Johnny Rocco: Yeah, yeah, that's me. Sure, I was all of those things. And more! When Rocco talked everybody shut up and listened! ...What Rocco said went! Nobody was as big as Rocco! It'll be like that again only more so. I'll be back up there one of these days, and then you're really gonna see something! James Temple (with contempt): If the time ever comes when your kind can walk a city street in daylight with nothing to fear from the people.... Frank McCloud: The time has come, Mr. Temple. It's here.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The case of Andrews is really a very bad one, as appears by the record already before me. Yet before receiving this I had ordered ...his punishment commuted to imprisonment ... and had so telegraphed. I did this, not on any merit in the case, but because I am trying to evade the butchering business lately.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I've been aboard this destroyer for two weeks now, and we've already been through four air attacks. I'm in the war at last, Doc. I... caught up with that task force that passed me by. I'm glad to be here. I had to be here, I guess. But I'm thinking now of you, Doc, and you, Frank, and Dolan, and Dawdy, and Insignia, and everyone else on that bucket. All the guys everywhere who sailed from tedium to apathy and back again with an occasional sidetrip to monotony. This is a tough crew on here and they have a wonderful battle record. But I've discovered, Doc, that the unseen enemy of this war is the boredom that eventually becomes a faith and, therefore, a terrible sort of suicide. And I know now that the ones who refuse to surrender to it are the strongest of all. Right now, I'm looking at something that's hanging over my desk, a preposterous hunk of brass attached to the most bilious piece of ribbon I've ever seen. I'd rather have it than the Congressional Medal of Honor. It tells me what I'll always be proudest of, that at a time in the world when courage counted most, I lived among sixty-two brave men. So Doc, and especially you, Frank, don't let those guys down.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Andrews: You married him only because I told you not to. Ellie: You've been telling me what not to do ever since I can rememb...er. Andrews: That's because you've always been a stubborn idiot. Ellie: I come from a long line of stubborn idiots.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Andrews: Do you love her? Peter: A normal human being couldn't live under the same roof with her without going nutty. She's m...y idea of nothing! Andrews: I asked you a simple question. Do you love her? Peter: Yes! But don't hold it against me. I'm a little screwy myself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Andrews: Do you mind if I ask a question frankly? Do you love my daughter? Peter: Any guy that'd fall in love with your daugh...ter ought to have his head examined. Andrews: Now that's an evasion. Peter: She grabbed herself a perfect running mate. King Westley! The pill of the century. What she needs is a guy that'd take a sock at her once a day, whether it's coming to her or not.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Margaret: Some people have life made for them. Frank: That's right, Mrs. Hammond, and some people make it for themselves. It'...s about time you took that ton of rock off your shoulders.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What're you always trying to push me in the gutter for, Dixon? I got as much right on the sidewalk as you have. Don't talk to me a...bout "rights." You're a hood and a murderer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »