R.T. Hines: For a man who doesn't like violence, you certainly know a lot about it.
MacGyver: That's exactly why I don't like it.

MacGyver: The door was open.
R.T. Hines: I left it that way to see how bold you are.
MacGyver: Bold and nosy—I'm famous for that.

R.T. Hines: I just figured out what your problem is. Soft-bellied idealist looks at hard discipline as a crime against mankind.
MacGyver: Discipline's only a crime when it's enforced by somebody with the sensitivity and judgment of a rock.

R.T. Hines: Hey, man, that's an Uzi!
MacGyver: Now it's a wrench.

MacGyverisms:
* Trapped in a net, swinging to grab copper tubing from a fan to hook an extension cord, to lasso a chair with a bomb on it
* A grappling hook made out of paint can handles, lowered through a transom with a lawn mower starter cord, to hook the bar blocking the door
* An Uzi used as a wrench to loosen the valve on a fire hydrant, then a fire hose threaded through a ladder and aimed to spray a bad guy