The best John Wick quotes

John Wick is an iconic character thanks to his stellar action sequences and portrayal of the one and only Keanu Reeves. With this iconic status also comes some truly memorable quotes. While the Baga Yaga may not speak much in all countries John Wick movie, he still has some impactful lines that are as memorable as some of his best kills in the series.

John Wick is an absolute legend, and since his fate remains ambiguous among hardcore fans, it's time to go back and celebrate what we've all heard from the iconic and deadly John Wick by featuring some of his best quotes, be they great ones. , poetic or just incredibly fantastic.

10 “Yes…”

Always a man focused and few words

• Featured in: John Wick (2014), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

John Wick may be a man of few words, but he's also a man of focus, commitment, and pure will. With that, John Wick proves that few words are just as powerful when coming from a man who can kill 2 people with a pencil. A simple word of recognition, so few and yet so effective at conveying exactly how John Wick feels.

Whether it's in response to a murder he's about to commit, or agreeing with a defiant friend, hearing John Wick say “Yes” is only a good thing if you're on her side, because that word could easily mean a bullet to the brain for whoever summoned Baba Yaga's wrath.

9 “People keep asking me if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer. But now yes, I think I'm back.

Faced with defeat, an enraged John Wick comes out of retirement

• Featured in: John Wick (2014)

John Wick has accomplished the impossible feat of retiring and being with his beloved wife, Helen. Yet, in his death, he gave John life and allowed him to no longer suffer alone thanks to his final gift: a puppy. Yet, the puppy was killed by the son of his former contractor, causing John Wick to have a rage like no other that boiled through hateful words and forced him to return to the world he wanted to leave behind.

Even tied up and ready to be choked, John Wick doesn't mince words in Vigo as he issues one final threat. John Wick isn't just here for revenge, he's back for good, returning to this life with the sole purpose of killing Vigo's son, regardless of the consequences that follow.

8 “You don't want me to owe you.”

It's a dangerous game to withhold a favor from John Wick

• Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

A short conversation with the Bowery King reveals the truth and concern of John Wick, who tells the man that it is in everyone's best interest, especially the Bowery King, who owes him nothing after the help he gave him. This is something that follows the path of John Wick, haunting every step and every bullet.

John isn't just being sarcastic, he's telling the truth. Those who are owed something by John Wick rarely make it out alive, so it's best if everyone leaves Baba Yaga alone. What if they don't? They will feel his wrath upon them.

7 “Tell them… tell everyone… whoever comes, whoever they are… I will kill them. I will kill them all.”

An army of the world's best assassins won't stop John Wick

• Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

After John Wick sacrifices his freedoms by killing Santino D'Antonio in the Continental, he is informed by his old friend and manager of the Continental who serves under the High Table that there is a hit on John Wick, and the Baba Yaga will not be . Safe. With no fear in his voice, but pure commitment and will, John responds that he will kill whoever comes for him.

This isn't just a threat, it's a confident promise that Winston heeds. John Wick knows the crimes he has committed against the High Table, but that won't stop him, and no matter how many men and women come after him: he will kill them all.

6 “Do you want a war? Or do you just want to give me a gun?”

It's better to give John a gun to kill, rather than try to kill him

• Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Santino D'Antonio is hunting John Wick and a $7,000,000 bounty hangs over his head. With no other choice, John turns to the Bowery King, to which the Bowery King informs him of the bounty on his head and how much money it could fetch. However, John takes one look at the men in the room and calmly asks Bowery King who can give him a gun or start a war he won't win.

John's confidence is nothing short of chilling and even surpassed in this very room, he knows that it will be an individual war against the entire system that he will win. War can be completely avoided by simply giving him a gun and sending him on his rampaging revenge, and that's something the Bowery King agrees with, for good reason.

5 “Consider this a professional courtesy.”

• Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Cassian was a loyal assassin who served Gianna D'Antonio, but disappointed her when John Wick was able to kill her per Gianna's brother's request. Cassian, driven by revenge, hunts John Wick and will not stop until one of them is dead. Yet, it is Cassian who ends up becoming a walking corpse, as John Wick stabs him in the heart but doesn't finish him off, giving Cassian a chance to live.

This is John's way of presenting professional courtesy, showing that there is a layer of professionalism and understanding against the man who will stop at nothing to kill him. It's also a sarcastic callback to what Cassian said to John earlier, when he said to kill him quickly.

4 “It wasn't just a puppy.”

John constantly reiterates that the entire carnage was caused by something more than a puppy

• Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)

Every character that comes into contact with John Wick always gets a sarcastic comment about how all this death and all this destruction is just for a dog, a puppy. Yet, John Wick knows full well that it's not just about the puppy, but what the puppy represents and how the life he wanted and the pain he felt was left to rot, forcing a good man to evoke contempt throughout the world. world. he knew it once.

It wasn't just a puppy, and it was never just a puppy. Those who finally find out why John Wick is back in the game will know it for a good reason or because it's already too late. The fact that John killed hundreds of people for “just one puppy” just shows how much focus he has.

3 “Weapons. Lots of weapons.

A reference to the Matrix, made with triumph

• Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)

The High Table has arrived for the Continental and his fugitive, John Wick. As such, John states that he only needs a small list of things to see the Continental get through this day and embark on a standoff that will see them victorious: weapons. Many weapons.

Aside from looking extremely cool, it's also a great throwback to Keanu Reeves' iconic role as Neo in The Matrix (1999), in which he says exactly the same sentence. It seems great on Reeves' part, and it shows how effective a killer John Wick really is that all he needs against trained hitmen are a few shots and a gun.

2 “Those who cling to death; Live.”

A proverb that brilliantly shows John's boundary between life and death

• Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

One of the most philosophical quotes in John Wick comes from the Japanese daimyo, Uesugi Kenshin. John paraphrases by saying “Those who cling to death; live.” A quote that has many meanings, but is often interpreted as if death is often in their lives, whether it be their loved ones or those they kill in war, and through that they are the ones who live.

Those who wish for death, or often think about it too often, are the ones who remain alive. John clings to death every day as he tries to escape life under the High Table. It is only when John achieves this and clings to life, loving Helen and wanting to be with her in another life, that he is allowed to die.

1 “Maybe I'm wrong.”

Optimism is strong for John Wick as he speaks to his dead wife

• Featured in: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Before the longest night of John's life begins, in which he has until dawn to meet Caine and the Marquis de Gramont to duel for his right to life, he enters a church to pay respects to his deceased wife, Helen. John sits in church, crying alone for his wife, until he is interrupted by an old friend and a new enemy, Caine.

Cain asks: “Do you think your wife can hear you?” to which Giovanni replies “NO.“, and then Caine, also a grieving man with little or no hope, says”Well, why worry?” What follows is perhaps one of the kindest and most heartbreaking lines that sums up the character of John Wick. He hopes that, even if it's a small chance, that he's wrong, and that Helen can feel it, and that bit of hope shows that it's okay to hold on to life.