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A collection of quotes of the Strategic Scientific Reserve Agent and S.H.I.E.L.D. Founder Peggy Carter.

Movies

Captain America: The First Avenger

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"Faster, ladies! Come on! My grandmother has more life in her, God rest her soul. Move it!"
―Peggy Carter[src]

Dialogue

"You have no idea how to talk to a woman, do you?"
"I think this is the longest conversation I've had with one. Women aren't exactly lining up to dance with a guy they might step on."
Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers[src]
"Gentlemen, I'm Agent Carter. I supervise all operations of this division."
"What's with the accent, Queen Victoria? Thought I was signing up for the U.S. Army."
"What's your name, soldier?"
"Gilmore Hodge, your Majesty."
"Step forward, Hodge. Put your right foot forward."
"Are we dancing? Cause I got a few moves I know you'll like."
Gilmore Hodge and Peggy Carter[src]
"Shut it down!"
"Kill the reactor, Mr. Stark! Turn it off! Kill it! Kill the reactor!"
"No! Don't! I can do this!"
Peggy Carter, Abraham Erskine and Steve Rogers[src]
"How do you feel?"
"Taller."
Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers[src]
"What are you doing here?"
"Officially I'm not here at all. That was quite a performance."
"Yeah, uh... I had to improvise a little bit. The crowds I'm used to are usually more, uh..."
"I understand you're America's new hope."
"Bond sales take a ten percent bump in every state I visit."
"Is that Senator Brandt I hear?"
"At least he's got me doing this. Phillips would have had be stuck in lab."
"And these are your only two options? A lab rat or a dancing monkey? You were meant for more than this, you know. What?"
"You know for the longest time I dreamed about coming overseas and be on the front lines. Serving my country. I finally get everything I wanted, and I'm wearing tights."
Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter[src]
"What do you plan to do? Walk to Austria?"
"If that's what it takes."
"You heard the Colonel, you're friend is most likely dead."
"You don't know that."
"Even so, he's devising a strategy to take..."
"By the time he's done that, it could be too late! You told me you thought I was meant for more than this. Did you mean that?"
"Every word."
"Then you gotta let me go."
"I can do more than that..."
Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers[src]
"You know you two are going to be in a lot of trouble when you land."
"And you won't?"
"Where I'm goin', if anybody yells at me I can just shoot 'em."
Captain America and Peggy Carter[src]
"You can't give me orders!"
"The hell I can't! I'm a Captain!"
Peggy Carter and Captain America[src]
"What do you think?"
"Yes. I think it works."
Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter[src]
"You're late."
"I couldn't call my ride."
Peggy Carter and Captain America[src]
"Dr. Erskine said that the serum wouldn't just effect my muscles, it would effect my cells. Create a protective system of regeneration and healing. Which means, um, I can't get drunk. Did you know that?"
"Your metabolism burns four times faster than the average person. He thought it could be one of the side effects."
Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter[src]
"Tell me, did you truly like your friend? Did you respect him?"
"Yes!"
"Well then, stop blaming yourself! Give your friend the respect of making his own decisions!"
Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers[src]
"Agent Carter, co-ordinate with MI6. I want every allied eyeball looking for that main HYDRA base."
"What about us?"
"We are gonna set a fire under Johann Schmidt's ass. What do you say, Rogers? It's your map, you think you can wipe HYDRA off of it?"
Chester Phillips and Peggy Carter[src]
"Wait! Go get him. I'm not kissing you."
Peggy Carter and Chester Phillips to Captain America[src]
"I'll-I'll get Howard on the line. He'll know what to do."
"There's not enough time. This thing's moving too fast and it's heading for New York. I gotta put her in the water."
"Please don't do this. W-we have time. We can work it out."
―Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers[src]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"The world has changed, and none of us can go back. All we can do is our best, and sometimes, the best that we can do, is to start over."
―Peggy Carter to Steve Rogers[src]

Dialogue

"What is it?"
"For as long as I can remember, I just wanted to do what was right. I guess I'm not quite sure what that is anymore, and I thought I could throw myself back in, follow orders, serve. It's just not the same."
"You were always so dramatic. Look, you saved the world. We rather mucked it up."
"You didn't. Knowing you helped found S.H.I.E.L.D. is half the reason I stayed."
"The world has changed, and none of us can go back. All we can do is our best, and sometimes, the best that we can do, is to start over."
―Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers[src]

