?"
"Fury's orders are..."
"Well, Fury's dead! He's not seeing what we're seeing."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Bobbi Morse[src]

*"What did you say when I asked if you were loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
"I said I was because I am, and that's the truth, sir."
"Look... you've always been brutally honest with me, and I value that. So I'm giving you a chance here. Just tell me who you're working for."
"I work for S.H.I.E.L.D."*
―Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

### Episode 2.18: *The Frenemy of My Enemy*

#### Dialogue

*"Finally, an actual partner. Little tip ... could have avoided losing your footing if you would have flipped into it. A flip? Now you're just making fun of me. Maybe a little. It's not like I can bench-press a small hatchback. Yeah. We all have our talents."*
―Bobbi Morse and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

### Episode 2.20: *Scars*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"As much as I like and respect you sir, if you're the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. I don't want any part in it."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie to Phil Coulson[src]
### Episode 2.21: *S.O.S. Part One*

#### Dialogue

*"Mack, I thought you'd left."
"I did, but with Gonzales dead I need to see this settled first."
"So you agree we need to attack?"
"No, I agree it needs to be settled."*
―Phil Coulson, Alphonso Mackenzie and Anne Weaver[src]
### Episode 2.22: *S.O.S. Part Two*

#### Dialogue

*"It's Gordon, right?"
"And you are?"
"I'm the guy who kills Gordon."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Gordon[src]

*"You know we could get better readings if we dropped a probe into the glass enclosure."
"We're never opening that damn box in a thousand years."*
―Jemma Simmons and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 3.01: *Laws of Nature*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"I need a bigger gun, I guess. Or my ax. Or maybe a shotgun-ax combination of some sort."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
#### Dialogue

*"I'm not afraid of you."
"You should be."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Lincoln Campbell[src]
### Episode 3.02: *Purpose in the Machine*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"You did good, Tremors. You did good."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie to Daisy Johnson[src]
### Episode 3.03: *A Wanted (Inhu)man*

#### Dialogue

*"What's the range on these powers of yours? How good are they?"
"I'd say pretty damn good."*
―Luther Banks and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

### Episode 3.06: *Among Us Hide...*

#### Dialogue

*"Been thinking about your ATCU theory. Now, who took off before the convoy left, and who knew the exact route we were going to take?"
"Banks."
"He's got access to everything that ATCU learns about Inhumans."
"We should tail him."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Daisy Johnson[src]

*"Containment module's secure."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

### Episode 3.08: *Many Heads, One Tale*

#### Dialogue

*"What exactly is going on over there?"
"Well, multiple agency servers have been attacked in the last few minutes, and the traffic traces back to your IPs. We've already, uh, dispatched a rapid-response unit to your location. Please, just cooperate fully. Should be fine."*
―Steve Wilson and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

### Episode 3.10: *Maveth*

#### Dialogue

*"Hey! What part of "that's an order" do you not understand?! Coulson put me in charge to make the hard call, and that's what I'm doing. We can't afford to lose our best agents in one fell swoop...not here, not tonight!"*
―Alphonso Mackenzie to Daisy Johnson and Bobbi Morse[src]
### Episode 3.11: *Bouncing Back*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"So you snap back to the same spot like a yo-yo."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie to Elena Rodriguez[src]

*"You'd think three years' high school Spanish..."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
#### Dialogue

*"Invisibility... Imagine the possibilities."
"What are you imagining?"
"Nothing fun."
"Get used to it. We can't put the Terrigen genie back in the bottle. Powers are the new normal."
"I think you're just jealous."
"Damn right I am. Tell me you didn't try one of those little fish-oil pills. I had my fingers crossed for x-ray vision. I was just curious. I wasn't the only one."
"I mean, I-I thought about it. I didn't actually do it. Rehab was a bitch."
"Man, you two deserve each other."*
―Lance Hunter, Bobbi Morse and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

*"It felt like rock crawling up my body, suffocating me in it..."
"I think you're talking about Terrigenesis."*
―Elena Rodriguez and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

### Episode 3.21: *Absolution*

#### Dialogue

*"Your work...it's too slow."
"Well, I'm sorry we all don't have superspeed."
"Oh, this isn't about superspeed. This is about your turtle speed. You work and then you stare and work and then more staring. We have to go."
"Hurtful."*
―Elena Rodriguez and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 3.22: *Ascension*

#### Dialogue

*"Crank the heating up to a hundred degrees Fahrenheit and we're free to move about as we please."
"You so want us to go out there on a hunch and hope those things don't rip us apart?"
"It's not a hunch, it's science. It's a science hunch."*
―Holden Radcliffe and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

### Episode 4.02: *Meet the New Boss*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"We have a drug that can help those bones heal faster."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie to Daisy Johnson[src]
### Episode 4.03: *Uprising*

#### Dialogue

*"This is a PR nightmare. We're only a month away from reintroducing S.H.I.E.L.D. to the public."
"People's lives could be at stake, and you're worried about bad publicity? Who the hell are you, anyway?"
"That's Burrows from Public Relations. It's his job to worry about bad publicity."*
―Burrows, Alphonso Mackenzie and Jeffrey Mace[src]
### Episode 4.04: *Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"Can't be a standard Magnum under the hood. That's got to be at least a 426 Hemi."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie about the Hell Charger[src]

