MacGuffin Delivery Service/Quotes

"Doctor Jones. Again we see there is nothing you can possess that I cannot take away." —Dr. Rene Belloq, Raiders of the Lost Ark

"So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine." —Belloq again, Raiders of the Lost Ark

"Thank you, Mr. Bond. You have saved us the trouble of disarming it ." —Aristotle "Aris" Kristatos, For Your Eyes Only

"In any race for hidden treasure, it is always the protagonists who sweat and bleed and die to overcome the challenges inherent in finding it, only for the antagonists to seize it at the last minute" —Lord Tarquin, The Order of the Stick

Linkara: A friend of theirs asks for help in raising funds for her father's expedition to search for the sunken ship, since a group of thugs have been smashing their equipment. In addition, they're clearly spying on them to try to steal the treasure once her father finds it. Mary: A group of roughnecks have been giving dad a lot of trouble! They've smashed our diving outfits — fought us — and spied on us — they're waiting until we locate the treasure... Joan: --then they'll step in and take it, eh? Linkara: Yeah, and I'm sure they'll find it in a big hurry after you've smashed all their equipment... —Atop the Fourth Wall