Arthur O'Connell Quotes

Apollonius of Tyana You were born with a great love of humanity, Clinton Stark. But this love soon turned to bitterness and contempt. Why? It's because in all your years, you've never been able to understand that perfection exists only as an ideal.

Clint Stark Who's interested in ideals? Get the money! That's what counts. Hold it out for the people, then grab at it. That's the truth! There's nothing in-between.

Apollonius of Tyana Oh, but there is. Life is sharing. You began with an extreme notion of man's good. His strength and his nobility. You ended with another extreme, equally false. The notion of man's evil. His weakness and his ignobility.

Link Jones That's the ugliest thing I ever saw in my life!

Sam Beasley You never met my ex-wife.

Clint Stark I was like you once, long time ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. But I was lucky. I found out the truth early, boy.

Ed Cunningham And what is the truth, Stark?

Clint Stark It's all very simple. There's no such thing as the dignity of man. Man is a base, pathetic and vulgar animal.

Sam Beasley Mr. Jones is lookin to stretch his legs although I don't think he want them any longer than they are.

Mayor James Sargent He doesn't want to lose. Who does?

Clint Stark I do. Mayor Sargent, every time I bet on weakness, corruption, fallibility… I want to lose. But I always win.

Apollonius of Tyana Look at you now. Gloating over a victory that is a defeat. A defeat for all the ideals you once held so sacred.

Clint Stark They'll vote to sell.

Apollonius of Tyana And then what have you shown, but, your own greed and your own sick hunger for self destruction.

Sam Beasley Hello, Billie! Billie, you're lookin very good!

Billie Ellis Thanks, and I thought the only thing that looked good to you was a marked deck.

Dr. Lao I wouldn't care to trade with you.

Clint Stark Maybe not, but the point is, my scaly friend, that you are in a cage, while I'm free to walk about!

Dr. Lao Oh, you have your cage, too. You test your bars just as often as I test mine, kiddo.