*"Damn, not even a dent. I wouldn't mind having a superpower like that for a day or two."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie about Hell Charger[src]
#### Dialogue

*"Did two fire dudes just drop into a warehouse full of fireworks?"
"You had to see that coming."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Phil Coulson about Ghost Rider and Hellfire[src]

### Episode 4.07: *Deals With Our Devils*

#### Spoken about Alphonso Mackenzie

*"What's going on?"
"Oh, nothing. Just Mack's the Ghost Rider now, but you can't hear us, so bloody hell."*
―Melinda May and Leo Fitz[src]

*"You can't hold on to Mack's body forever. He's a good man. He doesn't have vengeance in him."
"It's not ideal, but Mack, he has a lot of pain. He lost hope. I could survive off his pain for years"*
―Robbie Reyes and the Spirit of Vengeance[src]
#### Dialogue

*"Mack? What happened?"
"Robbie, that... that thing... He took it out of me."
"Are you all right? Some of those things you said you... You said you were in pain."
"No, it's just a rough day. I'm okay."
"Good. Where'd he take it?"
"Hell."*
―Daisy Johnson and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

*"I thought I'd be seeing you. And I know you're not alone."
"Want to help settle my last score?"*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Robbie Reyes[src]

*"Look, my job is to keep people safe."
"Mine, too. So, first we sharpen the axe, and then we chop the tree."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Jeffrey Mace[src]

### Episode 4.09: *Broken Promises*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"She did not just go all* Maximum Overdrive *on us."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

*"Roll credits."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
#### Dialogue

*"While we're handling the book, your mission is to accompany Dr. Radcliffe and erase Aida's hard drive."
"What?"
"Aida read the Darkhold."
"We can't risk having any of its contents in her memory. It's too dangerous."
"Makes sense, although does seem a little bit unfair to Aida, considering how many lives she just saved."
"Okay. First of all, that thing is not a "she" it's a damn robot. And second of all, what's the matter with you two chuckleheads? Have either one of you seen a movie in the last 30 years? The robots always attack."
"Well, technically speaking, Aida's not a robot she's an android."
"That's true."
"Android, robot it doesn't matter what you call 'em. The end result's always the same they rise up against their human overlords and go kill crazy."*
―Phil Coulson, Holden Radcliffe, Jeffrey Mace, Leo Fitz and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

*"I always worried that robots would try and kill me one day."
"Really? We grew up different."
"Even got a special provision in my life insurance for death by robot."
"Are you serious?"
"Yep. If this goes sideways, my brother's gonna be one rich dude."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Yo-Yo Rodriguez[src]

### Episode 4.11: *Wake Up*

#### Spoken about Alphonso Mackenzie

*"So, Mack personal time, huh?"
"Don't put me in the middle of this."
"What middle? No middle. But you know something."
"It's not for me to say. Mack's a very private person. All I know about him is what's in his file. I spent six months on a plane with the guy. I bet I know less than you."
"So maybe something's on his file."
"Maybe you should ask him."*
―Elena Rodriguez and Phil Coulson[src]
#### Dialogue

*"I'm tired of playing games, Mack. Coulson said that if I wanted to know where you went today, I should ask, and he's right."
"Um I went to see my ex. I've been wanting to talk to you about this, and tell you about Hope."
"Hope."
"Mm-hmm."
"All right. That's it, then."
"Elena-"
"No, I've been giving this a lot of thought. And you know, we go out to dinner, and then you do nothing, and then we do something, and then you go away."
"Because I don't take this lightly."
"Look, Mack, I like you. You know that. But this... I'm not a jealous woman. I don't pry, I don't nag. That's not me. That's a... That's a cliché. And I refuse to be a cliché."
"Yes, I know."
"So, if you want to be a man that has secrets and goes off and meets other women, that's fine. But that's another cliché I'm not interested in."
"I love that you're not a cliché. Hope was my daughter. And she died."
"Oh, my God."
"No. It's-It's okay. It was 11 years ago. My ex, Nicole we had a life planned together. She got pregnant, and we were happy. But when Hope was born, it was, uh it was touch and go and she only lived for four days. Her story was over before it ever started."
"Mack, I didn't know"
"No, I know. I know. But tomorrow's Hope's birthday. And Nicole has a hard time with it. That's why she texted me. So I went to see her so she wouldn't be alone. Maybe I wanted to spend a day remembering Hope, also. I've been wanting to tell you that for a while."*
―Elena Rodriguez and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 4.12: *Hot Potato Soup*

