About Jigsaw
John Kramer aka Jigsaw is the fictional killer from the Saw franchise and, although, it’s debatable whether or not he killed anyone – he did leave us with a plethora of incredible monologues and quotes to remember. While some were maniacal and deadly, others were insightful and truth telling of the problems with modern society.
Whether you’re on team Jigsaw or not, we hope you enjoy every second of these Jigsaw quotes from the Saw franchise.
Best Jigsaw Quotes
“Congratulations. You are still alive. Most people are so ungrateful to be alive. But not you. Not anymore.” – Jigsaw
“Hello Amanda. You don’t know me, but I know you. I want to play a game. Here’s what happens if you lose. The device you are wearing is hooked into your upper and lower jaw. When the timer in the back goes off, your mouth will be permanently ripped open. Think of it like a reverse bear trap. Here, I’ll show you. There is only one key to open the device. It’s in the stomach of your dead cellmate. Look around Amanda. Know that I’m not lying. Better hurry up. Live or die, make your choice.” – Jigsaw
“Rise and shine, Adam. You’re probably wondering where you are. I’ll tell you where you might be. You might be in the room that you die in. Up until now, you’ve simply sat in the shadows watching others live out their lives. But what do voyeurs see when they look into the mirror? Now I see you as a strange mix of someone angry, yet apathetic. But mostly just pathetic. So are you going to watch yourself die here today, Adam, or do something about it?” – Jigsaw
“Hello, Mr. Hindle. Or as they called you around the hospital: Zepp. I want you to make a choice. There’s a slow-acting poison coursing through your system, which only I have the antidote for. Will you murder a mother and her child to save yourself? Listen carefully, if you will. There are rules.” – Jigsaw
“Hello, Mark. If you are so sick then why do I have so many photos of you up and about? Let’s put your so called “illness” to the test. Right now, there’s a slow-acting poison in your veins. The antidote is inside the safe – the combination to the safe is written on the wall. Hurry up and program it in but watch your step. By the way, that’s a flammable substance smeared on your body, so I would be careful with that candle if I were you… or all the people you’ve burned with your act just might have their revenge.” – Jigsaw
“Hello, Paul. You are a perfectly healthy, sane, middle-class male, yet last month you ran a straight razor across your wrist. Did you cut yourself because you truly wanted to die or did you just want some attention? Tonight, you’ll show me. The irony is that if you want to die you just have to stay where you are, but if you want to live, you’ll have to cut yourself again. Find the path through the razor wire to the door but hurry. At 3:00 that door will lock and then, this room becomes your tomb. How much blood will you shed to stay alive?” – Jigsaw
“Dr. Gordon, this is your wake-up call. Everyday of your working life you have given people the news that they’re going to die soon. Now you will be the cause of death. Your aim in this game is to kill Adam. You have until six on the clock to do it. There’s a man in the room with you. When there’s that much poison in your blood, the only thing left to do, is shoot yourself. There are ways to win this, hidden all around you. Just remember, X marks the spot for the treasure. If you do not kill Adam by six, then Alison and Diana will die, Dr. Gordon, and I’ll leave you in this room to rot. Let the game begin.” – Jigsaw
“Those who do not appreciate life do not deserve life.” – Jigsaw
“Can you imagine what it feels like to have someone sit you down and tell you that you’re dying? The gravity of that, hmm? Then the clock’s ticking for you. In a split second your awe is cracked open. You look at things differently, smell things differently. You savor everything, be it a glass of water or a walk in the park.” – Jigsaw
“Greetings, and welcome. I trust that you are all wondering where you are. I can assure you that while your location is not important, what these walls offer for you is important – salvation, if you earn it. Three hours from now the door to this house will open. Unfortunately, you only have two hours to live. Right now, you are breathing in a deadly nerve agent. You’ve been breathing it since you’ve arrived here. Those of you familiar with the Tokyo subway attacks will know its devastating effects on the human body. The only way to overcome it and walk out that door is to find an antidote. Several are hidden around this house. One is inside the safe in front of you. You all possess the combination to the safe. Think hard, the numbers are in the back of your mind. The clue to their order can be found “over the rainbow”. Once you realize what you all have in common, you will gain a better understanding of why you’re here. X marks the spot for that clue, so look carefully. Let the game begin.” – Jigsaw
