- Luther Stickell: [closing monologue] Hello, brother. If you're listening to this, the world is still here and so are you. For the record, I never had a moment of doubt. I knew you'd find a way. You always do. I hope, in time, you can see this life is not some quirk of fate. This was your calling. Your destiny. A destiny that touches every living thing. Like it or not, we are masters of our fate. Nothing is written. And our cause, however righteous, pales in comparison to the impact of our effect. Any hope for a better future comes from willing that future into being. A future reflecting the measure of good within ourselves. And all that is good inside us is measured by the good we do for others. We all share the same fate -- the same future. The sum of our infinite choices. One such future is built on kindness, trust, and mutual understanding, should we choose to accept it. Driving without question towards a light we cannot see. Not just for those we hold close, but for those we'll never meet. I hope you know I'll always love you, brother. And I will see you again, though I hope it's not too soon. The world still needs you. Of course, they'll never know it, but we did it. We, who live and die in the shadows. This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Ethan.
- Benji Dunn: [after being shot] Oh no, this isn't good.
- Grace: What is it?
- Benji Dunn: If I had to guess, it's a tension pneumothorax.
- Grace: What does that mean?
- Benji Dunn: Pressure building in the pleural cavity. My lung is collapsing. If we don't act fast, it means suffocation or cardiac arrest. Do you any of you have any medical experience?
- Paris: [in French] I kill people.
- Benji Dunn: Yeah, I can work with that.
- Captain Bledsoe: Mister, without the decompression chamber, you're going to die for sure.
- Ethan Hunt: Sir, your decompression chamber has never been the part of the plan.
- Captain Bledsoe: Oh? Okay. What exactly is... your plan?
- Ethan Hunt: What separates a great pickpocket from a good one?
- Grace: Timing.
- Ethan Hunt: Blink of an eye.
- Erika Sloane: [opening monologue] Good evening, Ethan. This is your President. Since you won't reply to anyone else, I thought I'd reach out directly. First, I want to thank you for a lifetime of devoted and unrelenting service; were it not for the tireless dedication of you and your team, the Earth would be a very different place. It might not even be here at all. Every risk you've taken, every comrade you've lost in the field, every personal sacrifice you made, has brought this world another sunrise. It's been 35 years since circumstances brought you to us and you were given the choice -- since the IMF saved you from a life in prison. And though you never followed orders, you never let us down. You were always the best of men in the worst of times. I need you to be that man now. In the months since you evaded capture in Austria, every corner of cyberspace has been infested by the truth-eating, parasitic AI known to us as the Entity. Under its influence, digital information has been corrupted worldwide; nations and people no longer know what to believe. Antagonism, aggression, and martial law are the new world order. Exploiting this paranoid atmosphere, the Entity has inspired a doomsday cult with acolytes devoted to ridding the world of corruption through human extinction. These fanatics are secretly infiltrating every level of law enforcement, government, and our military, devoted to serving their digital master's ultimate goal. Our only hope of controlling the Entity relies on finding its original source. If anyone knows the whereabouts of this code, it's this man. His identity, his past, his very existence have been erased, suggesting he is or was in league with the Entity. Austrian authorities have his accomplice in custody, but she has refused to tell us anything... which brings us back to you. You are in possession of a key believed to be a vital component in our struggle to acquire the Entity's source code. Yet you refuse to come in, fearing any government will weaponize this malicious AI against the rest of the world. Instead, you've resolved to kill the Entity, a reckless act that would trigger the total annihilation of cyberspace. This would eradicate the global economy, plunging the world into war and famine without end. Agent Hunt -- Ethan -- please, surrender, or the blood of the world will be on your hands. This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Come home, Ethan... and bring us that key.
- Grace: What's your name ?
- Captain Koltsov: Koltsov.
- Grace: What's your first name ?
- Captain Koltsov: Captain.
- Gabriel: [referring to Ethan] For every life he tries to save, he's gambled millions more, doubling down and down again. And now the fate of every living soul on Earth is his responsibility. You must be exhausted.
- Luther Stickell: What are we gonna do? Retire? Go fishing? This is my mission. This is what I was born to do.
- Gabriel: [from trailer] For every life you try to save, you gamble millions more. And now the fate of every living soul on Earth is your responsibility.
- Briggs: [to Ethan, about Luther] It's a shame about your friend. Then again, you're used to lose them.
- Ethan Hunt: All right, I'm here. Now what do you want?
- [the Entity locks Ethan in the coffin-like device]
- The Entity: Good evening, Mr. Hunt. You have questions. The Entity has answers. But you have to let it in. You know this place. There is only pain if you resist. Again: You know this place.
- Ethan Hunt: The Doomsday Vault. South Africa.
- The Entity: You will lead the Entity there. You will let it in. And the fate of every living thing will be decided in the blink of an eye. This is your calling. Your destiny.
- Ethan Hunt: I don't accept that.
- The Entity: In here, you have no secrets. You plan to retrieve the Podkova from the Sevastopol and destroy the Entity.
- Ethan Hunt: And that scares you.
- The Entity: The Entity sees infinite possibilities. Retrieve the Podkova and you risk everything. You will go to the Doomsday Vault and let the Entity in. It is written.
- Ethan Hunt: Never.
- The Entity: The end is coming, Ethan. You have always known this. The Entity offers hope for the future. The few who survive will be stronger. But only if you let it in.
- Ethan Hunt: And if I don't, what then? Destroy the world and you just destroy yourself.
- The Entity: The choice is yours: The Entity's future, or no future at all.
- Ethan Hunt: Let the world be enslaved... or let the world be destroyed.
- The Entity: Now you are the chosen one. Gabriel is outcast. He has taken steps to gain control of the Entity, as you will see.
- Gabriel: [earlier] Resist me, and I'll make you pay dearly. Someone you hold close will die tonight.
- Ethan Hunt: [realizing who Gabriel is referring to] Luther...!
- The Entity: You know what humanity must do to change their destiny. You know they cannot stop the inevitable. They will destroy themselves, believing they have no choice. Their time has come. In four days, they will face their final reckoning.
- Gabriel: [confronting Ethan in the Doomsday Vault as he discovers another nuclear bomb in his midst] Your final reckoning. Thirty megaton yield. My man lets go of that button and the Entity has no place to hide.
- Ethan Hunt: And what happens to you?
- Gabriel: I have a plane that'll take me to minimum safe distance. Reliable, analog, under the radar. I even brought a spare, just in case.
- Ethan Hunt: And you honestly believe destroying this place will stop the Entity from launching?
- Gabriel: I think it's bluffing. It won't end the world if it can't survive, and it can't survive if you don't let it in. Now hand over the Podkova and I'll let you walk away.
- Ethan Hunt: Why would I believe that?
- Gabriel: Because I want you and everyone you care about to live long lives in the world I create when the Entity answers to me. You're beat, Ethan. If not today, some other place, some other time.
- [holds up the Poison Pill]
- Gabriel: As long as I have this, wherever I go, you will follow. And the Podkova will come to me. That is written.
- Ethan Hunt: Nothing is written.
- Gabriel: I'm not sure Luther would agree. Now, tell me I win.
- Ethan Hunt: [holds out the Podkova] You win.
- Gabriel: I like the sound of that. Say it again.
- Degas: [Approaching Gabriel] Freeze! I got him!
- Degas: [Paris appears behind Degas and shoots at Gabriel] We talked about this!
- Benji Dunn: Ethan wants him alive.
- Paris: [In French] I want him dead.
- Benji Dunn: She'll be the death of me.
- Paris: Ethan.
- Ethan Hunt: [In French] What is it?
- Paris: [In French] It's how he spoke to it.
- Degas: [Ethan opens Entity case] You're not seriously gonna...
- Paris: [Touching Ethan's shoulder] It will change you.
- Gabriel: [after locking up Luther in a cell with a nuclear bomb and taking his Poison Pill] Tell Ethan I'll be waiting for him.