#### Dialogue

*"Just you and me now, Tin-Man. You don't mess with my buddy and walk away from it."
"If you shoot me now, it'll be murder."
"Nice try. Wrong guy. You're just a bunch of ones and zeroes, not flesh and blood."
"Flesh and blood? That's not life, Mack. That's just biology, and biology is just... software programming you to die."
"Maybe. But I have something you will never have... a soul... that will continue long after I'm gone."
"How can you be so sure I don't have one? If a soul doesn't come from your flesh and blood or my ones and zeroes, then it has to come from somewhere else, somewhere unrelated to our physical bodies. If you can have one, so can I."
"You are a sly one, aren't you?"
"If you don't think I'm alive and don't have a soul, then why did you feel the need to switch me on before killing me?"
"I like to hear robots scream."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Holden Radcliffe's LMD[src]

### Episode 4.14: *The Man Behind the Shield*

#### Spoken by Alphonso Mackenzie

*"The line between scientist and mad scientist is paper thin."*
―Alphonso mackenzie to Leo Fitz[src]
### Episode 4.20: *Farewell, Cruel World!*

#### Dialogue

*"She laughs at my jokes. We watch movies together. And when she's sad... When she's sad, I hold her. No, she's real to me."
"I understand. And I know how hard this is but you have people who really care about you. Who love you very much."
"Tell them I'm sorry."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Daisy Johnson[src]
### Episode 5.01: *Orientation Part One*

#### Dialogue

*"It's stupid. Just stupid."
"All right, I get it."
"Look, I'm just saying, what good is it having a state-of-the robotic hand if you don't have it on you when your kidnapped by Martians?"
"Looks like he's got both hands to me."
"Ah, that's his civvy hand. It's just a prosthetic without all the cool doodads. It should've been a hook. At least you can stab things with a hook."
"Thought I was gonna be arrested."
"So, wait, that one doesn't have a blowtorch or the laser gun or anything?"
"First of all, I'm not Inspector Gadget. And second of all, the authorities would've confiscated it. Prison's bad enough without being down an appendage."
"First rule of Boy Scouts is always come prepared."
"How were we supposed to be prepared for this, Mack?"
"I don't know, we gotta be prepared for everything, apparently. Look, not a day ago, I was trapped inside a-a computer-generated mind prison, and now... You know what? You know what, Coulson? I'm out. I'm out. We get through this, I am packing it in."
"Sorry, Mack. You already quit years ago."
"Yeah, well, I didn't quit hard enough. Look, I'm not comfortable at the pace at which we deal with new trials and tribulations."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie, Phil Coulson, Yo-Yo Rodriguez and Jemma Simmons[src]

*"Again, let's not just postulate, let's apply scientific principles and consider the evidence we have."
"This is magic, O.K.? Can we all agree that this is magic at play?"
"Magic is just science we don't understand yet."
"Oh, please. We've just been zapped through space by Stonehenge and we're trying to rule out the involvement of a flame-headed demon from East L.A.? Science my ass."*
―Jemma Simmons and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.06: *Fun & Games*

#### Dialogue

*"What are tacos?"
"What the hell kind of future is this?"*
―Flint and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 5.11: *All the Comforts of Home*

#### Dialogue

*"Hey, could be worse."
"True. We could be enslaved by an alien sociopath in a dystopian future."
"Or we could be trapped inside a virtual reality fascist state."
"Or stuck at the bottom of the ocean."
"Or stopping a crazy robot lady."
"Or falling out of a plane."
"Fighting Daisy's mom."
"Or fighting Daisy's dad."
"Or dancing."*
―Melinda May, Jemma Simmons, Alphonso Mackenzie, Leo Fitz, Yo-Yo Rodriguez and Phil Coulson[src]
### Episode 5.13: *Principia*

#### Dialogue

*"How are you gonna feel about dating someone with robot parts?"
"Those aren't the parts that matter."
"Mack!"
"What? Oh, no, come on. That's not what I meant. What I meant was that the thing I hate about robots is that they have no heart, no soul. Those are the parts that matter."
"Nice save. And sweet."*
―Yo-Yo Rodriguez, Alphonso Mackenzie and Jemma Simmons[src]
### Episode 7.12: *The End is at Hand*

#### Dialogue

*"Nice flying, Tremors."
"I thought it was Quake."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Daniel Sousa[src]
## *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot*

### Episode 1.01: *Vendetta*

#### Spoken about Alphonso Mackenzie

*"Strange to think I'm gonna be sleeping on a plane again. I honestly don't think Mack will fit."*
―Phil Coulson to Elena Rodriguez[src]
### Episode 1.03: *Progress*

#### Dialogue

*"Not cool, Yo-yo. Zephyr's about to take off and you're just gonna let me leave without saying goodbye?"
"Are you going after Daisy again? Where are you headed?"
"Well, intel says she's on the east coast. We got every USGS satellite and geological monitoring station on it so if she uses her powers, we'll know."
"Does she get to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. pet too? Bagged and tagged like a stray dog."*
―Alphonso Mackenzie and Elena Rodriguez[src]

*"Yes, I know, Mack. You love rules. You were probably a choir boy too."
"They needed somebody to sing bass."*
―Elena Rodriguez and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
### Episode 1.06: *Justicia*

#### Spoken about Alphonso Mackenzie

*"Mack said Coulson and him are also tracking your powers, the earthquakes."*
―Yo-Yo Rodriguez to Quake[src]