“Hello Obi, I want to play a game. For years you have burned those around you with your lies, cons, and deceits. Now you will have a chance to redeem yourself, for the games you’ve played with others, by playing one of mine. Inside the device in front of you are two antidotes for the poison coursing through your veins. One is my gift to you for helping me kidnap the others, the second is for you to donate. However, one will come with a price. Remember Obi, once you’re in Hell, only the devil can help you out.” – Jigsaw
“The jigsaw piece that I cut from my subjects was only ever meant to be a symbol that that subject was missing something. A vital piece of the human puzzle. The survival instinct.” – Jigsaw
“I want to play a game. The rules are simple. All you have to do is sit here and talk to me. Listen to me. If you do that long enough you will find your son in a safe and secure state. We haven’t been properly introduced. My name’s John.” – Jigsaw
“You all possess the combination to the safe. Think hard. The numbers are in the back of your mind. The clue to their order can be found over the rainbow.” – Jigsaw
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“Hello Michael, I want to play a game. So far in what could loosely be called your life you’ve made a living watching others. Society would call you an informant, a rat, a snitch. I call you unworthy of the body you possess, of the life that you’ve been given. Now we will see if you are willing to look inward rather than outward to give up the one thing you rely on in order to go on living. The device around your neck is a death mask. The mask is on a spring timer. If you do not locate the key in time the mask will close. Think of it like a venus flytrap. What you are looking at right now is your own body not more than two hours ago. Don’t worry, you’re sound asleep and can’t feel a thing. Taking into account that you are at a great disadvantage here I’m going to give you a hint as to where I’ve hidden the key, so listen carefully. The hint is this: It’s right before your eyes. How much blood will you shed to stay alive, Michael? Live or die, make your choice.” – Jigsaw
“Hello, Xavier, I want to play a game. It’s similar to the game you play as a drug dealer, the game of giving hope to the desperate. I think we can agree that your situation is desperate, so I’m going to offer you hope. By entering this room, you have started a timer on the door in front of you. When the timer runs out the door will be locked forever, locking away the antidote inside it. If you want to find the key, you will have to crawl through the same squalor that your customers have. I’ll give you one hint where to find it.” – Jigsaw
“Oh, yes, there will be blood.” – Jigsaw
“You feel you now have control, don’t you? You think you will walk away untested. I promise that my work will continue. That I have ensured, by hearing this tape, some will assume that this is over, but I am still among you. You think it’s over just because I am dead. It’s not over. The games have just begun.” – Jigsaw
“Hello, Officer Rigg. Welcome to your rebirth. For years you have stood by and witnessed as your colleges have fallen. You have remained untouched, while Eric Matthews has disappeared. But with your survival, became your obsession. Obsession to stop those around you for making the wrong choices, thus preventing you from making the right ones. You wanted to save everyone. Tonight, I give you the oppurtunity to face your obsession. Look closely. Eric Matthews is still alive. The block of ice he stands upon is melting. He has but 90 minutes to save himself. Detective Hoffman’s fate is linked to Eric’s survival. Heed my warning, Officer Rigg. Their lives hang in the balance of your obsession. Will you learn how to let go and truly save them? The choice is yours.” – Jigsaw
“Hello Ivan. As a voyeur you’ve kept photos of those you have victimized. Can you see the pain you have brought them? You have torn apart their lives. You have used your body as an instrument of abuse. Now I give you the chance to decide what is more important: Your eyes which have led you blindly astray or your body, which has caused all those around you endless suffering. You have been handed the tools which can save your life. Decide quickly though, in 60 seconds the choice will be made for you.” – Jigsaw
“You see things aren’t sequential. Good doesn’t lead to good nor bad to bad. People steal, don’t get caught. Live the good life. Others lie, cheat, and get elected. Some people stop to help a stranded motorist and get taken out by a speeding semi. There’s no accounting for it. How you play the cards you’re dealt, that’s all that matters.” – Jigsaw
“Everybody deserves a chance!” – Jigsaw
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“If you’re good at anticipating the human mind, it leaves nothing to chance.” – Jigsaw
“Vengeance changes a person. It can make them realize what they’re capable of.” – Jigsaw
“Hello, Agent Strahm. If you’re hearing this, then you’ve finally found what you’ve been looking for. But is the discovery of my body enough? Or will your insatiable hunger to uncover the truth push you deeper into the abyss? Heed my warning: do not proceed. For this room can either be you sanctuary, or it can be your grave. The choice is yours.” – Jigsaw