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"Are you ready for our dance?"
Steve Rogers' hallucination of Peggy Carter[src]
"The war is over, Steve. We can go home. Imagine it."
Steve Rogers' hallucination of Peggy Carter[src]

Ant-Man

Dialogue

"Tell me that isn't what I think it is."
"That depends if you think it's a poor attempt to replicate my work. Even for this group, that takes nerve."
―Peggy Carter and Hank Pym[src]
"We shouldn’t let him leave the building."
"You’ve already lied to him, now you want to go to war with him?"
Mitchell Carson and Peggy Carter[src]

Captain America: Civil War

Spoken about Peggy Carter

"She's gone. In her sleep."
―A text message received by Steve Rogers[src]
"Margaret Carter was known to most as the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D.. But I just know her as Aunt Peggy. She had a photograph in her office: Aunt Peggy standing next to JFK. As a kid that was pretty cool. But it was a lot to live up to, which is why I never told anyone we were related. I asked her once how she managed to master diplomacy and espionage at a time when no one wanted to see a woman succeed at either. And she said "Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say 'No, you move'.""
Sharon Carter[src]

Marvel One-Shots

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

Dialogue

"You took a mission last night."
"I completed a mission last night."
"Without even attempting to report in or get the proper authorization?"
"The mission was time-sensitive."
"There are protocols in place. No one is above protocol. Not even Captain America's old flame."
"How dare you."
"Please. Let's stop pretending, shall we? Everyone knows why you're here."
"Please, enlighten me."
"You were grieving, so they kept you on, so that you would feel useful. I call it pity."
"If they wanted to make me feel useful, they wouldn't have made me work with you."
John Flynn and Peggy Carter[src]
"Agent Carter, it is my honor to inform you that you are going to run S.H.I.E.L.D. and I'd also like to assist you in carrying your personal items down to your car."
"Thank you Agent Flynn, but as has always been the case, I don't require your help."
John Flynn and Peggy Carter[src]

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

Episode 2.01: Shadows

Dialogue

"These assets are now under the protection of the Strategic Scientific Reserve. They'll be relocated and hidden out of sight, indefinitely, as will you."
"Cut off one head, two more shall grow in its place."
"Then I guess we'll keep cutting them off."
―Peggy Carter and Werner Reinhardt[src]

Episode 2.08: The Things We Bury

Spoken about Peggy Carter

"This is decades of research, and it's incomplete. But I did find the original 0-8-4 report signed by Agent Carter herself."
"Anything on Red Skull?"
"Did you hear what I said? Peggy Carter, founder, happens to be British, held this in her hand."
Jemma Simmons and Melinda May[src]

Episode 3.20: Emancipation

Spoken about Peggy Carter

"Cap, Agent Carter they were my heroes growing up. Both of them were there at the beginning of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Now we may be there when it ends."
Phil Coulson to Melinda May[src]

Episode 4.02: Meet the New Boss

Spoken about Peggy Carter

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Episode 4.06: The Good Samaritan

Spoken about Peggy Carter

"Anyway, it looks like Agent May was right about Isodyne. Peggy Carter and her team encountered them back in the '40s. They were conducting experiments on something called "Zero Matter," or "Darkforce"."
Leo Fitz to Phil Coulson[src]

Dialogue

"It's true, I wanted to find out what kind of a man you were. You didn't use the pen. So, now I know."
"Pens are also used for signatures."
"You want a deal. How terribly shocking."
"The US Government has recruited many German scientists."
―Peggy Carter and Werner Reinhardt[src]

Agent Carter

Episode 1.01: Now is Not the End

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"Well, that was a bit premature."
―Peggy Carter[src]
"Crikey O'Reilly!"
―Peggy Carter[src]
"I'd been wallowing in it since the war, wondering why no one would give Agent Peggy Carter a shot."
―Peggy Carter[src]

Spoken about Peggy Carter

"Lot of hubbub today, Peg. D.C. line's hot. Love the hat!"
Rose Roberts[src]

