Memorable Quotes from Dennis Haysbert

11 quotes

Far from Heaven

The Complexity of Confiding in Others

Raymond Deagan Sometimes it's the people outside our world we confide in best.

Cathy Whitaker But once you do confide, share with someone, they're no longer really outside, are they?

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Far from Heaven

The Complexity of Modern Art Appreciation

Raymond Deagan ] painting] So, what's your opinion on modern art?

[Studying a [[Joan Miró|Miró]

Cathy Whitaker It's hard to put into words, really. I just know what I care for and what I don't. Like this... I don't know how to pronounce it... Mira?

Raymond Deagan Miró.

Cathy Whitaker Miró. I don't know why, but I just adore it. The feeling it gives. I know that sounds terribly vague.

Raymond Deagan No. No, actually, it confirms something I've always wondered about modern art. Abstract art.

Cathy Whitaker What's that?

Raymond Deagan That perhaps it's just picking up where religious art left off, somehow trying to show you divinity. The modern artist just pares it down to the basic elements of shape and color. But when you look at that Miró, you feel it just the same.

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Far from Heaven

Celebrating Solitude and Uniqueness

Raymond Deagan Here is to being the only one.

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Absolute Power

Consequences of Underestimating an Opponent

Gloria Russell What do I do?

Bill Burton Nothing. Because he's making a terrible mistake. He thinks he has time. He doesn't. Seth Frank's too good. He'll bring him in.

Gloria Russell Then what?

Tim Collin Then I kill him.

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Fist Fight

Unexpected Fishing Catch in Conversation

Superintendent Johnson I caught a halibut.

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Absolute Power

Confrontation Over Unacceptable Actions

Luther Whitney Dr. Kevorkian, I presume? My guess is this is right in your carotid artery about now. You're gonna get a little woozy. But if I give you the rest of this, it's gonna fry your brain down to the size of a peanut! Drop that.

Tim Collin Luther, he's my president, right or wrong.

[whispering]

Luther Whitney Well, he made a mistake. *You* made a mistake. When you went after my little girl, that was entirely unacceptable.

Tim Collin Mercy.

[pleading weakly]

Luther Whitney I'm fresh out.

Kate Whitney Daddy?

[starts waking up in hospital bed]

Luther Whitney Go to sleep, darling.

[softly]

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Far from Heaven

Lessons on Mixing Different Worlds

Raymond Deagan I've learned my lesson about mixing in other worlds. I've seen the sparks fly. All kinds.

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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

The Goddess and Her Power Over Men

Manute You're a fool. The Goddess takes no lover. The Goddess makes slaves of men. In an instant, she can see to the heart of you and transform to your deepest desire.

[Ava Lord]

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Love & Basketball

The Power of Positive Language

Young Quincy Can't do this shit!

Zeke McCall Boy, what did I tell you about using that word?

Young Quincy Can't should never be in a man's vocabulary.

Zeke McCall And why not?

Young Quincy Cause when you say can't, you ain't a man!

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Far from Heaven

Seeing Beyond Surface and Color

Cathy Whitaker It isn't plausible for me to be friends with you. You've been so very kind to me and I've been perfectly reckless and foolish in return, thinking...

Raymond Deagan Thinking what? That one person could reach out to another, take an interest in another - and maybe for one fleeting instant could manage to see beyond the surface, beyond the color of things?

Cathy Whitaker Do you think we ever really do see beyond those things - the surface of things?

Raymond Deagan Just beyond the fall of grace, behold that ever-shining place." Yes. I do. I don't really have a choice.

Cathy Whitaker I wish I could.

Far from Heaven

Exploring Isolation and Identity in Society

Cathy Whitaker Heaven knows we all have our troubles. I'm sure you, yourself...

Raymond Deagan What?

Cathy Whitaker I don't know. Ever since running into you at the exhibition, I kept wondering what it must be like to be the only one in a room. Colored or whatever it was. How that might possibly feel. I'm sure I've - I've never...

Raymond Deagan Well, I suppose you sort of grow accustomed to it over time. I mean, don't get me wrong. There is a world, even here in Hartford, where everybody does indeed look like me. Trouble is, very few people ever leave that world.