Memorable Quotes from Carroll O'Connor
4 quotesDesire for Money Sparks Moral Conflict
Brewster
You're a very bad man, Walker, a very destructive man! Why do you run around doing things like this?
Walker
I want my money. I want my $93,000.
Brewster
$93,000? You threaten a financial structure like this for $93,000? No, Walker, I don't believe you. What do you really want?
Walker
I - I really want my money.
Brewster
Well, I'm not going to give you any money and nobody else is. Don't you understand that?
Walker
Who runs things?
Brewster
Carter and I run things. I run things.
Walker
What about Fairfax? Will he pay me?
Brewster
Fairfax is a man who signs checks.
Walker
No, cash.
Brewster
Fairfax isn't going to give you anything. He's finished. Fairfax is dead. He just doesn't know it yet.
Walker
Somebody's got to pay.
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Recognition for Valor in Battle
Major General Colt
I'm gonna decorate every man in this penetration unit, whoever they are. They saved the reputation of this entire army. You're the ones supposed to be fightin this battle, and you don't even know where the hell it is! Well, I'll tell you where it is. It's thirty miles beyond where you thought it was. Booker! Come on, now, let's get this army of mine back in the war!
[''To his officers'']
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Corporate Reality and Personal Sacrifices
Brewster
Let me tell you something about corporations, Walker. This is a corporation. I'm an officer in a corporation. We deal in millions. We never see cash! I got about eleven dollars in my pocket.
Frederick Carter
I said nobody was supposed to go up there! He could have done without a girl for one night.
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Emphasizing Fighting Spirit in Leadership
Major General Colt
Attack, attack, attack! Listen to this guy! That's the kinda fighting spirit I was talkin about! If he's a major he's a colonel now!
[''Listening to Kelly on the radio'']
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