Dialogue

"Kinda thing might really catch a man's eye...say, on a date?"
"Well don't hold your breath. Especially with tuberculosis."
"You know there's a difference between being an independent woman, and a spinster."
"Is it the shoes? Clock out, pull the curtains, and sleep. Peggy's orders."
Colleen O'Brien and Peggy Carter[src]
"Peg, you work at the phone company; it ain't life and death."
"Darling, you have no idea."
Colleen O'Brien and Peggy Carter[src]
"Agent Carter, we just pulled a red ball out of D.C. All hands on deck. Meaning cover the phones."
"Rose, redirect all calls to the briefing room. Covered. Shall we?"
Roger Dooley and Peggy Carter[src]
"I knew Howard Stark during the war, his help was invaluable. He may be a great many things, but he's not a traitor."
―Peggy Carter[src]
"I wonder if I might request a sick day."
"What's the matter? Got a headache?"
"Amongst other things. Ladies' things."
"Oh, geez. Yeah, sure, take the day. Go shopping, whatever makes you feel better."
"Thank you for your understanding."
―Peggy Carter and Roger Dooley[src]
"I saw him once at a U.S.O. shown in Passaic. You could eat him with a spoon."
"Yes, I understand he was quite something."
"Everything all right, English?"
"Fine actually, if you don't count work."
"Boys at the phone company giving you a hard time?"
"No more than usual, it's just... During the war, I had a sense of purpose. Responsibility. Now I connect the calls, but I never get a chance to make them."
Angie Martinelli and Peggy Carter[src]
"Really?"
"I'm just considering all the angles. It seems you have a lot of them."
"Now that's the Peggy Carter I need."
"For what?"
"To clear my name."
"You can't be serious."
"I'll try not to be. But sometimes it just slips out."
Howard Stark and Peggy Carter[src]
"What now, Miss Carter?"
"Now, I go to work."
Edwin Jarvis and Peggy Carter[src]
"You were trying to do something good, and I believe you accomplished it."
"But was it worth it?"
Edwin Jarvis and Peggy Carter[src]
"Keep your eyes open."
"But I'm coming with you."
"Mr. Jarvis... That cook with the spoons, Was she large woman? Violent?"
"Well, no she was quite diminutive actually, but she had a vicious tongue and extremely long... Fingernails."
―Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]
"Where are you?"
"Just keep driving!"
"Could you be slightly more specific?"
"No!"(Carter leaps atop the car)
"Miss Carter!"
"Go, go!"
"Don't you want to get in?!"
Edwin Jarvis and Peggy Carter[src]
"I understand you're not happy with your meal."
"You work here?"
"Unfortunately, no. (Presses a fork into his side) Just to be clear, this is pressed into your brachial artery, it may be dull but I'm determined. Keep smiling. Once you start to bleed, you'll lose conciousness in fifteen seconds, you'll die in ninety unless someone comes to your aid. Now given your recent behavior, how likely do you think that is to happen? To prevent this not entirely unfortunate event from occurring, I suggest you find another place to eat. Do we understand each other?"
"Yeah!"
"Good. Oh, And one more thing... tip generously."
―Peggy Carter and Madison Avenue Guy[src]
"I figured you'd never have a problem finding a man."
"The trick is finding the right one."
Howard Stark and Peggy Carter[src]
"I seem to have a habit of losing people closest to me. Perhaps "losing" is too nice a word. I get them killed."
"Miss Carter..."
"When Howard came to me, I was damn happy to see him. I'd been wallowing in it since the war, wondering why no one would give Agent Peggy Carter a shot. So I grabbed the chance. But I mucked it up. And now Colleen is dead... because of me."
―Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]

Episode 1.02: Bridge and Tunnel

Dialogue

"So, I've got two foreign agents with no voice boxes fighting over a milk truck full of experimental implosives."
"Just another day at the office."
―Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]
"I don't have long so listen very carefully. I need you to dispose of Howard's car."
"I beg your pardon?"
"The SSR are looking into Roxxon at this very moment. That car sustained damage at the site, and it's likely to be teeming with vita radiation. Make it disappear."
"Very well. Let's see, the linens come out of the wash in thirty minutes..."
"Now."
"Fine. I shall forego the linens."
―Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]
"I told you I don't need your help."
"An ideal butler provides service without being asked."
"Oh! Put it back. I need to drive this thing out of here."
"...Won't be a moment."
―Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]
"You're very fortunate that I ignored your instructions."
"(Sarcastic) Oh, you're so right. How I managed to stay alive before I met you, I have no idea."
"I can't tell if you're being arrogant... or ignorant."
"Both, I imagine."
"Your line of work requires support. People who care about your wellbeing, who will be there to stitch up your wounds."
"If I allow people to get close to me, I'm putting them in danger."
"So your solution is to remove yourself from the world you wish to protect. Where's the sense in that? There is not a man or woman, no matter how fit he or she may be, who is capable of carrying the entire world on their shoulders."
"Steve was."
"From what Mr. Stark has told me, Captain Rogers relied heavily on you. For courage, strategy, and moral guidance. You were his support. Your desire to help others is noble, but I doubt you'll find much success unless you allow others to help you."
Edwin Jarvis and Peggy Carter[src]
"Comfortable back there, Mr. Jarvis?"
"Perfectly, thank you. These racks of explosives are distracting me from the smell of stale milk."
Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]
"Carter. Come here for a second. C'mere. C'mere. C'mere. Settle a bet for us. Is that Joe DiMaggio?"
"I don't follow boxing."
Roger Dooley and Peggy Carter[src]

