Memorable Quotes from Colm Meaney
10 quotesThe Dark Side of the Business
Jimmy Price
You know why people like you can't leave this business? Because you make too much money for people like me.
Cody
Black! You can't have black. Black's the color for a hearse or a taxi.
Shanks
Now, his party piece, right... is lopping people's heads off, then fetching em back to his boss.
Gene
If you have to kill a person, never ever tell a living soul.
Dragan
Don't piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining.
Duke
Oh, you give a fuckin aspirin a headache, pal!
Tammy
I was just rubbing the phone against my fanny. Oooh it's fresh this morning. And look at my nipples, standing up like little soldiers. What's a poor girl to do?
Crazy Larry
Fucking females is for poofs!
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A Band's Ambition Sparks Humor and Confidence
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Is this the band then? Betcha U2 are shittin themselves.
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A Humorous Exchange on Shame
Rev. Robert Jones
Have you no shame?
Morgan the Goat
No... I can't think where I've left it!
[patting his sides as if searching]
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Claiming a Mountain's Identity and Worth
Morgan the Goat
I don't want Ffynnon Garw to be on the map because we begged for it, because we, we-we pleaded. No. If Ffynnon Garw has to be a thousand feet, then I say let it be a thousand feet! Put 20 feet, that's all we need, a 20-foot tump and we have our mountain!
Jones the JP
I'm not sure how legal that is...
Rev. Robert Jones
Yes, or ethical...
Morgan the Goat
Legal? Ethical? Wh-- how legal was it to say that a thousand feet is a mountain and 984 isn't, uh? Uh? Do we call a short man a boy, or a small dog a cat? No! This is a mountain, our mountain, and if it needs to be a thousand feet, then by God let's make it a thousand feet!
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Elvis and Cultural Identity in Music
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
That's fuckin blasphemy. Elvis wasn't a Cajun.
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The Sentimental Value of a Gun
Morty
Why did you keep the gun?
Gene
I know it sounds silly now, but it was my favourite.
Morty
You better not let the other guns know you have a favourite.
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Divine Inspiration in Unexpected Conversations
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
What did Evel Knievel want?
[referring to Joey]
Jimmy Rabbitte
God sent him.
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
What?
Jimmy Rabbitte
God sent him.
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
On a fucking Suzuki?
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Consequences of Choices and Responsibility
Gene
Listen, son. Let me explain something to you. Freddie's in intensive care with a bit of a brain haemorrhage. You were there at the scene. That's called joint venture. Now, if Freddie dies you're either in the dock with Morty or you're in the witness box putting him away. Think about that.
XXXX
(points to a whiskey bottle in Gene's hand) You know, I will have one of those.
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Consequences of Gangster Life
Gene
This what being a gangster gets you. You're not in there cause I like you.
[to XXXX]
Morty
I'm beginning to feel left out.
Gene
Why? I seem to recall a friend of yours in intensive care after your little... reunion.
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Debating Elvis's Soulful Identity
Jimmy Rabbitte
Elvis is not soul.
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Elvis is God.
[defensively]
Jimmy Rabbitte
I never pictured God with a fat gut and corset singing "My Way" at Caesar's Palace.
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