“I want to know if you have what it takes to survive.” – Jigsaw
“Hello Seth. I want to play a game. Right now, you are feeling helpless. This is the same helplessness you bestowed onto others. But now, it’s unto you. Some would call this karma. I call it justice. Now, you served five years of what should have been a life sentence for murder. A technicality gave you freedom, but it inhibited you from understanding the impact of taking a life. Today, I offer you true freedom. In 30 seconds, the pendulum will drop far enough to touch your body. Within 60 seconds, it will cut you in half. To avoid the pendulum, all you have to do is destroy the things that have killed: your hands. You must insert your hands and push the buttons to start the devices before you. Your bones will be crushed to dust. Will you destroy the things that have taken life in order to save one, Seth? Make your choice.” – Jigsaw
“Did you know that in the Far East, people pay their doctors when they’re healthy? When they’re sick, they don’t have to pay them. So basically, they end up paying for what they want, not what they don’t want. We got it all ass-backwards here. These politicians, they say the same thing over and over and over again; “Healthcare decisions should be made by doctors and their patients, not by the government.” Well, now I know they’re not made by doctors and their patients or by the government. They’re made by the fucking insurance companies.” – Jigsaw
“You think it’s the living who have ultimate judgment over you, because the dead will have no claim over your soul. But you may be mistaken.” – Jigsaw
“Hello, William. Before you are six of your most valuable associates. The ones who find errors in policies. Their findings result in over two-thirds of all applications denied or prematurely terminated. Now you must apply your analysis to them. And will you be able to find their errors? Six ride the carousel, but only two can get off. The decision of which two survive falls upon you. But remember, the mounted gun will continue to fire until all six rounds are spent. And if no decision is made on your part, all six will perish. To offer the two reprieves, you must press both buttons at once in the box before you. However, in doing so, you will give a sacrifice of your own. Two can live, four will die. Your decisions symbolized by the blood on your hands.” – Jigsaw
“Hello, Dr. Gordon. You are perhaps my greatest asset. Without you, my work over the last few years would not have been possible. That having been said, I have a request. Watch over Jill, and should anything happen to her, I want you to act immediately on my behalf. In return for that, I will keep no more secrets from you. I’ve shown you a lot of places, but there is one that will be perhaps the most meaningful to you.” – Jigsaw
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“Hello, Evan. I want to play a game. The situation you find yourself in is of your own doing. You, your girlfriend, and your friends are all racists. You have intimidated others based on their physical differences, but today, it is you who will run scared; your friends fallen your every word, Evan. Therefore, you will be the only one capable of saving them and yourself. In 30 seconds, the jacks holding up this car will fall, setting off a deadly chain of events. In order to stop this from happening, you must tear yourself away from the seat, to which you are glued. And you must pull the red lever before you. But no act comes without a sacrifice. You judged others by the color of their skin. And today, Evan, you will learn that we are all the same color on the inside. Live or die, Evan. The choice is yours.” – Jigsaw
“Hello, Bobby. I want to play a game. You have amassed wealth, fame, and notoriety based on your story of survival. Many have aided in your cause. Few know the truth. You are a liar. You and I both know you have never been in a trap, nor have you ever been tested. Today, these lies will come full circle and you will learn if you truly have what it takes to call yourself a survivor. The cage you find yourself in will symbolize your rebirth. Within the next sixty minutes, you must stay on the path of learning and traverse a series of obstacles to obtain access to your wife, who you have also deceived. If you fail to reach her before the clock runs out, she will die. Live or die, Bobby. Make your choice.” – Jigsaw
“The truth will set you free.” – Jigsaw
“Now, the game’s simple. Best ones are. You want mercy? Play by the rules.” – Jigsaw
“I’m sure you’re all wondering why you’re here. You deny culpability no doubt for the circumstances in which you find yourselves. Salvation can be yours. An offering of blood will set you free. I want to play a game.” – Jigsaw
“We all have a thumb on the scale. For good or for evil.” – Jigsaw
“All you need to do is confess.” – Jigsaw
“Failure to make the right choice could result in death.” – Jigsaw
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