Episode 1.03: Time and Tide

Dialogue

"What brings you here?"
"My land lady gave me an idea."
"Oh splendid, now if we can get an opinion from your butcher."
Edwin Jarvis and Peggy Carter[src]

Episode 1.04: The Blitzkrieg Button

Dialogue

"Get in."
"What? I hate small spaces. What if the chain snaps and I fall to my death?"
"Don't worry. I'll never reveal that Howard Stark's dead body is lying rotting in the bottom of a dumbwaiter shaft."
―Peggy Carter and Howard Stark[src]
"All of my inventions are in your lab."
"Then why is your mustache so sad?"
Howard Stark and Peggy Carter[src]
"What the hell do you think of me?"
"I think you're a man out for his own gain no matter who you're charging. You are constantly finding holes to slither your way into in the hope of finding loose change, only to cry when you're bitten by another snake. You're a man who says "I love you" whilst looking over a woman's shoulder into the mirror. Steve Rogers dedicated his mind, his body, his life to the SSR and to this country, not to your bank account. I made the same pledge, but I'm not as good as Steve was. I forgot my pledge running around for you like a corporate spy. So thank you, Howard, for reminding me who Steve was and what I aspire to be. For all I know, you did steal your inventions."
Howard Stark and Peggy Carter[src]

Episode 1.05: The Iron Ceiling

Dialogue

"If you want to get to know New York--if you want to get know any place, you have to start with the people first."
"I talk to people."
"Real people with real jobs. Not the, uh, phony, superficial ones that pervade the city. Uh, you should start with Brooklyn first."
"But I-I'd rather see the Statue of Liberty."
"Oh, she'll still be there. But what she represents, the spirit of Lady Liberty, is founded is found in its people."
"Wow. You sounded like Captain America just now."
"That's not a bad thing."
―Peggy Carter and Dottie Underwood[src]
"What would Cap say if I left his best girl behind?"
"He'd say "Do as Peggy says"."
Dum Dum Dugan and Peggy Carter[src]
"He can be thoughtless. Inconsiderate. Vain. Childish. Unreliable. Arrogant."
"You flatter him."
Edwin Jarvis and Peggy Carter[src]
"Does anyone else feel a chill going up their knickers?"
"I would if I wore knickers."
―Peggy Carter and Junior Juniper[src]
"Wahoo!"
"Stop wahooing and help!"
Dum Dum Dugan and Peggy Carter[src]
"Not bad. For a girl."
"(Smiling) I hate you all."
Ivchenko and Peggy Carter[src]
"You sure you wanna get on that plane? Commandos could always use another good fighter. We just need to come up with a nickname for you."
"Tempting, but I think it's time I put my days on the front lines behind me. Someone needs to mind the wheel back in the States. And I suppose someone needs to convince the SSR of Howard's innocence, wanker or not. I'll miss you."
"Miss you, too, Peg. Wait a second. Miss you... Miss Union Jack! Whaddya think, fellas? Huh?"
"Never speak again."
"Okay."
Dum Dum Dugan and Peggy Carter[src]

Episode 1.06: A Sin to Err

Dialogue

"How could he possibly meet this many women?"
"The Academy Awards is a very busy time... What are you doing?"
"A large portion of the women on this list are well known actresses, models and socialites. Publicly established for several years. They can be disregarded."
"Well, I wouldn't dismiss her."
"You think Ginger Rogers is a Russian assassin?"
"You should have seen her eyes when I escorted her from Mr. Stark's villa. (His voice darkens) The darkest gates to the abyss."
Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]
"Peggy. Don't run. If you run, I'll know it's true."
"I'm sorry, Daniel."
Daniel Sousa and Peggy Carter[src]

Spoken about Peggy Carter

"She's a cute broad. When she's not punching me in the face. Who is she?"
"Not who I thought she was."
Sheldon McFee and Daniel Sousa[src]

Episode 1.07: Snafu

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"To you, I’m a stray kitten left on your doorstep to be protected. The secretary turned damsel in distress. The girl on the pedestal, transformed into some daft whore."
―Peggy Carter[src]
"And I suppose the confession portrays me as what? A patsy? A doe-eyed idiot succumbed to the charms of America’s mustachioed Casanova?"
―Peggy Carter[src]
"I conducted my own investigation because no one listens to me. I got away with it because no one looks at me. Because unless I have your reports, your coffee, or your lunch, I am invisible."
―Peggy Carter[src]

Dialogue

"Mr. Jarvis, how would you feel if we smashed that mirror with this table?"
"I would feel splendid about it."
"Alright, we pick it up, and then on the count of three--"
"Battering ram. Ready? One... Two... Wait. What if there are people behind this mirror that we're breaking?"
"Then they may get hurt, there'll be a spray of glass."
"I see. One... Two... Wait! What if those hypothetical people behind the mirror have guns?"
"Then we may get hurt, there'll be a spray of bullets."
"I see. One... Two... Three! (The two break the mirror) No people. Everybody wins."
"I've just thought of something."
"We're still attached to a table."
"We are still attached to a table."
―Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]
"Agent Carter..."
"Miss Carter; I don't work here anymore."
Roger Dooley and Peggy Carter[src]
"Promise you'll get the son of a bitch who did this. Say it!"
"We'll catch him."
"Attagirl."
Roger Dooley and Peggy Carter[src]

Episode 1.08: Valediction

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"Howard... I know you loved him. I loved him, too. But this won't bring him back. Howard, you are the one person on this earth who believes in me. I cannot lose you. Steve is gone. We have to move on--all of us. As impossible as that may sound, we have to let him go."
―Peggy Carter to Howard Stark[src]
"Bye, my darling."
―Peggy Carter[src]

Dialogue

"How refreshing to meet someone who appreciates the finer things."
"I appreciate the finer things. I just don't want to know what's happened in and on the fine things."
Edwin Jarvis and Peggy Carter[src]

Episode 2.01: The Lady in the Lake

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"You have one chip to trade on, fear, and fear is the one tool that little girls who grow up handcuffed to their beds learn. I however am not afraid of you."
―Peggy Carter to Dottie Underwood[src]

Episode 2.02: A View in the Dark

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Episode 2.03: Better Angels

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Episode 2.04: Smoke & Mirrors

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Episode 2.05: The Atomic Job

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Episode 2.06: Life of the Party

Spoken about Peggy Carter

"I have a terrible idea!"
―Peggy Carter[src]

Dialogue

"The necklace is equipped with a tracking device so that I can monitor your location at all times. And if you attempt to move the beacon or break even one link in the chain, you will be injected with a neurotoxin which will kill you in 35 excruciatingly painful seconds."
―Peggy Carter to Dottie Underwood[src]
"You were happy out here, and then I came and mucked up your whole life."
"Maybe I was just fooling myself."
"I'm so sorry. Truly."
―Peggy Carter and Daniel Sousa[src]

Episode 2.07: Monsters

Dialogue

"If you are implying that I am some sort of chippy toying with two men that I respect, you..."
"The thought never crossed my mind; however, you have gone from famine to feast with quality suitors."
―Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis[src]

Episode 2.08: The Edge of Mystery

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Episode 2.09: A Little Song and Dance

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Episode 2.10: Hollywood Ending

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot

Episode 1.01: Vendetta

Spoken about Peggy Carter

"Here. To remind you you're not just giving something up, you're joining a team. They handed those out at the formation of S.H.I.E.L.D. That one in particular belonged to Agent Peggy Carter."
Phil Coulson to Elena Rodriguez[src]

Comics

Captain America: First Vengeance

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"Take your serum to the Allies, where it can be turned against HYDRA."
―Peggy Carter to Abraham Erskine[src]

Ant-Man Prelude

Spoken by Peggy Carter

"Sometimes you won't know what you're working with until you're in the moment... so you have to improvise."
―Peggy Carter to Hank Pym[src]

Dialogue

"Point taken. So... what do you think?"
"I think it works."
hank Pym and Peggy Carter[src]
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